Blue Train

Artist: John Coltrane

Number of Discs: 1

Total time: 41:59
Label: Blue Note
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Item #: 5170201

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Review

Part of a slightly frivolous sampler series that features various jazz musicians and vocalists playing or singing the blues, Blue Trane: John Coltrane Plays the Blues has six selections taken from tenor saxophonist John Coltrane's Prestige recordings. Each of the numbers ("Slowtrane," "Traneing In," "Billie's Bounce," "The Real McCoy," "Big Paul" and "Sweet Sapphire Blues") comes from a different session, including one ("The Real McCoy") featuring Coltrane on alto with Gene Ammons. All of the music (which also has pianists Red Garland and Tommy Flanagan, guitarist Kenny Burrell and trumpeter Donald Byrd in the supporting cast) is excellent, but more serious collectors will want to acquire the complete sessions (which are readily available) instead. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Read About This Recording

One of the more fun and informative ways to discover the jazz greats is to trace the music's evolution from album to album, checking out the music of the featured sidemen. Trumpeter Miles Davis had the masterful tenor-saxophonist John Coltrane in his band for several years.

John Coltrane's Blue Train was one of the saxophonist's greatest recordings of the 1950s. Teamed in a sextet with trumpeter Lee Morgan and trombonist Curtis Fuller, Coltrane introduces one of his finest compositions ("Moment's Notice"), takes a dazzling solo on "Blue Train" and shows throughout that he was rapidly becoming a powerful force. This reissue adds a second version of "Blue Train" and the alternate take of "Lazy Bird" to the original program. While Coltrane would play with Miles Davis through 1960, Blue Train made it obvious that he would not be a sideman for long.

—Scott Yanow

Remastered!

Blue Train*; Moment's Notice; Locomotion; I'm Old Fashioned; Lazy Bird*.

John Coltrane, Tenor Sax; Lee Morgan, Trumpet; Curtis Fuller, Trombone; Paul Chambers, Bass; Kenny Drew, Piano; Philly Joe Jones, Drums.

(*Includes alternate takes.)

Tracks + Soundclips

Blue Train
	1. Blue Train	10:41
	2. Moment's Notice	9:09
	3. Locomotion	7:13
	4. I'm Old Fashioned	7:57
	5. Lazy Bird	7:05

Details and Credits

Product Details

Label: Blue Note
Release date: 1957/09/15
Instrumental

Styles

Hard Bop

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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Curtis Fuller	Trombone
Jo Jones	Drums
John Coltrane	Sax (Tenor)
Kenny Drew	Piano
Lee Morgan	Trumpet
Paul Chambers	Bass
Philly Joe Jones	Drums

Technical Credits
Alfred Lion	Producer
Evelyn Esaki	Design
Francis Wolff	Photography
Leo Rossi	Technical Supervisor
Liz Heller	Executive Producer
Michael Cuscuna	Liner Notes
Patrick Roques	Design
Philip Coady	Producer
Reid Miles	Design
Robert Levin	Liner Notes
Ron McMaster	Mastering
Rudy Van Gelder	Engineer