These half-dozen tracks from November 30, 1956, containing what would be John Coltrane's final studio outing of the year, find the tenor saxophonist in the company of Tadd Dameron (piano), John Simmons (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums). Recordings have been issued with Coltrane's name outranking or insinuating that he is the session leader. However Dameron not only offers up some exceptional interplay against Coltrane, the pianist actually supplied 10-percent of the top-shelf material.
Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane - Mating Call [1956]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1g2y4o
John Coltrane - Dakar [1957]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/l2jlw2
On his first session as a bandleader, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane is joined by Johnny Splawn on trumpet, Sahib Shihab on baritone sax, and a rhythm section of bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath with piano duties split between Mal Waldron and Red Garland. Right out of the gate, the propulsive syncopated beat that drives through the heart of Coltrane's fellow Philly denizen Calvin Massey's "Bakai" indicates that Coltrane and company are playing for keeps. Shihab's emphatic and repetitive drone provides a manic urgency that fuels the participants as they weave in and out of the trance-like chorus. Coltrane grabs hold with bright and aggressive lines, turning the minor-chord progressions around into a spirited and soulful outing.
John Coltrane - Prestige 7105 [1957]
part1
http://www.sendspace.com/file/d6vopx
part2
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bq50fh
This is a most unusual CD due to the inclusion of Cecil Taylor on piano. Although Taylor and John Coltrane got along well, trumpeter Kenny Dorham (who is also on this quintet date) hated the avant-garde pianist's playing and was clearly bothered by Taylor's dissonant comping behind his solos. With bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Louis Hayes doing their best to ignore the discord, the group manages to perform two blues and two standards with Dorham playing strictly bop, Taylor coming up with fairly free abstractions and Coltrane sounding somewhere in between. The results are unintentionally fascinating.
John Coltrane - Coltrane Time [1958]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7ue21a
Bahia is two-LP set that matches together the very different sounding tenors of John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette in a jam-session type setting from 1957 (although three of the five songs were actually composed by pianist Mal Waldron) in addition to Coltrane's final Prestige date, which also has appearances by the trumpeters Freddie Hubbard (on "Then I'll Be Tired of You") and an uncredited Wilbur Harden ("Something I Dreamed Last Night").
John Coltrane - Bahia [1958]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2a22q8
This Roulette CD combines two unrelated sessions. Coltrane is heard in a quintet with the tuba player Ray Draper (their second album together) playing five standards (including "Doxy" and "Oleo") and Draper's "Essii's Dance." The 1960 performances are more significant for they are the earliest recorded collaborations by Coltrane and pianist McCoy Tyner.
John Coltrane - Like Sonny [1958 & 1960]
part1
http://www.sendspace.com/file/dnj4is
part2
http://www.sendspace.com/file/49d5g7
Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane recorded quite a few records with the rhythm section
of pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Taylor during 1957-1958.
On this particular CD reissue, Coltrane performs "Rise and Shine", "I See Your Face
Before Me", "If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You" and "Little Melonae". More
significant than the material are Coltrane's searching and passionate improvisations,
which were pointing the way toward the future.
John Coltrane - Settin' The Pace [1958]
part1
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ia2dph
part2
http://www.sendspace.com/file/phwzux
As is often the case with an artist as prolific as John Coltrane, not every release can be considered as essential. "Black Pearls" seems a bit ambiguous when placed in a more historical context. It was only three days later that Coltrane participated not as a leader, but rather a member, of the Miles Davis Sextet that recorded "Stella By Starlight" and "On Green Dolphin Street". There is an obvious disparity between these three mostly improvised and lengthy jams and the Davis session. This is in no way to insinuate that Coltrane's performance is anything less than par. "Black Pearls" indeed captures Coltrane at the height of perfecting the intense volley that would garner the name "sheets of sound".
John Coltrane - Black Pearls [1958]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/pycyjm
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