John Coltrane
Blue Train: The Complete Masters (2CD)
On September 15, 1957, John Coltrane went into Rudy Van Gelder’s living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey and recorded his first great masterpiece: Blue Train. It would be the legendary saxophonist’s sole album as a leader for Blue Note, a locomotive 5-track album fuelled by the bluesy title track that featured a dynamic six-piece band with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Kenny Drew on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums.
To mark the 65th anniversary of the album’s recording, Blue Train is being released in a 2 CD special edition which includes a second disc of alternate and incomplete takes which have never been released before.
CD 1 1. Blue Train (Coltrane) – 10:43 2. Moment’s Notice (Coltrane) – 9:10 3. Locomotion (Coltrane) – 7:14 4. I’m Old Fashioned (Kern-Mercer) – 7:58 5. Lazy Bird (Coltrane) – 7:07 CD2 1. Blue Train false start * – 0:21 2. Blue Train alternate take 7 * – 7:09 3. Moment's Notice alternate take 4 * – 7:19 4. Lazy Bird alternate take 1 – 9:22 5. Blue Train alternate take 8 – 10:27 6. Moment's Notice alternate take 5A (incomplete) * – 5:08 7. Lazy Bird alternate take 2 – 7:29 *previously unreleased
