Coltrane Side Steps
Prestige Issues Volume III
This latest box set with Coltrane as sideman is titled Side Steps and consists of 43 tracks. Many of these tracks are extended blowing sessions - primarily the Gene Ammons' sessions and some of the Red Garland issues. Included is the masterpiece Tenor Madness, where Coltrane and Sonny Rollins go head-to-head and battle it out... Joe Tarantino, one of the Fantasy group's ace remastering engineers, has done more than an adequate job with presenting this music in quality sound. More importantly, the gorgeous Prestige soft-bound 72 page booklet seals the deal for me, as it includes essays by noted jazz writer Ashley Kahn, outlining each session as well as interviewing Bob Weinstock concerning this three year period of frenetic recording. Following Kahn's writing are a complete sessionography and discography that go into great detail with track and master numbers. Original album art has been included as well as the original liner notes. The booklet also has full page artist photos taken at the sessions. Glossy fine stock paper has been used in this deluxe issue... purchase of Side Steps can be considered a steal, and would warrant purchase of extra copies for friends as upcoming Christmas gifts. This is classic mainstream Coltrane and belongs in every serious jazz fan's collection, especially with the primo packaging provided. -Audiophile Audition (audaud.com)
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John Coltrane: Side Steps [Box] 
5 CD / Fantasy (distributor) / 2009-10-06
Tracks: Weeja - (mono); Polka Dots and Moonbeams - (mono); On It - (mono); Avalon - (mono); Mating Call - (mono); Soultrane - (mono); Gnid - (mono); Super Jet - (mono); On a Misty Night - (mono); Romas - (mo...Artists: John Coltrane
Liner Note Authors: Ira Gitler; Nat Hentoff; Michael Gold; Joe Goldberg; Ashley Kahn.
Photographers: Don Schlitten; Esmond Edwards.
In just over a decade, John Coltrane passed through th...continue...
John Coltrane: Fearless Leader [Box Set] [Box]
6 CD / Fantasy (distributor) / 2006-08-29
Tracks: Straight Street; While My Lady Sleeps; Chronic Blues; Bakai; Violets for Your Furs; Time Was; I Hear a Rhapsody; Trane's Slo Blues; Slowtrane; Like Someone in Love; I Love You; You Leave Me Breathles...Artists: John Coltrane
Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); John Coltrane; Sahib Shihab (baritone saxophone); Johnny Splawn (trumpet); Mal Waldron (piano); Louis Hayes (bass instrument, drums); Paul Chambers (bass in...continue...
John Coltrane: Interplay [Box]
5 CD / Fantasy (distributor) / 2007-09-18
Tracks: Just You, Just Me; Tenor Conclave; How Deep Is the Ocean?; Bob's Boys; Anatomy; Interplay; Light Blue; Soul Eyes; C.T.A.; Eclypso; Solacium; Minor Mishap; Tommy's Time; Dakar; Mary's Blues; Route 4; ...Artists: John Coltrane
Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Frank Wess (flute, tenor saxophone); Paul Quinchette, Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams,...continue...
