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The Coltrane Legacy

John Coltrane

Recorded	Jan 15, 1959 & May 25, 1961
Label	Atlantic
Released	1959
Personnel	11 credited players
Discogs	master 367236

The record

A stitched-together Atlantic odds-and-ends set, drawing on sessions with shifting lineups -- Hank Jones and Tyner both on piano duty, Dolphy's flute, Hubbard's trumpet -- that never made it onto the leader's proper LPs. More archival snapshot than statement, it's a useful window into Coltrane's late-'50s ferment between Giant Steps and modal explorations to come.

Session personnel

John Coltrane — alto saxophone
Art Davis — bass
Paul Chambers — bass
Steve Davis — bass
Connie Kay — drums
Elvin Jones — drums
Eric Dolphy — flute
Hank Jones — piano
McCoy Tyner — piano
Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
Milt Jackson — vibraphone [vibraharp]

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 26 pressings on file.

1970	Atlantic · SD 1553 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Monarch Pressing earliest on file
1970	Atlantic · 940 032 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Mono
1970	Atlantic · SD 1553 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo
1970	Atlantic · ATS ST 05527 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1970	Atlantic · SD 1553 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1970	Atlantic · SD 1553 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Terre Haute
1970	Atlantic · MT 2034 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1970	Atlantic · SD 1553 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, SP
1970	Atlantic · SD 1553 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Presswell
1970	Atlantic · M 81553 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Compilation, Stereo
1971	Atlantic · K 40120 (SD 1553) — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress
1971	Atlantic · ATL-SD 1553 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1972	Atlantic · P-6108A — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo
1972	Atlantic · ATL 40 120 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue