The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology

Artist: John Coltrane
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 081227125523
EAN: 0081227125523
ASIN: B000003310

Release Date: 1993-06-15

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JOHN COLTRANE: THE BOX SETS
maybe i'm showing my age,but ...
"All that jazz"

Tracks:

Hot House (Jam Session)
Good Groove
We Love To Boogie
Bittersweet
Thru For The Night
Trane's Blues
While My Lady Sleeps
Trinkle Tinkle
Blue Train
Russian Lullaby
My Favorite Things

Tracks:

Central Park West
Body & Soul
Equinox
Cousin Mary
Giant Steps
Naima
My Favorite Things (Live)
Ogunde

Customer Reviews:

Get a better intro/overview.......2001-05-27

First off, I believe that an uninitiated person would get a good impression of Trane's signature sound by listening to "Trane's Blues" through "Naima" in this collection. However, there are a few problems. Even the liner notes state how it is possible to see the Charlie Parker-isms in the first selections. Coupled with shaky sound quality, they do little for any but Coltrane archivists. The live "My Favorite Things" is interesting, but "Ogunde" fades out (probably due to lack of space) after about 1:55 minutes. Even a more worthwhile track like "Trinkle Tinkle" shows Coltrane within the rhythmic and melodic framework of Thelonious Monk. And where is "A Love Supreme"? And although the biographical liner notes are informative, having "60 Minutes"'s Ed Bradley talk about a club date from the 60's, or a poem by Amiri Baraka, shed little light on the artist. Although the studio selections are unshakeable monuments, a beginner would be better off with either the full albums or an overview of studio recordings. A Trane fan who has all of those would be better off with a collection of unreleased recordings.

A major disappointment........1999-10-04