John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings

John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings Artist: John Coltrane
Label: Prestige
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 16


UPC: 025218440523
EAN: 0025218440523
ASIN: B000000ZC3


Release Date: 1991-09-15

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Tracks:

  1. Tenor Madness
  2. Weeja
  3. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
  4. On It
  5. Avalon
  6. Tenor Conclave
  7. How Deep Is the Ocean?

Tracks:

  1. Just You, Just Me
  2. Bob's Boys
  3. Mating Call
  4. Soultrane
  5. Gnid
  6. Super Jet
  7. On A MIsty Night
  8. Romas
  9. Soul Eyes

Tracks:

  1. Anatomy
  2. Interplay
  3. Light Blue
  4. C.T.A.
  5. Eclypso
  6. Solacium
  7. Minor Mishap
  8. Tommy's Time

Tracks:

  1. Dakar
  2. Mary's Blues
  3. Route 4
  4. Velvet Scene
  5. Witches' Pit
  6. Cat Walk
  7. Pot Pourri
  8. J.M.'s Dream Doll
  9. Don't Explain
  10. Falling In Love With Love

Tracks:

  1. Blue Calypso
  2. The Way You Look Tonight
  3. From This Moment On
  4. One By One
  5. Cattin'
  6. Anatomy
  7. Vodka
  8. Sunday

Tracks:

  1. Straight Street
  2. While My Lady Sleeps
  3. Chronic Blues
  4. Bakai
  5. Violets For Your Furs
  6. Time Was
  7. I Hear A Rhapsody
  8. Trane's Slo Blues
  9. Slowtrane
  10. Like Someone In Love
  11. I Love You

Tracks:

  1. Dealin' (Take 1)
  2. Dealin' (Take 2)
  3. Wheelin' (Take 1)
  4. Wheelin' (Take 2)
  5. Robbins' Nest
  6. Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Tracks:

  1. You Leave Me Breathless
  2. Bass Blues
  3. Soft Lights And Sweet Music
  4. Traneing In
  5. Slow Dance
  6. Our Delight
  7. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  8. Woody'n You
  9. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

Tracks:

  1. Undecided
  2. Soul Junction
  3. What Is There To Say?
  4. Birk's Works
  5. Hallelujah
  6. All Morning Long

Tracks:

  1. Billie's Bounce
  2. Solitude
  3. Two Bass Hit
  4. Soft Winds
  5. Lazy Mae
  6. Under Paris Skies
  7. Two Sons

Tracks:

  1. Clifford's Kappa
  2. Filide
  3. Paul's Pal
  4. Ammon Joy
  5. Groove Blues
  6. The Real McCoy
  7. It Might As Well Be Spring

Tracks:

  1. Lush Life
  2. The Believer
  3. Nakatini Serenade
  4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
  5. Lover
  6. Russian Lullaby
  7. Theme For Ernie

Tracks:

  1. You Say You Care
  2. Good Bait
  3. I Want To Talk About You
  4. Lyresto
  5. Why Was I Born?
  6. Freight Trane
  7. I Never Knew
  8. Big Paul

Tracks:

  1. Rise 'N' Shine
  2. I See Your Face Before Me
  3. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
  4. Little Melonae
  5. By The Numbers
  6. Black Pearls

Tracks:

  1. Lover Come Back To Me
  2. Sweet Sapphire Blues
  3. Spring Is Here
  4. Invitation
  5. I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All
  6. Love Thy Neighbor
  7. Don't Take Your Love From Me

Tracks:

  1. Stardust
  2. My Ideal
  3. I'll Get By
  4. Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?
  5. Then I'll Be Tired Of You
  6. Something I Dreamed Last Night
  7. Bahia
  8. Goldsboro Express
  9. Time After Time

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars You must find the dough for this!.......2006-06-14

$233 sounds like a lot of cash, but this is one of those instances where you get what you pay for. And how much SHOULD they be charging for around 18 hours of music? Coltrane is heard here as not just a leader, co-leader, but a a sideman as well. So there is a broad range of the man from '56 to '58. And such phenemonal growth in those two years!
This might be Prestige's best effort. You can index tunes alphabetically, chronologically, there's an index of sidemen, notes of each session, plus a discography. They fill up 32 pages, which isn't easy to do when it's LP size. My only complaint with the packaging is the bulk. But it's 16 discs!
The music itself is indescribable! Starting with "Tenor Madness", to the lesser known "Tenor Conclave", "Dakar" with 2 bari's, I could just go on and on! Little known fact: this box contains the '58 session Gene Ammons session where Coltrane plays alto. Truth is, since Coltrane wasn't a leader on all of these tracks, his involvement wavers from track to track. And the critics are right that the music isn't always his best, but if it's not his best it's certainly adequate for the rest of us.
So you still need the Miles box to hear him with Miles, and in a few weeks you can buy the 2 disc set to hear Coltrane and Monk (instead of the Monk box), so it's not "complete". But for $233, I think it's enough. It's an expensive place to start, but this is Coltrane at his most digestible - before he got too far out for most of us.

5 out of 5 stars Set for collectors and completests.......2006-05-08

This is a very good set. I have long had great respect for the Prestige label for bringing us such marvelous jazz. I also love that van Gelder sound on the Prestige, Blue Note, and Savoy recordings.

There are some incredible moments on this set like the duets with Sonny Rollins, but there are some moments that are sort of routine performances by some of the world's greatest musicians--better than what many other musicians are capable of, but not the best for these musicians. Almost routine for musicians of such high calibre.

Coltrane fans that are not flush with cash need to perhaps get 3 or 4 discs of Coltrane from this period and then go to his Atlantic and Impuse years. Coltrane has a lot of growth in a relatively short period.

If money is not a challenge and you have lots of time, then this set will have lots of very pleasant moments.

5 out of 5 stars Perfect for Trane collectors.......2006-04-09

Being a Coltrane fanatic, as well as a jazz saxophonist who worships players like Trane, I jumped for joy when I got ahold of this box set. Even though there isn't any cuts with he and Miles (which is on a seperate box set), it's definatley a great listen if you're really into Coltrane.

There are cuts from his days with Mal Waldron, Red Garland, Hank Mobley, Sonny Rollins (well, just one), Kenny Burrell, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, and many others.

My favorite tracks of all these are: Lush Life, Nakatini Serenade, Rise 'N Shine, and Trane's Slow Blues.

Again, I'd highly recommend this box set to Coltrane listeners who are collectors. There is a LOT of music here

5 out of 5 stars Ultimate Coltrane!.......2005-05-18

This is by far the best box set of Coltrane on the market! I have almost everything he has recorded, and this is a fantasic set of straight-ahead small combo jazz recordings. There is not a single CD or even song on any of the 16 discs that I didn't absolutely love. This is perhaps the BEST box set of jazz I own. This set is a great addition for any jazz lover whether you're beginning a collection or already have a substantial one.

5 out of 5 stars Pure Jazz...Pure Coltrane !.......2003-04-03

OK..is this set worth the money? Just listen to Tenor Madness and John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins dueling saxes and that should answer your question! This is a chance to hear John produce some of the sweetest sounds he has ever produced. These recordings, early in his career, are some of his best work. They are all recorded by Rudy Van Gelder and the sound is excellent. I have all of Coltranes recodings now and I think that on any given day these are the best with the Atlantic box set coming in a real close second. There is no "free form" jazz here only good blues, ballads and jazz standards. I never had the chance to see Mr Coltrane but with this set his music lives and a lot of us will be asking why he had to leave us so early in life....

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