John Coltrane – John Coltrane Quartet Plays (LP Vinyl)
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Recorded in 1965, "Quartet Plays" captures Coltrane and his classic working band at a precise inflection point, pushing the boundaries of post-bop while still anchored in the song form. The repertoire ranges from the Nat King Cole standard "Nature Boy" to Billy Eckstine's "I Want to Talk About You," a tune Coltrane had been refining in live performance for years, showing how deeply he could inhabit a melody before dissolving it entirely.
John Coltrane Quartet - "The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)". Recorded in two sessions just a few months after working on A Love Supreme, this album makes for a perfect introduction to Coltrane's final period as a leader. Though Art Davis plays second bass on "Nature Boy," the classic quartet of Coltrane with McCoy Tyner (piano), Elvin Jones (drums) and Jimmy Garrison (bass) is at full heat, leaning hard into more free improvisation with a matter-of-fact confidence that will become more normalized over his concluding two years. Verve Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
UPC: 602475813019
Label: Verve
Release Date: 8.29.25
Format: LP Vinyl