LIMITED EDITION 6-PANEL DIGIPACK + COMPREHENSIVE 6-PAGE BOOKLET WITH UP-TO-DATE LINER NOTES.
Presented here is John Coltrane's complete 1957 album Blue Train (Blue Note BST1577), which was also the first on which the saxophonist was given the opportunity to select his own sidemen for a date. When asked in a 1960 radio interview which was his favorite of all the albums he recorded up to that point, Coltrane was quick to reply: Blue Train. The classic album Lush Life (Prestige 7188) has been added in its entirety as a bonus.
JOHN COLTRANE, tenor saxophone LEE MORGAN, trumpet CURTIS FULLER, trombone KENNY DREW, piano PAUL CHAMBERS, bass PHILLY JOE JONES, drums Hackensack, New Jersey, September 15, 1957.
*BONUS ALBUM: Lush Life
Tracks 6-8: JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax; EARL MAY, bass; ARTHUR TAYLOR, drums.
Tracks 9-10: JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax; DONALD BYRD, trumpet; RED GARLAND, piano; PAUL CHAMBERS, bass; ALBERT "TOOTIE" HEATH, drums.
Recorded: Hackensack, New Jersey, 1957-58
