John Coltrane - The Heavyweight Champion. The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1995) [7CD Boxset]



John Coltrane - The Heavyweight Champion. The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1995) [7CD Boxset]








THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION includes every track from the albums GIANT STEPS, COLTRANE JAZZ, MY FAVORITE THINGS, BAGS & TRANE, OLE COLTRANE, COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES, COLTRANE'S SOUND, THE AVANT-GARDE, THE COLTRANE LEGACY and ALTERNATE TAKES, with ... Full Descriptionsongs sequenced by recording date. Disc 7 of the box set features 68 minutes of previously unreleased rehearsals, false starts and outtakes, all newly discovered. It also includes a 75-page, hardbound book with liner notes, interviews and remembrances of John Coltrane.

THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album.

After his tenure in the great Miles Davis group of the mid-'50s, John Coltrane was ready to strike out on his own. Although he had recorded several records on the smaller Prestige label, Coltrane's first major label association was with Ahmet Ertegun's Atlantic Records. Now all of 'Trane's pioneering Atlantic recordings are compiled in one huge seven-disc set entitled THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. As the content attests, this title is a fitting analogy.

Starting with the early recordings with Milt Jackson for the BAGS & TRANE album, the set chronologically follows Coltrane's work through the groundbreaking GIANT STEPS sessions and beyond. Many alternate takes are sprinkled throughout amidst familiar album tracks from the likes of COLTRANE JAZZ, COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES and the magnificent MY FAVORITE THINGS, giving a picture of the saxophonist's intense creativity at this period. Finally, for the true 'Trane collector, disc seven, in a unique package, includes twenty-five alternate and incomplete takes, false starts and rehearsal recordings of classics like "Giant Steps," "Naima" and "Like Sonny." This set is a powerful document of one of the most significant artists of the modern era in his prime.

Recorded at Atlantic Studios and A & R Studios, New York, New York between January 15, 1959 and May 25, 1961. Includes a 75-page hardbound book with liner notes by Lewis Porter, Jimmy Heath, Yusef Lateef, Charles Lloyd.

Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor & soprano saxophones); Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, flute); Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, McCoy Tyner (piano); Paul Chambers, Charlie Haden, Percy Heath, Steve Davis, Art Davis, Reggie Workman (bass); Connie Kay, Art Taylor, Jimmy Cobb, Ed Blackwell, Elvin Jones, Lex Humphries (drums).





Disc1:
01 - Stairway to the Stars
02 - The Late Late Blues
03 - Bags & Trane
04 - Three Little Words
05 - The Night We Called It a Day
06 - Be-Bop
07 - Blues Legacy
08 - Centerpiece
09 - Giant Steps (Alternate Version)
10 - Naima (Alternate Version)
11 - Like Sonny (Alternate Version)
Disc 2:
01 - Spiral
02 - Countdown
03 - Countdown (Alternate Take)
04 - Syeeda's Song Flute
05 - Syeeda's Song Flute (Alternate Take)
06 - Mr. P.C.
07 - Giant Steps
08 - Cousin Mary
09 - Cousin Mary (Alternate Take)
10 - I'll Wait and Pray
11 - I'll Wait and Pray (Alternate Take)
12 - Little Old Lady
Disc 3:
01 - Like Sonny
02 - Harmonique
03 - My Shining Hour
04 - Naima
05 - Some Other Blues
06 - Fifth House
07 - Cherryco
08 - The Blessing
09 - Focus on Sanity
10 - The Invisible
11 - Bemsha Swing
Disc 4:
01 - Village Blues
02 - Village Blues (Alternate Take)
03 - My Favorite Things
04 - Central Park West
05 - Mr. Syms
06 - Untitled Original (Exotica)
07 - Summertime
08 - Body and Soul
09 - Body and Soul (Alternate Take)
10 - Mr. Knight
Disc 5:
01 - Blues to Elvin (Alternate Take)
02 - Blues to Elvin
03 - Mr. Day
04 - Blues to You (Alternate Take)
05 - Blues to You
06 - Blues to Bechet
07 - Satellite
08 - Everytime We Say Goodbye
09 - 26-2
10 - But Not for Me
Disc 6:
01 - Liberia
02 - The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
03 - Equinox
04 - Ole
05 - Dahomey Dance
06 - Aisha
07 - Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Ladyship)
Disc 7:
01 - Giant Steps (Alternate Version) Take 1 (Incomplete)
02 - Giant Steps (Alternate Version) Take 2 (False Start)
03 - Giant Steps (Alternate Version) Take 3 (Incomplete)
04 - Giant Steps (Alternate Version) Take 4 (Incomplete)
05 - Giant Steps (Alternate Version) Take 5 (Alternate)
06 - Giant Steps (Alternate Version) Take 6 (False Start)
07 - Giant Steps (Alternate Version) Take 7 (Incomplete)
08 - Naima (Alternate Version) Take 1 (Incomplete)
09 - Naima (Alternate Version) Take 2 (Incomplete)
10 - Naima (Alternate Version) Take 4 (False Start)
11 - Naima (Alternate Version) Take 5 (Alternate)
12 - Naima (Alternate Version) Take 6 (Alternate)
13 - Like Sonny (Alternate Version) Rehearsal 1 (False Start)
14 - Like Sonny (Alternate Version) Rehearsal 2 (Incomplete)
15 - Like Sonny (Alternate Version) Take 1 (False Start)
16 - Like Sonny (Alternate Version) Take 2 (Incomplete)
17 - Like Sonny (Alternate Version) Take 3 (Incomplete)
18 - Like Sonny (Alternate Version) Take 4 (False Start)
19 - Like Sonny (Alternate Version) Take 5 (Alternate)
20 - Like Sonny (Alternate Version) Take 6 (Incomplete)
21 - Giant Steps Take 3 (Incomplete)
22 - Giant Steps Take 6 (Alternate)
23 - Blues to Elvin Take 2 (False Start)
24 - Blues to Elvin Take 3 (Alternate)
25 - Blues to You Take 2 (Alternate)


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