Coltrane (Deluxe Edition)
Coltranehas always held a special place among the musician's  recordings, and it takes on new luster in this edition with previously  unreleased material. Recorded in 1962, it was the first Impulse recording of his  working quartet and the first studio recording to feature what would become the  classic quartet withMcCoy  Tyneron piano,Elvin  Joneson drums, and the recently arrived Jimmy Garrison on bass. More than  that, though, it's always been a brilliantly balanced statement of Coltrane's  different dimensions. Frank Loesser's "Inch Worm" is a chirping modal waltz  played on soprano saxophone in a vein similar to "My Favorite Things"; "Miles'  Mode" weds a 12-tone row with racing, blues-rooted intensity; "Out of this  World" is one of Coltrane's great extended tenor solos, in which he varies brief  phrases until they explode.The new deluxe edition has been meticulously remastered by Rudy Van Gelder, the  original engineer, with the first CD presenting the material as it first  appeared on the original LP. The second CD presents material that only came to  light in 2000, tapes that had lived in the collection of the late producer Bob  Thiele. There's a gospel-suffused McCoy Tyner composition called "Not Yet"  that's heard for the first time, as well as another take of "Miles' Mode" and  four compelling takes of the brooding "Tunji," each revealing subtly different  facets of the quartet's creation. Two studio versions of "Impressions" (one  released on the compilationThe  Very Best of John Coltrane, the other released here for the first time)  are tightly coiled performances of one of Coltrane's primary vehicles. The  six-minute version is particularly intense. This is required hearing for devoted  Coltrane listeners, providing new depth and insight into his working methods at  a crucial period in his career.--Stuart Broomer