JOHN COLTRANE • GIANT STEPS • ORIGINAL 1959 MONO LP ATLANTIC 1311 BLACK LABEL NM
  $   1,250

 


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Jun 4, 2016 Sold Date
May 28, 2016 Start Date
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Tracklist

• GIANT STEPS

• COUSIN MARY

• COUNTDOWN

• SPIRAL

• SYEEDA´S SONG FLUTE

• NAIMA

• MR. P.C.


 

Recording Data

Recorded at – Atlantic Studios, NY, May 4, 1959

COUNTDOWN
SPIRAL
SILK N´ SATIN


Credits

Bass – PAUL CHAMBERS
Drums – ART TAYLOR
Piano – TOMMY FLANAGAN
Tenor Saxophone – JOHN COLTRANE



Recording Data

Recorded at – Atlantic Studios, NY, May 5, 1959

GIANT STEPS
COUSIN MARY
SYEEDAS SONG FLUTE
MR. P.C.


Credits

Bass – PAUL CHAMBERS
Drums – ART TAYLOR
Piano – TOMMY FLANAGAN
Tenor Saxophone – JOHN COLTRANE



Recording Data

Recorded at – Atlantic Studios, NY, December 2, 1959

NAIMA


Credits

Bass – PAUL CHAMBERS
Drums – JIMMY COBB
Piano – WYNTON KELLY
Tenor Saxophone – JOHN COLTRANE




HISTORY WILL UNDOUBTEDLY ENSHRINE THIS DISC AS A WATERSHED THE LIKES OF WHICH MAY NEVER TRULY BE APPRECIATED . . . “GIANT STEPS” BORE THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF FURTHERING THE CAUSE OF THE MUSIC AS WELL AS DELIVERING IT TO AN INCREASINGLY MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS JOHN COLTRANE’S DEBUT FOR “ATLANTIC”, HE WAS CONCURRENTLY PERFORMING AND RECORDING WITH MILES DAVIS... WITHIN THE SPACE OF LESS THAN THREE WEEKS, COLTRANE WOULD COMPLETE HIS WORK WITH DAVIS AND COMPANY ON ANOTHER GENRE-DEFINING DISC, “KIND OF BLUE”, BEFORE COMMENCING HIS EFFORTS ON THIS ONE. JOHN COLTRANE (TENOR SAX) IS FLANKED BY ESSENTIALLY TWO DIFFERENT TRIOS - RECORDING COMMENCED IN EARLY MAY OF 1959 WITH A PAIR OF SESSIONS THAT FEATURED TOMMY FLANAGAN (PIANO) AND ART TAYLOR (DRUMS), AS WELL AS PAUL CHAMBERS WHO WAS THE ONLY BANDMEMBER OTHER THAN COLTRANE TO HAVE PERFORMED ON EVERY DATE. WHEN RECORDING RESUMED IN DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR, WYNTON KELLY (PIANO) AND JIMMY COBB (DRUMS) WERE INSTATED –––– REPLICATING THE LINEUP FEATURED ON “KIND OF BLUE”, SANS MILES DAVIS OF COURSE. AT THE HEART OF THESE RECORDINGS, HOWEVER, IS THE LASER-BEAM FOCUS OF COLTRANE’S TENOR SOLOS < > UP FOR AUCTION AN ORIGINAL 1959 FIRST PRESSING MONO ISSUE ON THE “ATLANTIC” DEEP GROOVE BLACK LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT IN SUPERLATIVE CONDITION... THICK, LAMINATED CARDBOARD COVER IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH SHARP SEAMS –––– THE VINYL APPEARS VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED, ALL THE GLOSS OF NEW ON THE SURFACE WITH NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES ON IT, PERHAPS JUST PLAYED ONCE - BY FAR THE BEST COPY I HAVE EVER SEEN ! MATRIX NUMBERS  AND  “AT”  ETCHED  IN  THE  TRAIL-OFF  DEAD  WAX  :   11637-A   /   11638-A.




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