John Coltrane

"Blue Train"

Original thick vinyl deep groove pressing on Blue Note Records, catalog #1577, mono. Has the 47 West 63rd address on the label, and "RVG" and the little "ear" symbol in the dead wax.

The vinyl has some light scuffing and a couple of long needle marks. There are light ticks throughout play in the background. It's a very loud pressing. The cover has light ringwear and 2 modern pieces of tape along the top and bottom edge due to splits. There's a couple of light nicks in the spine which is not square and has no printing.

personnel:

JOHN COLTRANE: Tenor Saxophone

LEE MORGAN: Trumpet

CURTIS FULLER: Trombone

KENNY DREW: Piano

PAUL CHAMBERS: Bass

PHILLY JOE JONES: Drums

tracks:

Blue Train

Moment's Notice

Locomotion

I'm Old Fashioned

Lazy Bird

The only album John Coltrane recorded for Blue Note as a leader turned out to be one of his most rewarding statements, not to mention a highlight of Blue Note's recording history. Coltrane didn't stay in pure "hard bop" territory very long. He would soon after return to Miles Davis' group to pursue modal-based jazz and continue on to explore Eastern motifs and free jazz. At the time of this recording, he was working in Thelonious Monk's legendary Five Spot quartet.

The frontline of Coltrane, trumpeter Lee Morgan, and trombonist Curtis Fuller is a hard bop fan's dream. Pianist Kenny Drew supplies the blues and funk elements while Davis stalwarts Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones anchor the rhythm section.

The opening blues of the title track shows just how far Coltrane had come since he began his first stint with Miles two years earlier. Even the simplest of blues structures provided enough room for Coltrane's harmonic curiosity, his searing emotional flurries, and his "sheets of sound" approach. The buoyant original "Moment's Notice" offers especially exuberant solos from all three hornmen plus a terrific arco (bowed) solo from Chambers. The fast blues "Locomotion" displays the leader's ability to mix jarring, seemingly off-key moans into a coherent blues progression. You can hear the difference between Coltrane's ideas and the equally compelling but less adventurous solos from Morgan and Fuller. Despite all of the sharp, piercing tones elsewhere, Coltrane proves he can handle a ballad ("I'm Old Fashioned") with the utmost tenderness.

Blue Train represents the best opportunity to hear Coltrane in a true, blowing-session context. While he reaches the heights of hard bop, you can also sense that he was eager to expand beyond its limitations. He would certainly do so in the near future.

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