Rare and Beautiful

John Coltrane ?– The Heavyweight Champion - The Complete Atlantic Recordings

Label: Rhino Records (2) ?– R1 71984 Series: Atlantic Jazz Gallery – Format: 12 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Numbered
Box Set, Limited Edition
Country: US Released: 1995 Genre: Jazz Style: Hard Bop, Modal

TracklistHide Credits

Giant Steps 1-A1 –John Coltrane Giant Steps Written-By – John Coltrane 4:43 1-A2 –John Coltrane Cousin Mary Written-By – John Coltrane 5:45 1-A3 –John Coltrane Countdown Written-By – John Coltrane 2:21 1-A4 –John Coltrane Spiral Written-By – John Coltrane 5:56 1-B1 –John Coltrane Syeeda's Song Flute Written-By – John Coltrane 7:00 1-B2 –John Coltrane Naima Written-By – John Coltrane 4:21 1-B3 –John Coltrane Mr. P.C. Written-By – John Coltrane 6:57 Coltrane Jazz 2-A1 –John Coltrane Little Old Lady Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams 4:25 2-A2 –John Coltrane Village Blues Written-By – John Coltrane 5:21 2-A3 –John Coltrane My Shining Hour Written-By – Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen* 4:50 2-A4 –John Coltrane Fifth House Written-By – John Coltrane 4:38 2-B1 –John Coltrane Harmonique Written-By – John Coltrane 4:10 2-B2 –John Coltrane Like Sonny Written-By – John Coltrane 5:51 2-B3 –John Coltrane I'll Wait And Pray Written-By – George Treadwell, Jerry Valentine* 3:32 2-B4 –John Coltrane Some Other Blues Written-By – John Coltrane 5:33 My Favorite Things 3-A1 –John Coltrane My Favorite Things Written-By – Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein* 13:41 3-A2 –John Coltrane Everytime We Say Goodbye Written-By – Cole Porter 5:39 3-B1 –John Coltrane Summertime Written-By – Du Bose Heyward*, George Gershwin 11:31 3-B2 –John Coltrane But Not For Me Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin 9:35 Bags & Trane 4-A1 –Milt Jackson & John Coltrane Bags & Trane Written-By – Milt Jackson 7:23 4-A2 –Milt Jackson & John Coltrane Three Little Words Written-By – Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby 7:27 4-A3 –Milt Jackson & John Coltrane The Night We Called It A Day Written-By – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair 4:19 4-B1 –Milt Jackson & John Coltrane Be-Bop Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie 7:57 4-B2 –Milt Jackson & John Coltrane The Late Late Blues Written-By – Milt Jackson 9:35 Olé Coltrane 5-A –John Coltrane Olé Written-By – John Coltrane 18:05 5-B1 –John Coltrane Dahomey Dance Written-By – John Coltrane 10:50 5-B2 –John Coltrane Aisha Written-By – McCoy Tyner 7:32 Coltrane Plays The Blues 6-A1 –John Coltrane Blues To Elvin Written-By – Elvin Jones 7:52 6-A2 –John Coltrane Blues To Bechet Written-By – John Coltrane 5:44 6-A3 –John Coltrane Blues To You Written-By – John Coltrane 6:25 6-B1 –John Coltrane Mr. Day Written-By – John Coltrane 7:56 6-B2 –John Coltrane Mr. Syms Written-By – John Coltrane 5:19 6-B3 –John Coltrane Mr. Knight Written-By – John Coltrane 7:30 Coltrane's Sound 7-A1 –John Coltrane The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Written-By – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin* 6:42 7-A2 –John Coltrane Central Park West Written-By – John Coltrane 4:12 7-A3 –John Coltrane Liberia Written-By – John Coltrane 6:45 7-B1 –John Coltrane Body And Soul Written-By – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour 5:35 7-B2 –John Coltrane Equinox Written-By – John Coltrane 8:33 7-B3 –John Coltrane Satellite Written-By – John Coltrane 5:48 The Avant-Garde 8-A1 –John Coltrane & Don Cherry Cherryco Written-By – Don Cherry 6:45 8-A2 –John Coltrane & Don Cherry Focus On Sanity Written-By – Ornette Coleman 12:07 8-B1 –John Coltrane & Don Cherry The Blessing Written-By – Ornette Coleman 7:50 8-B2 –John Coltrane & Don Cherry The Invisible Written-By – Ornette Coleman 4:08 8-B3 –John Coltrane & Don Cherry Bemsha Swing Written-By – Thelonious Monk 5:02 The Coltrane Legacy 9-A1 –John Coltrane 26-2 Written-By – John Coltrane 6:09 9-A2 –John Coltrane Original Untitled Ballad Written-By – Billy Frazier (2) 8:54 9-A3 –John Coltrane Untitled Original Written-By – John Coltrane 5:20 9-B1 –John Coltrane Centerpiece Written-By – Harry Edison, Bill Tennyson* 7:05 9-B2 –John Coltrane Stairway To The Stars Written-By – Frank Signorelli, Matt Malneck*, Mitchell Parish 3:58 9-B3 –John Coltrane Blues Legacy Written-By – Milt Jackson 9:00 Alternate Takes 10-A1 –John Coltrane Giant Steps Written-By – John Coltrane 3:40 10-A2 –John Coltrane Naima Written-By – John Coltrane 4:27 10-A3 –John Coltrane Like Sonny Written-By – John Coltrane 6:00 10-A4 –John Coltrane Cousin Mary Written-By – John Coltrane 5:54 10-B1 –John Coltrane I'll Wait And Pray Written-By – George Treadwell, Jerry Valentine* 3:25 10-B2 –John Coltrane Countdown Written-By – John Coltrane 4:33 10-B3 –John Coltrane Body And Soul Written-By – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour 5:57 10-B4 –John Coltrane Syeeda's Song Flute Written-By – John Coltrane 7:02 Outtakes Giant Steps (Alternate Version) 11-A1 –John Coltrane Take 1 [Incomplete] 3:51 11-A2 –John Coltrane Take 2 [False Start] 0:12 11-A3 –John Coltrane Take 3 [Incomplete] 2:41 11-A4 –John Coltrane Take 4 [Incomplete] 1:23 11-A5 –John Coltrane Take 5 [Alternate] 3:31 11-A6 –John Coltrane Take 6 [False Start] 0:31 11-A7 –John Coltrane Take 7 [Incomplete] 4:08 Naima (Alternate Version) 11-A8 –John Coltrane Take 1 [Incomplete] 3:29 11-A9 –John Coltrane Take 2 [Incomplete] 3:19 11-B1 –John Coltrane Take 4 [False Start] 0:22 11-B2 –John Coltrane Take 5 [Alternate] 3:37 11-B3 –John Coltrane Take 6 [Alternate] 3:30 Like Sonny (Alternate Version) 11-B4 –John Coltrane Rehearsal 1 [False Start] 0:23 11-B5 –John Coltrane Rehearsal 2 [Incomplete] 1:24 11-B6 –John Coltrane Take 1 [False Start] 0:24 11-B7 –John Coltrane Take 2 [Incomplete] 3:08 11-B8 –John Coltrane Take 3 [Incomplete] 1:07 11-B9 –John Coltrane Take 4 [False Start] 0:13 11-B10 –John Coltrane Take 5 [Alternate] 8:22 11-B11 –John Coltrane Take 6 [Incomplete] 1:22 Giant Steps 11-C1 –John Coltrane Take 3 [Incomplete] 4:03 11-C2 –John Coltrane Take 6 [Alternate] 5:00 Village Blues 11-C3 –John Coltrane Take Unknown [Alternate] 6:18 Blues To Elvin 11-C4 –John Coltrane Take 1 [Alternate] 11:20 11-D1 –John Coltrane Take 2 [False Start] 0:07 11-D2 –John Coltrane Take 3 [Alternate] 5:57 Blues To You 11-D3 –John Coltrane Take 1 [Alternate] 5:41 11-D4 –John Coltrane Take 2 [Alternate] 5:36

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Rhino Records Inc.
• Marketed By – Rhino Records Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – George Lane (tracks: 5-B1, 5-B2), John Coltrane (tracks: 9-A2)
• Art Direction – Geoff Gans
• Art Direction [Art Director] – Bob Defrin
• Art Direction, Design – Bryan Rackleff
• Artwork By [Cover - Coltrane Plays The Blues] – Marty Norman - Bob Slutzky Graphics
• Artwork By [Cover Illustration - Alternate Takes] – David Stone Martin
• Artwork By [Cover Painting - The Avant Garde] – Abidine*
• Artwork By [Packaging] – Patrick Milligan, Brian Schuman
• Bass – Art Davis (tracks: 5-A, 5-B1, 9-A2), Charlie Haden (tracks: 8-A1, 8-B1), Paul Chambers (3) (tracks: 1-A1 to 1-B3, 2-A1, 2-A3 to 2-B4, 4-A1, 4-B2, 10-A1 to 10-B2, 10-B4, 11-A1 to 11-C2), Percy Heath (tracks: 8-A2, 8-B2, 8-B3), Reggie Workman (tracks: 5-A to 5-B2), Steve Davis (tracks: 2-A2, 3-A1 to 3-B2, 6-A1 to 7-B3, 9-A1, 9-A3, 10-B3, 11-C3 to 11-D4)
• Compilation Producer – Joel Dorn
• Compiled By [Collator - Alternate Takes], Engineer [Re-mix - Alternate Takes] – Ilhan Mimaroglu
• Compiled By [The Coltrane Legacy], Edited By [Re-mix Editor - The Coltrane Legacy] – Ilhan Mimaroglu
• Coordinator [Art Coordination] – Coco Shinomiya
• Design [Alternate Takes] – Paula Scher
• Design [Cover - Coltrane Jazz / My Favorite Things / The Avant Garde] – Loring Eutemey
• Design [Cover - Giant Steps / Coltrane's Sound] – Marvin Israel
• Design [Cover - Olé Coltrane] – Jagel & Slutzky Graphics
• Design [Cover - The Coltrane Legacy] – Sam Smidt
• Drums – Art Taylor (tracks: 1-A1 to 1-B1, 1-B3, 10-A4, 10-B2, 10-B4, 11-C1, 11-C2), Connie Kay (tracks: 4-A1 to 4-B2, 9-B1 to 9-B3), Ed Blackwell (tracks: 8-A1 to 8-B3), Elvin Jones (tracks: 2-A2, 3-A1 to 3-B2, 5-A to 7-B3, 9-A1 to 9-A3, 10-B3, 11-C3 to 11-D4), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: 1-B2, 2-A1, 2-A3 to 2-B4, 10-B1), Lex Humphries (tracks: 10-A1 to 10-A3, 11-A1 to 11-B11)
• Engineer [Re-mix] – Geoffrey Haslam
• Engineer [Recording] – Phil Iehle (tracks: 1-A1 to 3-B2, 8-A1 to 8-B3, 10-A1 to 10-A3), Phil Ramone (tracks: 5-A to 5-B2, 9-A2), Tom Dowd (tracks: 1-A1 to 4-B2, 6-A1 to 9-A1, 9-A3 to 10-B4)
• Executive Producer, Other [Discographical Annotation] – Patrick Milligan
• Flute – Eric Dolphy (tracks: 9-A2), George Lane (tracks: 5-A)
• Lacquer Cut By – GS*
• Liner Notes [Bags & Trane] – C. H. Garrigues
• Liner Notes [Coltrane Jazz] – Zita Carno
• Liner Notes [Coltrane Plays The Blues] – Joe Goldberg
• Liner Notes [Giant Steps / The Coltrane Legacy / Alternate Takes] – Nat Hentoff
• Liner Notes [My Favorite Things] – Bill Coss
• Liner Notes [Olé Coltrane / Coltrane's Sound] – Ralph J. Gleason
• Liner Notes [Outtakes] – Joel Dorn
• Liner Notes [The Avant Garde] – A. B. Spellman*
• Other [Editorial Assistance] – Norma Edwards, Nancy L. Hopkins, Ted Myers, Stephen K. Peeples, Darcy Sullivan
• Other [Project Assistance] – Lewis Porter
• Photography – Lee Friedlander, Lee Tanner/The Jazz Image, Chuck Stewart, Mosaic Images, Jimmy Heath, Michael Ochs Archives, Alice Arnold
• Photography [Cover Photo - The Coltrane Legacy] – Jim Marshall
• Piano – Cedar Walton (tracks: 10-A1 to 10-A3, 11-A1 to 11-B11), Hank Jones (tracks: 4-A1 to 4-B2, 9-B1 to 9-B3), McCoy Tyner (tracks: 2-A2, 3-A1 to 3-B2, 5-A to 6-A1, 6-B1 to 7-B2, 9-A1 to 9-A3, 10-B3, 11-C3 to 11-D4), Tommy Flanagan (tracks: 1-A1 to 1-B1, 1-B3, 10-A4, 10-B2, 10-B4, 11-C1, 11-C2), Wynton Kelly (tracks: 1-B2, 2-A1, 2-A3 to 2-B4, 10-B1)
• Producer [Original Recordings] – Nesuhi Ertegun
• Remastered By – Bill Inglot, Bob Fisher, Gene Paul, Geoff Sykes
• Soprano Saxophone – John Coltrane (tracks: 3-A1, 3-A2, 5-A, 6-A2, 6-B2, 7-2, 8-B1, 8-B2, 9-A1 to 9-A3)
• Supervised By – Nesuhi Ertegun (tracks: 1-A1 to 8-B3)
• Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane (tracks: 1-A1 to 1-B3, 2-A1 to 2-B4, 3-B1 to 4-B2, 5-B1 to 6-A1, 6-A3, 6-B1, 6-B3 to 7-A1, 7-A3 to 8-A2, A2, 8-A3, 9-A1, 9-A3 to 10-B4, 11-A1 to 11-D4)
• Trumpet – Don Cherry (tracks: 8-A1 to 8-B3), Freddie Hubbard (tracks: 5-A to 5-B2, 9-A2)
• Vibraphone [Vibraharp] – Milt Jackson (tracks: 4-A1 to 4-B2, 9-B1 to 9-B3)

Notes

Hand Numbered Limited Edition Of 3000.

Giant Steps -

Atlantic 1311. Released January 1960.
Tracks 1-A3 & 1-A4 - recorded Monday, May 4, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Tracks 1-A1, 1-A2, 1-B1 & 1-B2 - recorded Tuesday, May 5, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Track 1-B2 - recorded Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.

Coltrane Jazz -

Atlantic 1354. Released February 1961.
Tracks 2-A1 & 2-B3 - recorded Tuesday, November 24, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Tracks 2-A3, 2-A4, 2-B1, 2-B2 & 2-B4 - recorded Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Track 2-A2 - recorded Friday, October 21, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.

My Favorite Things -

Atlantic 1361. Released March 1961.
Track 3-A1 - recorded Friday, October 21, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Track 3-B1 - recorded Monday, October 24, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Tracks 3-A2 & 3-B2 - recorded Wednesday, Octover 26, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.

Bags & Trane -

Atlantic 1368. Released December 1961.
All tracks recorded Thursday, January 15, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.

Olé Coltrane -

Atlantic 1373. Released February 1962.
All tracks recorded Thursday, May 25, 1961, A&R Studios, New York City.

Coltrane Plays The Blues -

Atlantic 1382. Released July 1962.
All tracks recorded Monday, October 24, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.

Coltrane's Sound -

Atlantic 1419. Released June 1964.
Tracks 7-A2, 7-B1 & 7-B3 - recorded Monday, October 24, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Tracks 7-A1, 7-A3 & 7-B2 - recorded Wednesday, October 26, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.

The Avant-Garde -

Atlantic 1451. Released April 1966.
Tracks 8-A1 & 8-B1 - recorded Tuesday, June 28, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Tracks 8-A2, 8-B2 & 8-B3 - recorded Friday, July 8, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.

The Coltrane Legacy -

Atlantic 1553. Released April 1970.
Tracks 9-B1, 9-B2 & 9-B3 - recorded Thursday, January 15, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Track 9-A3 - recorded Monday, October 24, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City. This track titled "Untitled Original " on sleeve and "Untitled Original (Exotica)" in booklet notes.
Track 9-A1 - recorded Wednesday, October 26, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Track 9-A2 - recorded Thursday, May 25, 1961, A&R Studios, New York City. This track titled "Original Untitled Ballad" on sleeve and "Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Ladyship)" in booklet notes.

Alternate Takes -

Atlantic 1668. Released January 1975.
Tracks 10-A1,10-A2 & 10-A3 - recorded Thursday, March 26, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Track 10-B2 - recorded Monday, May 4, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Tracks 10-A4 & 10-B4 - recorded Tuesday, May 5, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Track 10-B1 - recorded Tuesday, November 24, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Track 10-B3 - recorded Monday, October, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.

Outtakes -

R1 71984. Released 1995.
Tracks 11-A1 to 11-B11 - recorded Thursday, March 26, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Tracks 11-C1 & 11-C2 - recorded Tuesday, May 5, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Track 11-C3 - recorded Friday, October 21, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.
Tracks 11-C4 to 11-D4 - recorded Monday, October 24, 1960, Atlantic Studios, New York City.

This compilation ? 1974 & 1995, © 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation, Manufactured & Marketed by Rhino Records, Inc.

Printed in U.S.A.

Includes a 44-page booklet feature notes by Coltrane, biographer Louis Porter, plus testimonials from such contemporatires as Yusef Lateef and Charles Lloyd, a rare interview with "Cousin Mary" Alexander and never-before-published photographs.