Coltrane (1962 album)


Coltrane is a 1962 studio album by jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. When reissued on CD, it featured a Coltrane composition dedicated to his hero "Big Nick" Nicholas that Coltrane would record later the same year for his Duke Ellington collaboration Duke Ellington & John Coltrane. The composition "Tunji" was written by Coltrane in dedication to the Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji.

Critical reception

's Michael G. Nastos called the album "a most focused effort, a relatively popular session to both fans or latecomers, with five selections that are brilliantly conceived and rendered." He found Coltrane "simply masterful" on tenor saxophone with a "fully formed instrumental voice" that "shine through in the most illuminating manner", and wrote of the album's standing in his catalog:
Francis Davis of The Village Voice felt that, apart from the "modal, three-quarter time novelty hit" "The Inch Worm", consumers should buy the album for "the gorgeous 'Soul Eyes' and a shattering 'Out of This World'."

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Out of This World" – 14:06
  2. "Soul Eyes" – 5:26
Side Two
  1. "The Inch Worm" – 6:19
  2. "Tunji" – 6:33
  3. "Miles' Mode" – 7:31
1997 CD bonus tracks
  2. "Big Nick" – 4:04
  3. "Up 'Gainst The Wall" – 3:13

    2002 deluxe edition

Disc One
  1. "Out of This World" – 14:04
  2. "Soul Eyes" – 5:25
  3. "The Inch Worm" – 6:14
  4. "Tunji" – 6:32
  5. "Miles' Mode" – 7:31
Disc Two
  1. "Not Yet" – 6:13
  2. "Miles' Mode" – 7:08
  3. "Tunji" – 10:41
  4. "Tunji" – 7:55
  5. "Tunji" – 7:16
  6. "Tunji" – 7:48
  7. "Impressions" – 6:32
  8. "Impressions" – 4:33
  9. "Big Nick" – 4:28
  10. "Up 'Gainst the Wall" – 3:15

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