The Coltrane Legacy
1970 compilation album by John Coltrane
| The Coltrane Legacy | |
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| Compilation album by John Coltrane | |
| Released | April 1970 |
| Recorded | January 15, 1959 October 24 & 26, 1960 May 25, 1961 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Atlantic Records |
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun |
The Coltrane Legacy is a compilation album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1970 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1553. Issued posthumously, it consists of outtakes from recording sessions which yielded the albums Olé Coltrane, Coltrane Plays the Blues, Coltrane's Sound, and Bags & Trane. All selections were previously unreleased.
The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Performance.[1]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |   [2] |
| AllMusic | [3] |
In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "When this LP was released in 1970, it debuted some valuable Coltrane recordings covering a two-year period... Historically significant music, it's generally quite enjoyable."[3]
Track listing
All tracks by John Coltrane except as indicated.
Side one
- "26-2" – 6:13
- "Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Ladyship)" (Billy Frazier) – 8:58
- "Untitled Original (Exotica)" – 5:22
Side two
- "Centerpiece" (Sweets Edison, Bill Tennyson) – 7:05
- "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 3:58
- "Blues Legacy" (Milt Jackson) – 9:00
Personnel
- John Coltrane – soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard – trumpet on "Original Untitled Ballad"
- Eric Dolphy – flute on "Original Untitled Ballad"
- Milt Jackson – vibraphone on side two
- McCoy Tyner – piano on side one
- Hank Jones – piano on side two
- Paul Chambers – bass on side two
- Steve Davis – bass on "26-2" and "Untitled Original"
- Art Davis – bass on "Original Untitled Ballad"
- Elvin Jones – drums on side one
- Connie Kay – drums on side two
References
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albums
- Mating Call (with Tadd Dameron)
- Tenor Conclave
- Coltrane
- Interplay
- Wheelin' & Dealin'
- John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio
- Soultrane
- Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette
- The Cats (with Tommy Flanagan and Kenny Burrell)
- Lush Life
- Settin' the Pace
- Standard Coltrane
- Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
- Stardust
- Dakar
- The Believer
- Black Pearls
- Bahia
- The Last Trane
- Two Tenors
albums
- Blue Train
- Coltrane Time
albums
- Giant Steps
- Bags & Trane (with Milt Jackson)
- Coltrane Jazz
- My Favorite Things
- Olé Coltrane
- Coltrane Plays the Blues
- Coltrane's Sound
- The Avant-Garde
albums
- Africa/Brass
- Coltrane
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- Ballads
- Impressions
- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
- Crescent
- A Love Supreme
- The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
- Ascension
- Meditations
- Kulu Sé Mama
- Expression
- Om
- Cosmic Music (with Alice Coltrane)
- Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things
- Transition
- Sun Ship
- Infinity
- Interstellar Space
- The Africa/Brass Sessions, Volume 2
- First Meditations
- Dear Old Stockholm
- Stellar Regions
- Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
- Blue World
Miles Davis
- Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet
- 'Round About Midnight
- Cookin'
- Relaxin'
- Milestones
- Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
- Kind of Blue
- Jazz Track
- Workin'
- Steamin'
- Someday My Prince Will Come
- Miles & Monk at Newport
- Basic Miles
- At Newport 1958
- Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I
- 1958 Miles
- Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley
Thelonious Monk
- "Live" at the Village Vanguard
- Live at Birdland
- New Thing at Newport
- Live at the Village Vanguard Again!
- Live in Seattle
- Live in Japan
- Afro Blue Impressions
- The Paris Concert
- The European Tour
- Live Trane: The European Tours
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Newport '63
- The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
- The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording
- Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up
- Offering: Live at Temple University
- A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle
- Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy
- Alternate Takes
- The Best of John Coltrane
- The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings
- Coltrane for Lovers
- The Coltrane Legacy
- The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
- The Prestige Recordings
- Countdown: The Savoy Sessions
- Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions
- Feelin' Good
- Gold Coast
- The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
- High Step
- The Major Works of John Coltrane
- Jupiter Variation
- Ken Burns Jazz: John Coltrane
- The Last Giant: Anthology
- Living Space
- To the Beat of a Different Drum
- Trane's Blues
- Trane's Modes
- "26-2"
- "Alabama"
- "Blue Train"
- "Central Park West"
- "Countdown"
- "Equinox"
- "Giant Steps"
- "Impressions"
- "Lazy Bird"
- "Moment's Notice"
- "Mr. P.C."
- "Naima"
- "Ogunde"
- The Church of Saint Coltrane
- The World According to John Coltrane
- Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
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