The Prestige Recordings

1991 box set by John Coltrane
The Prestige Recordings
A black and white photo of a thirtysomething African-American man daydreaming. The box title design is in shades of red and blue with the words "JOHN COLTRANE. THE PRESTIGE RECORDINGS" and the cover has a narrow red border rounded by a wider black border.
Box set by
John Coltrane
Released1991
Recorded1956–58
StudioRudy Van Gelder Studio
GenreJazz
Length18h20min
LabelPrestige
ProducerOrrin Keepnews (reissue)
John Coltrane chronology
The Prestige Recordings
(1991)
The Major Works of John Coltrane
(1992)

The Prestige Recordings is a box set by jazz musician John Coltrane.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

In review for AllMusic Lindsay Planer wrote: "The 16 CDs in this compendium represent nearly everything that John Coltrane recorded for the Prestige label during a 32-month period between May 7, 1956, and December 26, 1958... Accompanying the music is a 32-page liner notes booklet. Inside are a historical essay from Doug Ramsey, a session-by-session breakdown by Carl Woideck..., and several different cross-references of the contents. Overall, the audio quality is excellent throughout, especially considering that the original tapes were transferred during the infancy of digital audio technology."[1]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented: "The boxed set offers the most comprehensive and, for most listeners, exhaustive documentation of Trane's time with the label... It reveals the saxophonist still in larval stage and not yet the compellingly beautiful imago of the Atlantic years."[2]

Track listing

(Original album, and recording date, for each track listed in parentheses)

CD1

  1. Tenor Madness (Sonny Rollins – Tenor Madness – 5/24/56)
  2. Weeja (Elmo HopeInformal Jazz – 5/7/56)
  3. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Elmo HopeInformal Jazz - 5/7/56)
  4. On It (Elmo HopeInformal Jazz – 5/7/56)
  5. Avalon (Elmo HopeInformal Jazz – 5/7/56)
  6. Tenor Conclave (Tenor Conclave – 9/7/56)
  7. How Deep is the Ocean? (Tenor Conclave – 9/7/56)

CD2

  1. Just You, Just Me (Tenor Conclave – 9/7/56)
  2. Bob's Boys (Tenor Conclave – 9/7/56)
  3. Mating Call (Tadd DameronMating Call – 11/30/56)
  4. Soultrane (Tadd DameronMating Call – 11/30/56)
  5. Gnid (Tadd DameronMating Call – 11/30/56)
  6. Super Jet (Tadd DameronMating Call – 11/30/56)
  7. On A Misty Night (Tadd DameronMating Call – 11/30/56)
  8. Romas (Tadd DameronMating Call – 11/30/56)
  9. Soul Eyes (Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors – 3/22/57)

CD3

  1. Anatomy (Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors – 3/22/57)
  2. Interplay (Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors – 3/22/57)
  3. Light Blue (Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors – 3/22/57)
  4. C.T.A. (Art TaylorTaylor's Wailers – 3/22/57)
  5. Eclypso (The Cats – 4/18/57)
  6. Solacium (The Cats – 4/18/57)
  7. Minor Mishap (The Cats – 4/18/57)
  8. Tommy's Tune (The Cats – 4/18/57)

CD4

  1. Dakar (Baritones and French Horns – 4/20/57)
  2. Mary's Blues (Baritones and French Horns – 4/20/57)
  3. Route 4 (Baritones and French Horns – 4/20/57)
  4. Velvet Scene (Baritones and French Horns – 4/20/57)
  5. Witches' Pit (Baritones and French Horns – 4/20/57)
  6. Cat Walk (Baritones and French Horns – 4/20/57)
  7. Pot Pourri (Mal WaldronMal/2 – 4/19/57)
  8. J.M.'s Dream Doll (Mal WaldronMal/2 – 4/19/57)
  9. Don't Explain (Mal WaldronMal/2 – 4/19/57)
  10. Falling In Love With Love (Mal WaldronThe Dealers – 4/19/57)

CD5

  1. Blue Calypso (Mal WaldronThe Dealers – 4/19/57)
  2. The Way You Look Tonight (Mal WaldronMal/2 – 5/17/57)
  3. From This Moment On (Mal WaldronMal/2 – 5/17/57)
  4. One By One (Mal WaldronMal/2 – 5/17/57)
  5. Cattin' (Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette – 5/17/57)
  6. Anatomy (Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette – 5/17/57)
  7. Vodka (Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette – 5/17/57)
  8. Sunday (Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette – 5/17/57)

CD6

  1. Straight Street (Coltrane – 5/31/57)
  2. While My Lady Sleeps (Coltrane – 5/31/57)
  3. Chronic Blues (Coltrane – 5/31/57)
  4. Bakai (Coltrane - 5/31/57)
  5. Violets For Your Furs (Coltrane – 5/31/57)
  6. Time Was (Coltrane – 5/31/57)
  7. I Hear A Rhapsody (Lush Life – 5/31/57)
  8. Trane's Slow Blues (Lush Life – 8/16/57)
  9. Slowtrane (The Last Trane – 8/16/57)
  10. Like Someone in Love (Lush Life – 8/16/57)
  11. I Love You (Lush Life – 8/16/57)

CD7

  1. Dealin' (Take 1) (Mal WaldronThe Dealers – 9/20/57)
  2. Dealin' (Take 2) (Wheelin' & Dealin' – 9/20/57)
  3. Wheelin' (Take 1) (Mal WaldronThe Dealers – 9/20/57)
  4. Wheelin' (Take 2) (Wheelin' & Dealin' – 9/20/57)
  5. Robbin's Nest (Wheelin' & Dealin' – 9/20/57)
  6. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Wheelin' & Dealin' – 9/20/57)

CD8

  1. You Leave Me Breathless (John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio a.k.a. Traneing In – 8/23/57)
  2. Bass Blues (John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio a.k.a. Traneing In – 8/23/57)
  3. Soft Lights And Sweet Music (John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio a.k.a. Traneing In – 8/23/57)
  4. Traneing In (John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio a.k.a. Traneing In – 8/23/57)
  5. Slow Dance (John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio a.k.a. Traneing In – 8/23/57)
  6. Our Delight (Red GarlandAll Mornin' Long – 11/15/57)
  7. They Can't Take That Away From Me (Red GarlandAll Mornin' Long – 11/15/57)
  8. Woody'n You (Red GarlandSoul Junction – 11/15/57)
  9. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (Red GarlandSoul Junction – 11/15/57)

CD9

  1. Undecided (Red GarlandHigh Pressure – 12/13/57)
  2. Soul Junction (Red GarlandSoul Junction – 11/15/57)
  3. What Is There To Say? (Red GarlandHigh Pressure – 12/13/57)
  4. Birk's Works (Red GarlandSoul Junction – 11/15/57)
  5. Hallelujah (Red GarlandSoul Junction – 11/15/57)
  6. All Mornin' Long (Red GarlandAll Mornin' Long – 11/15/57)

CD10

  1. Billie's Bounce (Red GarlandDig It! – 12/13/57)
  2. Solitude (Red GarlandHigh Pressure – 12/13/57)
  3. Two Bass Hit (Red GarlandHigh Pressure – 12/13/57)
  4. Soft Winds (Red GarlandHigh Pressure – 12/13/57)
  5. Lazy Mae (Red GarlandDig It! – 12/13/57)
  6. Under Paris Skies (Ray Draper - The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane – 12/20/57)
  7. Two Sons (Ray Draper - The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane – 12/20/57)

CD11

  1. Clifford's Kappa (Ray Draper - The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane - 12/20/57)
  2. Filide (The Believer) (Ray DraperThe Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane - 12/20/57)
  3. Paul's Pal (The Believer – 1958) (Ray Draper - The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane – 12/20/57)
  4. Ammon Joy (Gene AmmonsGroove Blues – 1/3/58)
  5. Groove Blues (Gene AmmonsGroove Blues – 1/3/58)
  6. The Real McCoy (Gene AmmonsThe Big Sound – 1/3/58)
  7. It Might As Well Be Spring (Gene AmmonsGroove Blues – 1/3/58)

CD12

  1. Lush Life (Lush Life 1/10/58)
  2. The Believer (The Believer 1/10/58)
  3. Nakatini Serenade (The Believer 1/10/58)
  4. Come Rain or Come Shine (The Last Trane – 1/10/1958)
  5. Lover (The Last Trane – 1/10/58)
  6. Russian Lullaby (Soultrane – 2/7/58)
  7. Theme For Ernie (Soultrane – 2/7/58)

CD13

  1. You Say You Care (Soultrane – 2/7/58)
  2. Good Bait (Soultrane – 2/7/58)
  3. I Want To Talk About You (Soultrane – 2/7/58)
  4. Lyresto (Kenny BurrellKenny Burrell and John Coltrane - 3/7/58)
  5. Why Was I Born? (Kenny BurrellKenny Burrell and John Coltrane – 3/7/58)
  6. Freight Trane (Kenny BurrellKenny Burrell and John Coltrane – 3/7/58)
  7. I Never Knew (Kenny BurrellKenny Burrell and John Coltrane – 3/7/58)
  8. Big Paul (Kenny BurrellKenny Burrell and John Coltrane – 3/7/58)

CD14

  1. Rise 'N' Shine (Settin' the Pace – 3/26/58)
  2. "I See Your Face Before Me" (Settin' the Pace – 3/26/58)
  3. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You (Settin' the Pace – 3/26/58)
  4. Little Melonae (Settin' the Pace – 3/26/58)
  5. By The Numbers (The Last Trane – 3/26/58)
  6. Black Pearls (Black Pearls – 5/23/58)

CD15

  1. Lover Come Back To Me (Black Pearls – 5/23/58)
  2. Sweet Sapphire Blues (Black Pearls - 5/23/58)
  3. Spring Is Here (Standard Coltrane – 7/11/58)
  4. Invitation (Standard Coltrane – 7/11/58)
  5. I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All (Bahia - 7/11/58)
  6. Love Thy Neighbor (Stardust – 7/11/58)
  7. Don't Take Your Love From Me (Standard Coltrane – 7/11/58)

CD16

  1. Stardust (Stardust – 7/11/58)
  2. My Ideal (Bahia - 7/11/58)
  3. I'll Get By (Standard Coltrane – 7/11/58)
  4. Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? (The Believer – 12/26/58)
  5. Then I'll Be Tired Of You (Stardust - 12/26/58)
  6. Something I Dreamed Last Night (Bahia - 12/26/58)
  7. Bahia (Bahia - 12/26/58)
  8. Goldsboro Express (Bahia - 12/26/58)
  9. Time After Time (Stardust - 12/26/58)

References

  1. ^ a b Planer, Lindsay. "John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings". AllMusic. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 269.
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