The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings
The Classic Quartet – The Complete Impulse! Recordings is a 1998 box set by jazz musician John Coltrane.
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Released | 1998 |
Recorded | 1962-1965 |
Genre | Jazz |
Length | 521:31 |
Label | Impulse! |
Producer | Bob Thiele |
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Albums covered
Coltrane’s classic quartet recorded 11 albums for Impulse!:
- Ballads (1962)
- Coltrane (1962)
- Live at Birdland (1963)
- Crescent (1964)
- A Love Supreme (1964)
- The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (1965)
- Living Space (1965)
- Transition (1965)
- Sun Ship (1965)
- First Meditations (1965)
- Kulu Sé Mama (1965) (Side 2 is by the Quartet; side 1 by a larger group)
Albums missed
Some of the Impulse! albums not included (as they did not cover material by the Classic Quartet but by different lineups)
- Africa/Brass (1961)
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1962)
- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
- Ascension (1965)
- Interstellar Space (1967)
- Expression (1967)
Track listing
- Original CD release The Classic Quartet – The Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings , 1998 (Impulse!)
(The LP each song originally appeared on is listed in parentheses)
Disc 1
- "Greensleeves" (3:41)
- "It's Easy to Remember" (2:45) (Ballads)
- "The Inch Worm" (6:15) (Coltrane)
- "Big Nick" (4:05) (Coltrane)
- "Out of This World (14:02) (Coltrane)
- "Soul Eyes" (5:23) (Coltrane)
- "Miles' Mode" (7:31) (Coltrane)
- "Tunji" (6:32) (Coltrane)
- "Nancy (with the Laughing Face) (3:10) (Ballads)
- "What's New?" (3:44) (Ballads)
- "Up ‘Gainst the Wall" (3:13) (Impressions) and (Coltrane)
- “Too Young to Go Steady" (4:20) (Ballads)
- “All or Nothing at All" (3:35) (Ballads)
- I Wish I Knew (4:51) (Ballads)
Disc 2
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (5:12) (Ballads)
- "Say It (Over and Over Again)" (4:15) (Ballads)
- "Vilia" (4:36) (Live at Birdland)
- "After the Rain" (4:09) (Impressions) and (Dear Old Stockholm)
- "Dear Old Stockholm" (10:40) (Dear Old Stockholm)
- "Your Lady" (6:39) (Live at Birdland)
- "Alabama (Take 4&5)" (5:08) (Live at Birdland)
- "Lonnie's Lament" (11:45) (Crescent)
- "The Drum Thing" (7:22) (Crescent)
- "Wise One" (9:01) (Crescent)
Disc 3
- "Crescent" (8:42) (Crescent)
- "Bessie's Blues" (3:32) (Crescent)
- "A Love Supreme, Part I: Acknowledgement" (7:47) (A Love Supreme)
- "A Love Supreme, Part II: Resolution" (7:22) (A Love Supreme)
- "A Love Supreme, Part III: Pursuance" (10:45) (A Love Supreme)
- "A Love Supreme, Part IV: Psalm" (7:05) (A Love Supreme)
- "Nature Boy (first version)" (7:03)
- "Nature Boy" (8:01) (The John Coltrane Quartet Plays)
- "Feeling Good" (6:22) (The John Coltrane Quartet Plays)
- "Chim Chim Cheree" (6:56) (The John Coltrane Quartet Plays)
Disc 4
- "Brasilia" (12:54) (The John Coltrane Quartet Plays)
- "Song of Praise" (9:51) (The John Coltrane Quartet Plays)
- "After the Crescent" (13:40) (Dear Old Stockholm)
- "Dear Lord" (5:34) (Dear Old Stockholm)
- "One Down, One Up" (15:28) (Dear Old Stockholm)
- "Welcome" (5:25) (Transition) and (Kulu Sé Mama)
- "The Last Blues" (4:22) (Living Space)
Disc 5
- "Untitled Original 90314" (14:45) (Living Space)
- "Transition" (15:27) (Transition)
- "Suite" (21:17) (Transition)
- "Living Space" (10:21) (Living Space)
- "Dusk Dawn" (10:48) (Living Space)
Disc 6
- "Vigil" (9:50) (Transition) and (Kulu Sé Mama)
- "Untitled Original 90320" (10:44) (Living Space)
- "Dearly Beloved" (6:27) (Sun Ship)
- "Attaining" (11:24) (Sun Ship)
- "Sun Ship" (6:12) (Sun Ship)
- "Ascent" (10:05) (Sun Ship)
- "Amen" (8:14) (Sun Ship)
Disc 7
- "Love" (8:04) (First Meditations)
- "Compassion" (9:34) (First Meditations)
- "Joy" (8:48) (First Meditations)
- "Consequences" (7:20) (First Meditations)
- "Serenity" (6:11) (First Meditations)
- "Joy (second version)" (12:21)
Disc 8
- "Crescent (first version) (10:04)
- "Bessie's Blues (first version – incomplete) (2:58)
- "Song of Praise (first version)" (2:41)
- "A Love Supreme, Part II: Resolution (alternate take)" (7:21)
- "Feeling Good (alternate take)" (6:16)
- "Dear Lord (breakdowns and alternate take)" (7:41)
- "Living Space (breakdown and alternate take)" (14:02)
Personnel
Recorded between 1961 and 1965 in New York City.
The Classic Quartet:
- John Coltrane — tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone
- McCoy Tyner — piano
- Jimmy Garrison — bass
- Elvin Jones — drums (all tracks except Dear Old Stockholm recordings)
Additional Performers:
- Art Davis — bass (only appears on disc 3: tracks 7,8,9)
- Roy Haynes — drums (only appears on disc 2: tracks 4,5 and disc 4: tracks 3,4,5)
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References
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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