Coltrane's Sound

Coltrane's Sound is an album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, recorded in 1960 and released in 1964 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1419. It was recorded at Atlantic Studios during the sessions for My Favorite Things, assembled after Coltrane had stopped recording for the label and was under contract to Impulse! Records. Like Prestige and Blue Note Records before them, as Coltrane's fame grew during the 1960s Atlantic used unissued recordings and released them without either Coltrane's input or approval.

Coltrane's Sound
Studio album by John Coltrane
Released	Late June/early July 1964[1][2]
Recorded	October 24 & 26, 1960 Atlantic Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:18 original LP 50:33 CD reissue
Label	Atlantic SD 1419
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegun
John Coltrane chronology
Live at Birdland (1964) Coltrane's Sound (1964) Crescent (1964)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	(favorable)[3]
Allmusic	[4]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[5]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[8]

On February 16, 1999, Rhino Records reissued Coltrane's Sound as part of its Atlantic 50th Anniversary Jazz Gallery series. Included were two bonus tracks: "26-2" had been previously released on the 1970 album The Coltrane Legacy; and the alternate take of "Body and Soul" had been released on the 1975 album Alternate Takes.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"	Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin	6:51
2.	"Central Park West"	John Coltrane	4:16
3.	"Liberia"	John Coltrane	6:53

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Body and Soul"	Edward Heyman, Robert Sour Frank Eyton, Johnny Green	5:40
2.	"Equinox"	John Coltrane	8:39
3.	"Satellite"	John Coltrane	5:59

1999 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"26-2"	John Coltrane	6:17
8.	"Body and Soul" (alternate take)	Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green	5:58

"Central Park West", "Body and Soul" and "Satellite" recorded on October 24, 1960; the remainder on October 26, 1960.

Personnel

• John Coltrane — tenor saxophone on all except "Central Park West" soprano saxophone on "Central Park West" and "26-2";
• McCoy Tyner — piano
• Steve Davis — bass
• Elvin Jones — drums

Production personnel

• Nesuhi Ertegün — production
• Tom Dowd — engineering
• Marvin Israel — photography
• Ralph J. Gleason — liner notes
• Bob Carlton, Patrick Milligan — reissue supervision
• Dan Hersch — digital remastering
• Rachel Gutek — reissue design
• Hugh Brown — reissue art direction
• Kenny Berger — reissue liner notes
• Steven Chean — reissue editorial supervision
• Elizabeth Pavone — reissue editorial coordination

References

1. Liner notes to The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
2. Billboard July 11, 1964
3. All About Jazz review
4. Allmusic review
5. "Acclaimed Music - Coltrane's Sound". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
6. Rolling Stone review
7. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
8. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.