John Coltrane: Blue Train – The Complete Masters

CD 1

1. Blue Train
2. Moment’s Notice
3. Locomotion
4. I’m Old Fashioned
5. Lazy Bird

CD 2

1. Blue Train (False Start)
2. Blue Train (alt. Take 7)
3. Moment’s Notice (Alt. Take 4)
4. Lazy Bird (Alt. Take 1)
5. Blue Train (Alt. Take 8)
6. Moment’s Notice (Alt. Take 5A Incomplete)
7. Lazy Bird (Alt. Take 2)

On September 15, 1957, John Coltrane went into Rudy Van Gelder’s studio and created a 40+ minute masterpiece that is considered one of the greatest jazz albums of all time

“Blue Train” is a groundbreaking blues-infused hard bop five-song excursion that intoxicates with power and poetry, ferocity and finesse, frenzy and tenderness. Celebrating the 65th anniversary of the recording, “Blue Train” is not only available in two different editions within the Tone Poet LP series, the “Complete Masters” variant also includes the original album in stereo plus alternate and incomplete previously unreleased takes on 2 CDs.

The Coltrane classic now as “Complete Masters” double CD with unreleased material!

The 16-page booklet includes never-before-seen session photos by Francis Wolff and an essay by Coltrane expert Ashley Kahn.