Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings

by John Coltrane

Overview

John Coltrane's Prestige recordings have been repackaged many times, beginning with a series of LPs released in the 1960s, long after he left the label. As far as the calendar goes, Coltrane wasn't with the label long, playing as a sideman in 1957, then spending 1958 as a leader. Only Soultrane came out during '58, with Standard Coltrane, Stardust, Bahia, and Dakar appearing much later, after Coltrane became a reliable star. Back in 1991, Fantasy packaged up everything in the 16-CD box The Prestige Recordings, and that hefty set became the standard bearer for Coltrane's Prestige sessions, but Craft's 2019 set Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings benefits from its narrow focus. Concentrating entirely on Coltrane's sessions as a leader during 1958, this box -- available either as a five-CD or eight-LP set -- marches through the year, presenting each session in chronological order. Even if this music is firmly anchored in swinging hard bop, this sequencing highlights Coltrane's rapid evolution. By the end of the set, he is well on his way to developing his signature sheets of sound, a modernist mode that found full flower on his records for Atlantic, but these sessions recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio crackle because the process of discovery is happening within the confines of loose, lively hard bop, supported by such stalwarts as pianist Red Garland, trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Donald Byrd, bassist Paul Chambers, guitarist Kenny Burrell, and drummer Jimmy Cobb. While it's true that all this music is easy to find elsewhere, it's also true that Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings sounds sterling and is presented with thought and care, so anybody looking to dive into these classic recordings will find this a fine intro. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	03/29/2019
Label:	Craft Records
UPC:	0888072072923
Rank:	84395

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Lush Life
2. Come Rain or Come Shine
3. The Believer
4. Nakatini Serenade
5. Lover
6. Russian Lullaby
7. Theme for Ernie
8. You Say You Care

Disc 2

9. Good Bait
10. I Want to Talk About You
11. Lyresto
12. Why Was I Born
13. Freight Trane
14. I Never Knew
15. Big Paul
16. I See Your Face Before Me

Disc 3

17. Rise and Shine
18. Little Melonae
19. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
20. By the Numbers
21. Black Pearls
22. Lover Come Back to Me

Disc 4

23. Sweet Sapphire Blues
24. Spring Is Here
25. Invitation
26. I'm a Dreamer (Aren't We All)
27. Love Thy Neighbor
28. Don't Take Your Love From Me
29. Stardust
30. Spring Is Here
31. Invitation
32. I'm A Dreamer (Aren't We All)

Disc 5

33. My Ideal
34. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
35. Do I Love You Because You Are Beautiful
36. Then I'll Be Tired of You
37. Something I Dreamed Last Night
38. Bahia
39. Goldsboro Express
40. Time After Time
41. Something I Dreamed Last Night
42. Goldsboro Express
43. Time After Time

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Coltrane   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Kenny Burrell   Primary Artist,Guitar
Jimmy Cobb   Drums
Art Taylor   Drums
Tommy Flanagan   Piano
Donald Byrd   Trumpet
Louis Hayes   Drums
Wilbur Harden   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Paul Chambers   Bass
Freddie Hubbard   Trumpet
Red Garland   Piano

Technical Credits

Jule Styne   Composer
Rudy Van Gelder   Engineer
Nick Phillips   Compilation Producer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Roy Turk   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Newell Chase   Composer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Tommy Flanagan   Composer
Ary Barroso   Composer
Arthur Schwartz   Composer
Bronislaw Kaper   Composer
Buddy DeSylva   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Ashley Kahn   Liner Notes,Associate Producer
Henry Nemo   Composer
Vincent Youmans   Composer
Sigmund Romberg   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Tadd Dameron   Composer
Ted Fio Rito   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Kenny Burrell   Composer
Bob Weinstock   Composer,Recording Supervision,Original Recording Producer
Billy Eckstine   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Chris Clough   Production Assistant
Jack Yellen   Composer
Count Basie   Composer
Jackie McLean   Composer
John Coltrane   Composer
Esmond Edwards   Cover Art
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Lew Brown   Composer
Robert Weinstock   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Howard Dietz   Composer
Paul Blakemore   Mastering
Paul Francis Webster   Composer
Fred E. Ahlert   Composer
Fred Lacey   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Leo Robin   Composer
McCoy Tyner   Composer
Cal Massey   Composer
Sammy Fain   Composer
Calvin Massey   Composer
Harry Revel   Composer
Mason Williams   Project Supervisor
Herbert Magidson   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Carrie Smith   Art Direction,Package Design
Sean Winter   Package Design
Ted Fiorito   Composer
Florian Mihr   Package Design
Herb Magidson   Composer
Bronislau Kaper   Composer
Richard Whiting   Composer