John Coltrane - Like Sonny

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:29
Size: 184,4 MB
Art: Front

(10:35)  1. One and Four
( 6:21)  2. Exotica (alt.)
( 6:16)  3. Exotica
( 5:28)  4. Like Sonny
( 8:21)  5. Essii's Dance
( 9:21)  6. Doxy
( 8:26)  7. Oleo
( 8:21)  8. I Talk to the Trees
( 9:38)  9. Yesterdays
( 6:36) 10. Angel Eyes

This Blue Note CD combines two unrelated sessions. Coltrane is heard in a quintet with the tuba player Ray Draper (their second album together) playing five standards (including "Doxy" and "Oleo") and Draper's "Essii's Dance." The 1960 performances are more significant because they're the earliest recorded collaborations by Coltrane and pianist McCoy Tyner. Together with bassist Steve Davis and drummer Billy Higgins, they perform "One and Four," "Like Sonny," and two takes of "Exotica," music that barely predates 'Trane's classic quartet and succeeds on its own terms. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/like-sonny-mw0000308759

Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Ray Draper (tuba); McCoy Tyner, John Maher (piano); Steve Davis, Spanky DeBrest (bass); Billy Higgins, Larry Ritchie (drums).

Like Sonny

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