John Coltrane: 'Coltrane's Sound,' 1960
The Atlantic release remains one of the saxophonist's richest albums
If you’re unfamiliar with tenor saxophonist John Coltrane or equate his music with the heady free jazz he embraced in the 1960s, I have just the gateway album for you. Coltrane’s Sound was one of my first Coltrane albums and I recognized immediately what made him special.
The LP not only helped me acclimate to his wilder recordings on Impulse that follow…
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