a day in the life of john coltrane

180g vinyl

Recorded July 11, 1958 at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, this album is aptly named “A Day in the Life of John Coltrane” because the entire contents of this double album were recorded in a single day. Originally available only on three separate LPs, this quintet session (featuring a hard-hitting Chambers-Cobb-Garland rhythm section) captures Coltrane at the top of his game, although he plays no original material. Coming to prominence in the mid-fifties as Miles Davis' sideman, Coltrane's own star quickly ascended (recorded just 9 months after his genre-busting “Blue Train” for Blue Note) and for a brief time burned brightly, hard to believe just 9 years later he'd be dead.

Track listing - Side A: 1.Spring Is Here 2. Invitation Side B: 1. I’m A Dreamer Aren’t We All 2. Love Thy Neighbor Side C: 1. Don’t Take Your Love From Me 2. My Ideal Side D: 1. Stardust 2. I’ll Get By