John Coltrane: First Impressions
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Song Performer(s) Album/CD and
Catalog Number

"Moments Notice"

John Coltrane

Blue Train, Blue Train (CDP 7243 8 53428 0 6)

"Giant Steps"

John Coltrane

Giant Steps, Rhino/Atlantic (R2 75203)

"Resolution"

John Coltrane

A Love Supreme, Impulse! (155)

"Weeja"

Elmo Hope & John Coltrane

John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings, Prestige (16 PCD-4405-2)

"Come and Go to that Land"

African American Congregational Singing

Water in the Water, part II, Smithsonian Folkways (40076)

"One O'Clock Jump"

Count Basie Orchestra

The Instrumental History of Jazz, N2K Encoded (N2KE-10004)

"Bryant's Folly"

Ray Bryant

The All Played Be-Bop, Columbia (C2 38039)

"Le Sacre Du Printemps"

Pierre Boulez & Cleveland Orchestra

National Public Radio Milestones of the Millenium: Igor Stravinsky, SONY Classical (SMK 64085)

"Ko-Ko"

Charlie Parker

The Instrumental History of Jazz, N2K Encoded (N2KE-10004)

"Impressions"

John Coltrane

Impressions, Impulse! (314 543 416-2)

"Hot House"

John Coltrane

The Last Giant, Rhino/Atlantic (R2 71255)

"When My Baby Left Me"

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

1940's: The Singers, Columbia (CJ 40652)

"Trane's Blues"

John Coltrane

Trane's Blues, Blue Note (7243 4 98240 2 7)

"You Stole My Wife. . .You Horse Thief"

Dizzy Gillespie

Capitol Jump, Capitol (25544-2)

"We Love to Boogie"

Dizzy Gillespie Sextet

The Last Giant, Rhino/Atlantic (R2 71255)

"Thru for the Night"

Johnny Hodges

The Last Giant, Rhino/Atlantic (R2 71255)

"Like Sonny"

John Coltrane

Like Sonny, Roulette (CDP 7939012)

"Stablemates"

Miles Davis

Miles Davis Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951- 1956, Prestige (PCD-102-2)

"Blues by Five"

Miles Davis

Miles Davis Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951 - 1956, Prestige (PCD-102-2)

"Monk's Mood"

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings, Riverside (RCD 022-2)

"I Mean You"

Thelonious Monk

Live at the Five Spot, Blue Note (CDP 0777 7 99786 2 5)

"Harmonique"

John Coltrane

Coltrane Jazz, Rhino/Atlantic (R2 79891)

"Tenor Madness"

Sonny Rollins & John Coltrane

John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings, Prestige (16 PCD-4405-2)

"Blue Train"

John Coltrane

Blue Train, Blue Note (CDP 7243 8 53428 0 6)

"So What"

Miles Davis

Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955 - 1961, Columbia/Legacy (65833)

"Freddie Freeloader"

Miles Davis

Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955 - 1961, Columbia/Legacy (65833)

"The Believer"

John Coltrane

John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings, Prestige (16 PCD-4405-2)

"Someday My Prince Will Come"

Miles Davis

Someday My Prince Will Come, Columbia (CK 65919)

"Giant Steps"

John Coltrane

Giant Steps, Rhino/Atlantic (75203)

"Naima"

John Coltrane

Giant Steps, Rhino/Atlantic (75203)

"Lonnie's Lament"

John Coltrane

The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings, Impulse! (280)

"Moment's Notice"

John Coltrane

Blue Train, Blue Note (CDP 7243 8 53428 0 6)