THE JOHN COLTRANE GUIDE

From: The Village Voice | Date: June 7, 2006| Author: Davis, Francis | Copyright information

FROM SIDEMAN TO MESMERIZER TO EVANGELICAL TO INTERSTELLAR SPACE

You can buy your Coltrane in bulk these days, and may be you should. Not just for completists, boxes like The Prestige Recordings, Atlantic/Rhino's The Heavyweight Champion, and Impulse's The Classic Quartet assist in tracking their subject's path from '5Os journeyman to '60s avatar. But facsimiles and expanded editions do the job almost as well, plus they're more affordable and beginner-friendly, and they channel the lure...

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