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Blue Train is a
jazz album by
John Coltrane, released in 1957 (see
1957 in music.) It is considered by many to be Coltrane's first "true" solo album, as it's the first he recorded featuring musicians and songs entirely of his choosing. All of the compositions were written by Coltrane, save one ("I'm Old Fashioned", a
Jerome Kern/
Johnny Mercer standard). The title track is a long, rhythmically variegated
blues with a brooding
minor theme that gradually shifts to
major during Coltrane's first chorus. "Locomotion" is also a blues riff tune. Elsewhere, whereas Coltrane's next major LP,
Giant Steps, would break new melodic and harmonic ground in jazz,
Blue Train adheres to the
hard bop style of the era. That being said, two of its tunes, "Moment's Notice" and "
Lazy Bird" do anticipate the "
Coltrane changes" he'd later develop. (Musicologist Lewis Porter has also demonstrated a harmonic relationship between Coltrane's "Lazy Bird" and
Tadd Dameron's "Lady Bird".)
Blue Train remains an extremely popular disc, and during a 1960 interview Coltrane described it as his favorite album of his own up to that point ("that or
Soultrane").
The original 5 tracks were remastered to CD for a 1990 release. In 1997
The Ultimate Blue Train was released, adding two alternate takes and
Enhanced CD content. In 2003 a
SACD version was released, as well as a
Rudy Van Gelder remastered edition CD. The Rudy Van Gelder rerelease is
Copy Controlled.
Album cover
The cover photo was taken by Francis Wolff.
The cover design of Scott Weiland's 1998 album, 12 Bar Blues, is an homage to this LP's famous jacket.
Track listing
On the 1957 LP, and the 1990 CD release:
"Blue Train" – 10:43
"Moment's Notice" – 9:10
"Locomotion" – 7:14
"I'm Old Fashioned" – 7:58
"Lazy Bird" – 7:00
Alternate takes:
"Blue Train" (alternate take) – 9:58
"Lazy Bird" (alternate take) – 7:12
Personnel
Recorded on September 15, 1957.
John Coltrane - Tenor saxophone
Lee Morgan - Trumpet
Curtis Fuller - Trombone
Paul Chambers - Bass
Kenny Drew - Piano
Philly Joe Jones - DrumsFurther Information
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