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Moment's Notice: John Coltrane's "Blue Train: The Complete Masters" Due in September

August 10, 2022 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

John Coltrane Blue Train Complete Masters

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John Coltrane only recorded one album for Blue Note as a leader.  1958's Blue Train, featuring all original compositions plus one standard, would come to be overshadowed by the saxophone great's very next recording: the groundbreaking Giant Steps for Atlantic.  But as a document of Coltrane in his hard bop period, Blue Train remains a top-notch record.  Now, it's returning to vinyl, CD, and digital formats on September 16 in a variety of editions.

Blue Train: The Complete Masters joins Blue Note's Tone Poet series of deluxe audiophile vinyl reissues. This 2-LP set built around the stereo version of Blue Train adds seven alternate and incomplete takes on its second disc, four of which are previously unreleased and all of which are premiering on vinyl.  In addition, the mono version of the original LP will also be issued as part of the Tone Poet series.  Both versions have been produced by Joe Harley and remastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog tapes; they will be pressed at RTI.  Ashley Kahn has written new liner notes for the booklet also featuring previously unpublished photos by Frances Wolff.  The Tone Poet LPs are housed in deluxe gatefold tip-on jackets.  The Complete Masters will also be issued on CD and digitally.

The album was recorded at a crucial point in Coltrane's career.  He had been dismissed from the Miles Davis Quintet earlier in 1957 due to his heroin habit; once clean, he was picking up the pieces with a Five Spot Café residency alongside Thelonious Monk.  Impressed, Davis had rehired Coltrane by year's end. Blue Train was recorded by producer Alfred Lion at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on September 15, 1957 while Trane was playing at the Five Spot.  He was joined by pianist Kenny Drew and his Davis bandmates Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums.  Lee Morgan on trumpet and Curtis Fuller on trombone added brass muscle to the session.  Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer's "I'm Old Fashioned," introduced in the 1942 You Were Never Lovelier, rounded out the tunestack otherwise consisting entirely of Coltrane originals.

Blue Train has enjoyed many past expanded reissues.  1997's The Ultimate Blue Train added two alternate takes (the title track and "Lazy Bird") as well as CD-ROM content.  Those takes were retained for the 2003 hybrid SACD.  A 2015 Blu-ray Audio presentation offered four alternates including Takes 7 and 8 of "Blue Train" and Takes 1 and 2 of "Lazy Bird."  (Take 1 premiered on this edition.)  All of those are, of course, present on The Complete Masters.

Look for Blue Train: The Complete Masters from Blue Note/UMe on September 13.  You'll find the track listing and pre-order links below.

John Coltrane, Blue Train: The Complete Masters (Blue Note 1577, 1958 - reissued 2022)

2LP (Stereo): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1LP (Mono): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2CD (Stereo): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

  1. Blue Train
  2. Moment's Notice
  3. Locomotion
  4. I'm Old Fashioned
  5. Lazy Bird
  6. Blue Train (False Start)
  7. Blue Train (Take 7)
  8. Moment's Notice (Alternate Take 4)
  9. Lazy Bird (Take 1)
  10. Blue Train (Alternate Take 8)
  11. Moment's Notice (Alternate Take 5A - Incomplete)
  12. Lazy Bird (Take 2)

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. zally says

    August 10, 2022 at 10:37 am

    as with about 99% of these jazz reissues they get issued to late. anyone who really dug these remarkable lps has passed on. are there really new devotees ? why does it take so long for these expaned issues to come out is beyound me.

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    • Mark H. says

      August 10, 2022 at 12:44 pm

      It's all about the vinyl releases - the alternate mixes have never been on vinyl.

      And while you are accessing the masters for the vinyl, why not do a new mastering for CD as well? Those in search of the sonic Holy Grail will no doubt try the new one to see if it is an improvement.

      Reply
    • Ben in Colorado says

      August 10, 2022 at 8:25 pm

      I am 58 and have loved jazz for a long time. I dig these new vinyl releases. I buy a lot of them, especially the Tone Poet series.

      Beautiful LPs and sound.

      Watch the interviews with the Blue Note folks if you are curious about why it takes so long.

      Reply
      • zally says

        August 11, 2022 at 7:21 am

        hi ben, where may i find them ? if you remember that mosaic records did HUGE box sets in the 90s when the time was ripe. thats over 30 years ago and those who might of been interested either were out of the music bag or had passed. if blue note wants to SELL these sets they better get to it NOW.

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        • Ben in Colorado says

          August 11, 2022 at 8:52 am

          Amazon has a lot of the blue note vinyl for sale. Also Mosaic is still making box sets. I bought tons of those over the years. And the Japanese vinyl market for Jazz is huge. You just have to look around a little bit.

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          • zally says

            August 11, 2022 at 1:14 pm

            hi i think you misunserstood my question. looking for the interviews you mentioned bout blue note reissues .. have you ever heard the charles mingus 2 lp nostalgia in times square. the immortal 59 sessions ? my top number 1 jazz records/ sessions/ amazing.

            Reply
            • Ben in Colorado says

              August 11, 2022 at 1:59 pm

              Check out 45 RPM Audiophile utube channel for a recent video posted recently with Joe Harley and Kevin Grey of Blue Note

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