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 2CD version.

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2CD set of John Coltrane's essential Giant Steps + Lush Life.

Tracklist

CD 1 Giant Steps

1. Giant Steps (4:47)
2. Cousin Mary (5:50)
3. Countdown (2:26)
4. Spiral (6:01)
5. Syeeda’s Song Flute (7:05)
6. Naima (4:24)
7. Mr. P.C. (Mr. Paul Chambers) (7:02)

Total Playing Time: Approx 37 minutes

Original Album Produced By Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded May 4th & 5th, December 2nd, 1959
At Atlantic Recording Studios, New York,NY
Originally Released On Atlantic Records (Atlantic LP 1311)

Personnel:

John Coltrane – Tenor Saxophone, Band Leader
Paul Chambers – Double Bass
Wynton Kelly – Piano (Track 6 only)
Tommy Flanagan – Piano
Art Taylor – Drums
Jimmy Cobb – Drums (Track 6 only)

CD 2 Lush Life

1. Like Someone In Love (4:58)
(Van Heusen/Burke)
2. I Love You (5:31)
(Porter)
3. Trane’s Slo Blues (6:02)
(Coltrane)
4. Lush Life (13:55)
(Strayhorn)
5. I Hear a Rhapsody (5:59)
(Baker/Fragos/Gasparre)

Total Playing Time: Approx

Original Album Produced By Bob Weinstock
Recorded May 31st, August 16th, 1957 & Jan 10th, 1958
At Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Originally Released On Prestige Records (PRLP 7188)

Personnel:

John Coltrane — Tenor Saxophone
Donald Byrd — Trumpet (Track 4)
Red Garland — Piano (Tracks 4-5)
Earl May — Bass (Tracks 1-3)
Paul Chambers — Bass (Tracks 4-5)
Art Taylor — Drums (Track 1-3)
Louis Hayes — Drums (Track 4)
Albert Heath — Drums (Track 5)