John Coltrane - Coltrane Plays the Blues

Primary Artist
John Coltrane
Album Title
Coltrane Plays the Blues
Release Date
October 24, 1960 
Time
46:06 
Review by Richie Unterberger
Coltrane's sessions for Atlantic in late October 1960 were prolific, yielding the material for My Favorite Things, Coltrane Plays The Blues, and Coltrane's Sound. My Favorite Things was destined to be the most remembered and influential of these, and while Coltrane Plays The Blues is not as renowned or daring in material, it is still a powerful session. As for the phrase "plays the blues" in the title, that's not so much an indicator that the tunes are conventional blues (which they aren't). Read More