John Coltrane released over two dozen albums during his tenure with Impulse!, so the double-album His Greatest Years samplers serve as a helpful compass through the artist’s extensive catalog. This, first installment in the series shows in miniature the maddening pace at which John Coltrane embraced and exhausted new sounds during the ’60s.
TRACKLIST
A1 Africa - 9:50 Alto Saxophone – Eric Dolphy Arranged By – Eric Dolphy Baritone Saxophone – Laurdine Patrick Bass – Art Davis, Reggie Workman Euphonium – Carl Bowman Featuring – John Coltrane French Horn – Donald Corrado, Julius Watkins, Bob Northern*, Robert Swisshel* Producer – Creed Taylor Trombone – Britt Woodman Trumpet – Booker Little Tuba – Bill Barber
A2 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - 6:25 Bass – Reggie Workman Written-By – Hammerstein II*, Romberg*
A3 Soul Eyes - 5:19 Written-By – Mal Waldron
B1 After The Rain - 4:07 Drums – Roy Haynes
B2 Afro-Blue - 10:46
B3 Alabama - 5:01
C1 My Favorite Things - 10:59 Drums – Roy Haynes Written-By – Rodgers-Hammerstein*
C2 Bessie's Blues - 3:30
C3 Psalm (A Love Supreme, Part IV) - 7:03
D1 Kulu Se Mama (Opening Section Of Juno Se Mama) - 4:15 Bass, Bass Clarinet – Donald Garrett Drums – Frank Butler Percussion, Vocals – Juno Lewis Producer, Engineer – John Coltrane Tenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders Written-By – Julian Lewis*
D2 Naima - 15:03 Drums – Rashied Ali Percussion – Emanuel Rahim* Piano – Alice Coltrane Tenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders
D3 Om (Closing Invocation) - 1:48 Bass – Donald Garrett Engineer – Jan Kurtis Flute – Joe Brazil Tenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders
