Coltrane Plays the Blues
A masterclass in the 12-bar form. Coltrane deconstructs the blues through searching soprano runs and muscular tenor lines, bridging tradition and the avant-garde.
1962 · 20th Century Masterworks
A masterclass in the 12-bar form. Coltrane deconstructs the blues through searching soprano runs and muscular tenor lines, bridging tradition and the avant-garde.
1962 · 20th Century Masterworks
This album is a fascinating document of a genius in transition, using the most fundamental structure in jazz as a laboratory for radical experimentation. Recorded during the same marathon sessions that produced My Favorite Things, it captures Coltrane at a pivotal crossroads where his technical mastery of the saxophone began to merge with a deeper, more spiritual quest. The mood is one of intense focus rather than melancholy, a rigorous investigation of what the blues can become when stripped of its clichés.
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