First Hour:
  1. The outer world [Al Cohn] (4:12)
      Personnel: Donald Byrd, Idrees Sulieman, Bill Hardman, Ray Copeland-tp; Melba Liston-tb, arr; Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland-tb; Sahib Shihaab, Bill Graham-as; John Coltrane, Al Cohn-ts; Bill Slapin-bs; Walter Bishop, Jr.-p; Wendell Marshall-b; Art Blakey-d. Recorded NYC, December 1957.
      From: The Bethlehem years, d.1 / John Coltrane (Bethlehem)

  2. Mating call [Tadd Damron] (5:33)
  3. Soultrane [Dameron] (5:21)
  4. On a misty night [Dameron] (6:19) [D]
      Personnel: John Coltrane-ts; Tadd Dameron-p, arr; John Simmons-b; Philly Joe Jones-d. 30 November 1956.
  From: Mating call / Tadd Dameron (Prestige)

  5. Freight Trane [Tommy Flanagan] (7:18)
  6. I never knew [Fiorito, Kahn] (7:03)
      Personnel: John Coltrane-ts; Tommy Flanagan-p; Kenny Burrell-eg; Paul Chambers-b; Jimmy Cobb-d. 7 March 1958.
      From: John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell (Prestige)

  7. So what [Miles Davis] (9:22)
      Personnel: Miles Davis-tp; Cannonball Adderley-as; John Coltrane-ts; Bill Evans-p; Paul Chambers-b; Jimmy Cobb-d. Recorded at Columbiašs 30th Steet Studios, NYC, 2 March 1959.
  8. Flamenco sketches [Davis] (9:26)
      Personnel: Miles Davis-tp; Cannonball Adderley-as; John Coltrane-ts; Bill Evans-p; Paul Chambers-b; Jimmy Cobb-d. Recorded at Columbiašs 30th Steet Studios, NYC, 22 April 1959.
      From: Kind of blue / Miles Davis (Columbia)

Second Hour:
  9. Giant steps [John Coltrane] (4:44)
10. Cousin Mary [Coltrane] (5:46)
      Personnel: John Coltrane-ts; Tommy Flanagan-p; Paul Chambers-b; Art Taylor-d. Atlantic Recrding Sudios, NYC, Tuesday, 5 May 1959.
      From: Giant steps / John Coltrane (Atlantic)

11. Dahomey dance [Coltrane] (10:49)
      Personnel: Freddie Hubbard-tp; Eric Dolphy-as, ū; John Coltraness, ts; McCoy Tyner-p; Reggie Workman, Art Davis-b; Elvin Jones-d. Atlantic Studios, NYC, Thursday, 25 May 1961.
      From: Olé Coltrane / John Coltrane (Atlantic)

12. Africa [Coltrane] (16:29)
      Personnel: Booker Little-tp; Britt Woodman-tb; Carl Bowman-euph; Julius Watkins, Donald Corrado, Bob Northern, Jimmy Buffington, Robert Swisshelm-frn; Bill Barber-tba; Eric Dolphy-fl, as bcl, arr; Garvin Bushell-pic, reeds; Pat Patrick-bs; John Coltrane-ss, ts; McCoy Tyner-p; Reggie Workman, Art Davis-b; Elvin Jones-d. Recorded Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs NY 23 May 1961.
      From: The complete Africa/brass sessions, d.2 / John Coltrane (Impulse!)

13. Impressions [Coltrane] (20:53)
      Peronell: John Coltrane-ss, ts; McCoy Tyner-p; Jimmy Garrison-b; Elvin Jones-d. Recorded in concert at Stefaniensall, Graz, Austria, 28 November 1962.
      From: The complete Grätz concert, d.2 / John Coltrane (Charley)

NB: The second part of this celebration of Trane's birth may be found here

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