John Coltrane
had yet to move into his modal
post-bop
phase in 1958 when he recorded a session for
Prestige Records
on July 11 with trumpeter/fluegelhornist
Wilbur Harden
, pianist
Red Garland
, bassist
Paul Chambers
, and drummer
Jimmy Cobb
, the results of which were issued in 1962 as
Standard Coltrane
. His groundbreaking modal work with
Miles Davis
on
Kind of Blue
was still a few months into the future, which makes this set more historical than vital or transitional, although it's pleasant enough, featuring
Coltrane
on several standards, including a ten-plus-minute version of
"Invitation."
Other
material from this 1958
Prestige
era ended up on the albums
Stardust
(1963) and
Bahia
(1965), and all of it, including these four tracks, has been collected on
The Stardust Session
from
, which is probably the way to go. ~ Steve Leggett