John Coltrane – Blue Train [Mono] (SHM-SACD single layer)

The 1957 album „Blue Train” was the result of an agreement between Blue Note founder Alfred Lion and John Coltrane. For the fact that Coltrane was not only available to the Miles Davis Band, but also worked as a session musician for countless other titles of the label, he was promised his own album. „Blue Train” then became the actual solo breakthrough for the man with the angry tenor saxophone.

Besides John Coltrane, we hear Lee Morgan (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Kenny Drew (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums). The latter two may also be known as the rhythm section of Miles Davis. The collaboration resulted in one of the most important jazz albums of the 1950s and certainly the most important Coltrane album.

This title is an SHM SACD. This format is the further development of the single-layer SACD and uses a particularly light-transparent plastic (Super High Material). It allows a much better readability of the pit-land structures on the surface than is possible with hybrid SACDs. Universal’s SHM SACDs are generally re-digitized to DSD from the albums’ master tapes without any changes. SHM SACDs can be played on any SACD player. Please do not use L’Art du Son or alcohol-based cleaning agents. – Please note: All titles are designed by Universal Music as limited edition collector’s items for the Japanese market.

Lista pieselor

1. Blue Train

2. Moment’s Notice

3. Locomotion

4. I’m Old Fashioned

5. Lazy Bird