Coltrane had been a sideman with
Davis on and off since 1955; they were both born in 1926, but their careers took drastically different paths. Davis was already a minor star in 1945, at the age of nineteen, when he recorded with Charlie Parker. Three years later, at twenty-two, he led a nonet, featuring intricate arrangements, that proved vastly influential. (They’re gathered under the title “Birth of the Cool.”) Davis had a huge and significant discography as a leader by the time he hired Coltrane, an unheralded musician best known as a rarely soloing sideman, who’d never yet led a record date. With Davis, Coltrane quickly found his voice, and expanded it during a stint in 1957 with Thelonious Monk. Coltrane had led dates on several labels; recorded the influential “Giant Steps,” in 1959; and was ready to go out on his own.
01 - Round Midnight 05:56
02 - Airegin 04:25
03 - My Funny Valentine 06:01
04 - Half Nelson 04:45
05 - The Maids of Cadiz 03:54
06 - Blues for Pablo 05:20
07 - Generique - Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud 02:48
08 - Au Bar Du Petit Bac - Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud 02:53
09 - Miles 05:42
10 - Summertime 03:19
11 - It Ain't Necessarily So 04:25
12 - So What 09:04
13 - All Blues 11:32
14 - Someday My Prince Will Come 09:04
15 - Giant Steps 04:44
16 - Syeeda's Song Flute 07:01
17 - Naima 04:21
18 - Like Sonny 05:52
19 - My Favorite Things 13:42
20 - Equinox 08:33
21 - Aisha 07:37
22 - Greensleeves 09:58
23 - Soul Eyes 05:24
24 - Tunji 06:33
25 - In a Sentimental Mood 04:14
