John Coltrane - Live in Japan 1966 (4 CD, 1991/FLAC)

 Live in Japan is a four-disc box set by American saxophonist John Coltrane and his last group, a quintet featuring Coltrane, his wife/pianist Alice, saxophonist/bass clarinetist Pharoah Sanders, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Rashied Ali. The 4-CD set compiles all the music issued as three albums in the seventies by Impulse!; Concert In Japan (1973, US 2-LP), Coltrane In Japan (1973, Japan 3-LP (side six is blank), mono) and Second Night In Tokyo (1977, Japan 3-LP (side six contains an interview, mono). (Some of this material was also reissued as two 2-LP sets in 1980 by MCA under the titles Coltrane In Tokyo Vol. 1 and Coltrane In Tokyo Vol. 2) The first CD issues were by Impulse! Japan as two 2-CD sets: Live In Japan Vol. 1 (same as "Coltrane In Japan") and Live In Japan Vol. 2 (same as "Second Night In Tokyo"). The US 4-CD edition includes both of these volumes, with identical mastering from the original mono tapes. The side six interview from "Second Night In Tokyo" has never been reissued on any CD edition.

Miles Davis Quintet - 1955-56 - Complete Studio Recordings - The Master Takes (4 CD, 1998/FLAC)

 In the first half of 1955 Miles Davis was in a much better shape than he was in a long time. After kicking his heroin habit at his father’s house in 1953, he came back to New York City a more complete musician. His tone on the trumpet improved and so his ability to lead groups of musicians at recording sessions and in clubs. The quality of his 1954 studio output for Prestige exceeded most of his early 1950s recordings and yielded some of the best records in his career thus far: Walkin’, Bag’s Groove and Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants. He was ready to move on to the next stage of his career, gain wider recognition and prestige than what his current label (Prestige, ironically) could give him and no less important – make more money. Two factors in his professional life were lacking and prevented him from reaching his goals – a bigger, nationwide record label, and a stable working band of excellent musicians. But starting in June 1955 events started unfolding at an accelerated pace for Miles. 

John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette - Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (1957/2016/FLAC)

 Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette is an album by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette, released in 1959 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7158. It was recorded at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey, and issued two years after the recording sessions took place, and after Coltrane's contract had already run out with the label.

• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone (except on #3 & #6)
• Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
• Julian Euell – double bass
• Ed Thigpen – drums
• Mal Waldron – piano

Gene Ammons' All- Stars - Groove Blues / The Big Sound (2 CD/FLAC)

 Two original LPs on two CD

CD 1 Groove Blues

CD 2 The Big Sound

John Coltrane - Side Steps [5 CD, 2009]

 

John Coltrane's legendary Prestige recordings as a sideman to a host of jazz luminaries including Gene Ammons, Tadd Dameron, Red Garland, and Sonny Rollins.

John Coltrane- Coltrane '58 The Prestige Recordings [5 CD, 2019]

 

Coltrane’s breakout year, when his mature sound first grabbed ears and his own recordings began to sell consistently, was 1958. This release chronicles the exciting story session by session, featuring all 37 tracks Coltrane recorded as a leader or co-leader for the independent Prestige Records label in those twelve months. This collection captures him in creative high gear—developing the signature improvisational style that journalist Ira Gitler famously dubbed “sheets of sound.” The timely release marks the 70th year since the founding of Prestige and comes just after the 60th anniversary of these recordings.

Miles Davis - Olympia Concerts Live (1960, 1973) [5 CD, 1999]

 

This remarkable concert at the Paris Olympia in March 1960 features the same group(less Cannonball Adderley) that recorded 'Freddie Freeloader' on Miles Davis's classic album 'Kind of Blue' a year or so earlier but they sound very different here. John Coltrane was reluctant to be part of this European tour and was anxious to leave Miles and start his own band. Despite this he's in absolutely blistering form although some members of the audience are clearly perturbed by the intensity of his playing. The recording quality is excellent and it's a mystery why this concert hasn't received more attention. ”

The Miles Davis Quintet feat. John Coltrane - All of You : The Last Tour 1960 [4 CD, 2014]

 

All of You: The Last Tour 1960 compiles recordings captured during trumpeter Miles Davis' tour of Europe in 1960. Featured throughout is saxophonist John Coltrane, who had already embarked on his own solo career but re-joined Davis for this tour. Also backing Davis here are the other members of his original quintet with Coltrane, including pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Also featured here is a radio interview that Coltrane recorded with Carl-Eric Lindgren in Stockholm. These are high-energy recordings that find Davis and his group reworking their '50s aesthetic for a more aggressive, outward-looking vibe that prefigures his later work.