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The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings [Box set]

~ John Coltrane
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John Coltrane not only made his reputation once and for all during his brief 1959-61 stay at Atlantic Records, but he cut enough material to allow the label to continue releasing "new" albums until a year before his death in 1967. The Heavyweight Champion collects those masters plus revealing alternate takes and false starts in a typically handsome Rhino box which also includes informative notes and great Lee Friedlander photos. While the sheer volume of music and emotion Coltrane and his cohorts throw at the listener might make purchases of individual discs such as My Favorite Things, Giant Steps and Coltrane's Sound a wise choice, those committed enough to jump right in won't regret adding these seven CDs to their collections instead. Coltrane had kicked his multilayered quest into fifth gear by the time of his Atlantic debut, and to say he scorched plenty earth while under the wing of staff producer Nesuhi Ertegun is only the beginning of an ample description of his achievements there. Though he was to go even further at Impulse!, where he ended his career, the tracks here rate in the very small beyond-five-stars category. --Rickey Wright


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After his tenure in the great Miles Davis group of the mid-'50s, John Coltrane was ready to strike out on his own. Although he had recorded several records on the smaller Prestigelabel, Coltrane's first major label association was with Ahmet Ertegun's Atlantic Records. Now all of 'Trane's pioneering Atlantic recordings are compiled in one huge seven-disc set entitled THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. As the content attests, this title is a fitting analogy.
Starting with the early recordings with Milt Jackson for the BAGS & TRANE album, the set chronologically follows Coltrane's work through the groundbreaking GIANT STEPS sessions and beyond. Many alternate takes are sprinkled throughout amidst familiar album tracks from the likes of COLTRANE JAZZ, COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES and the magnificent MY FAVORITE THINGS, giving a picture of the saxophonist's intense creativity at this period. Finally, for the true 'Trane collector, disc seven, in a unique package, includes twenty-five alternate and incomplete takes, false starts and rehearsal recordings of classics like "GiantSteps", "Naima" and "Like Sonny". This set is a powerful document of one of the most significant artists of the modern era in his prime.

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