Blue Train - 2015 European Dol label 5-track LP Reissue

2017 European Dol label reissue of Jazz legend John Coltrane’s only recorded album as a leader for the Blue Note label. 

Blue Train was the turning point of his career and one of his greatest hours. Recorded between residency dates where Coltrane was playing as a sideman in Thelonious Monk’s Quartet, this September 1957 session was the ignition to a stratospheric ascension for Coltrane. The all-star sextet featured Kenny Drew, up and comers Lee Morgan and Curtis Fuller and fellow Miles Davis Quartet band-mates Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. All five performances on Blue Train (including a definitive rendition of "I'm Old Fashioned") are filled with memorable and classic moments.

Dol is a budget label - pressed onto 180 gram virgin vinyl - delivered in a gatefold picture cover featuring the original artwork

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Blue Train 10:43
2. Moment's Notice 9:10

Side 2:
1. Locomotion 7:14
2. I'm Old Fashioned (Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern) 7:58
3. Lazy Bird 7:00

All tracks written by John Coltrane except where noted.
 

Recorded September 15, 1957 at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Credits:

John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Kenny Drew – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

Technical Credits:
Alfred Lion – production
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, remastering
 

Artwork:
Reid Miles – cover design, typography
Francis Wolff – photography, cover photo
Robert Levin - Liner Notes