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REVIEW   DownBeat  /  June 12, 1958


John Coltrane With The Red Garland Trio
Traneing In

Prestige 7123

★★★★

Rudy Van Gelder Remasters


You’ll want to add your gasp for breath to those following the last track, a rocketing, upper-than-up wailer with Taylor and Chambers driving Garland and ‘Trane to incredible heights.

But all is not up on this well-balanced set. There’s a moody Breathless, which Coltrane explores soberly but without giving up any of the blunt, hard tone which is characteristically his.

One several tracks, notably Bass Blues, Chambers deserved at least 100 percent billing for his work. On this track, he demonstrates his strong arco technique.

Garland’s plunging, rolling piano is a rhythmic asset, and he is gutty on solos.

But this is Coltrane’s LP, and he is again the most individual young tenor I’ve heard in recent years. About the only thing you can expect in his playing is the unexpected. Just as Thelonious Monk stamps his music with an undeniably personal whole, so does Coltrane. If he can sustain and develop this personal individuality, he seems destined to be a major influence on his horn. In recent months, I’ve heard bits of him popping up in other tenor players.

A fine LP, with some highs and middles but no lows. —Dom Cerulli


John Coltrane: Traneing In; Slow Dance; Bass Blues; You Leave Me Breathless; Soft Lights and Sweet Music.
Personnel: Coltrane, tenor; Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Arthur Taylor, drums.


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