- Out of This World
- Soul Eyes
- The Inch Worm
- Tunji
- Miles Mode
- Big Nick
- Up 'Gainst The Wall
From the liner notes (I Just think it's cool):
"After repeated listening to this album I felt that any comments here would be unecessary. After All, John Coltrane and his men have something to say musically and the true jazz lovers will understand the music without detailed explanation..."
John Coltrane's work usually falls into specific eras of his career. I wasn't entirely able to pin this one down even with the help of wikipedia and the CD booklet. Stylistically it is the most diverse of any Coltrane album I've listened to. I've listened to many that are avant-garde or experimental, many that were more traditional jazz and many that were simply unified pieces of work despite stylistic choices. This album is truly all over the place and that fact makes it a really enjoyable listen.
The first three songs on the album are all by other composers. I think they are more classic jazz pieces with a Coltrane spin. They do have a more traditional feel than the latter half of the album. The song "Tunji" was a Coltrane composition and had this strange almost psych-rock or Pink Floydesque feel to it. It was my favorite on the album for sure. Tracks 4 through 7 were all composed by Coltrane and the shift is apparent on the album. The Tempos are all over the place, the feel of the individual songs are fairly different and they are all unified by the fact that they were all from a specific group of recording sessions. the last 2 tracks were originally released on various compilations around that time and according to the booklet, they were included because they were originally from the same sessions.
I really dug this album. It's one of my favorites I've heard from his pre avant-garde days. (056)
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