Mostly Coltrane Explained

Mostly Coltrane
Type:Album
Artist:Steve Kuhn Trio with Joe Lovano
Cover:Mostly Coltrane.jpg
Released:June 19, 2009
Recorded:December 2008
Studio:Avatar, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:77:23
Label:ECM
ECM 2099
Producer:Manfred Eicher
Chronology:Steve Kuhn
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Mostly Coltrane is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Steve Kuhn recorded in December 2008 and released on ECM in June the following year.[1] The album is a tribute to influential sax player John Coltrane, with whom Kuhn performed for a short period in 1960.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars stating "Mostly Coltrane easily stands out as one of the best CDs among the countless tributes to John Coltrane and is one of Steve Kuhn's essential recordings within his extensive discography."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Coltrane except as indicated

  1. "Welcome" - 5:00
  2. "Song of Praise" - 7:31
  3. "Crescent" - 6:23
  4. "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) - 6:00
  5. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin) - 8:45
  6. "Living Space" - 5:12
  7. "Central Park West" - 3:50
  8. "Like Sonny" - 6:04
  9. "With Gratitude" (Steve Kuhn) - 3:41
  10. "Configuration" - 4:19
  11. "Jimmy's Mode" - 6:53
  12. "Spiritual" - 8:21
  13. "Trance" (Kuhn) - 5:24

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2000/2099.php? ECM discography
  2. Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed November 15, 2011