The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings (1998)

About this title: Here it is: eight CDs worth of John Coltrane's classic quartet, comprised of bassist Jimmy Garrison, pianist McCoy Tyner, and drummer Elvin Jones, recorded between December of 1961 and September of 1965 when the artist followed his restless vision and expanded the band before assembling an entirely new one before his death. What transpired over the course of the eight albums and supplementary material used elsewhere is nothing short of a complete transfiguration of one band into another one, from a band that followed the leader into places unknown to one that inspired him and pushed him ... read more

Tracks:

1. Greensleeves [Traditional]
2. It's Easy to Remember [Rodgers/Hart]
3. The Inch Worm [Loesser]
4. Big Nick [Coltrane]
5. Out of This World [Arlen/Mercer]
6. Soul Eyes [Waldron]
7. Miles' Mode [Coltrane]
8. Tunji [Coltrane]
9. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) [Silvers/VanHeusen]
10. What's New? [Haggart/Burke]
11. Up 'Gainst the Wall [Coltrane]
12. Too Young to Go Steady [Adamson/McHugh]
13. All or Nothing at All [Lawrence/Altman]
14. I Wish I Knew [Warren/Gordon]
15. You Don't Know What Love Is [Raye/DePaul]
16. Say It (Over and Over Again) [Loesser/McHugh]
17. Vilia [Lehar]
18. After the Rain [Coltrane]
19. Dear Old Stockholm [Getz/Traditional]
20. Your Lady [Coltrane]
21. Alabama [Takes 4 & 5] [Coltrane]
22. Lonnie's Lament [Coltrane]
23. The Drum Thing [Coltrane]
24. Wise One [Coltrane]
25. Crescent [Coltrane]
26. Bessie's Blues [Coltrane]
27. A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement [Coltrane]
28. A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution [Coltrane]
29. A Love Supreme, Pt. 3: Pursuance [Coltrane]
30. A Love Supreme, Pt. 4: Psalm [Coltrane]
31. Nature Boy [First Version] [Ahbez]
32. Nature Boy [Ahbez]
33. Feeling Good [Bricusse/Newley]
34. Chim Chim Cheree [Sherman/Sherman]
35. Brazilia [Coltrane]
36. Song of Praise [Coltrane]
37. After the Crescent [Coltrane]
38. Dear Lord [Coltrane]
39. One Down, One Up [Coltrane]
40. Welcome [Coltrane]
41. The Last Blues [Coltrane]
42. Untitled Original 90314 [Coltrane]
43. Transition [Coltrane]
44. Suite: Pt. 1, Prayer and Meditation: Day/Pt. 2, Peace and After/Pt. 3, [Coltrane]
45. Living Space [Coltrane]
46. Dusk Dawn [Coltrane]
47. Vigil [Coltrane]
48. Untitled Original 90320 [Coltrane]
49. Dearly Beloved [Kern/Mercer]
50. Attaining [Coltrane]
51. Sun Ship [Coltrane]
52. Ascent [Coltrane]
53. Amen [Coltrane]
54. Love [Coltrane]
55. Compassion [Coltrane]
56. Joy [Coltrane]
57. Consequences [Coltrane]
58. Serenity [Coltrane]
59. Joy [Second Version] [Coltrane]
60. Crescent [First Version] [Coltrane]
61. Bessie's Blues [First Version, Incomplete] [Coltrane]
62. Song of Praise [First Version] [Coltrane]
63. A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution [Alternate Take] [Coltrane]
64. Feeling Good [Alternate Take] [Bricusse/Newley]
65. Dear Lord [Breakdowns & Alternate Take] [Coltrane]
66. Living Space [Breakdown & Alternate Take] [Coltrane]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.