Timeless (1958)

About this title: Although collected here under John Coltrane's name, these Savoy sessions recorded between March 13 and June 24, 1958 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, NJ were actually helmed by trumpet and flugelhorn player Wilbur Harden, who had the good sense to hire Coltrane for the project (which resulted in the original LPs Countdown and Africa). He also brought aboard trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianists Tommy Flanagan and Howard Williams (the sessions split into quintet and sextet groupings, with slightly different rhythm sections for each), bassists Doug Watkins and Ali Jackson and drummers ... read more

Tracks:

1. Countdown [Coltrane]
2. E.F.F.P.H. [Harden]
3. Once in a While [Edwards/Green]
4. West 42nd Street [Harden]
5. B.J. [Harden/Cadena]
6. Dial Africa [Harden/Cadena]
7. Tanganyika Strut [Fuller]

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