John Coltrane

 

Artist:  John Coltrane
Birth Name:   John William Coltrane
Born:  September 23, 1926, Hamlet, North Carolina, USA.
Died:  July 17, 1967 (Aged 40),  Huntington, New York, USA.
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone.

John Coltrane was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer.  He played in style of Bebop and Hard Bop and helped pioneer the use of the modes in Jazz and was later at the forefront of Free Jazz.  He also appeared as a sideman on many album by other musicians, including Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.  His best known and best-selling albums Blue Train i 1958 and A Love Supreme in 1964.

Title:   Impressions (Verve Acoustic Spunds Series) (2026) 

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Impulse!

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One: 

 1.  India (14:10)

 2.  Up 'Gainst The Wall (3:17)

Side Two:

 1.  Impressions (15:06)

 2.  After The Rain (4:07)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Soprano, Tenor Saxophone

Jimmy Garrison:  Double Bass

McCoy Tyner:   Piano on Tracks:  1/1, 2/1, 2

Elvin Jones:  Drums on Tracks:  1/1, 2, 2/1

Eric Dolphy:  Bass Clarinet on Track1/1, Alto Saxophone on Track 2/1 final chord only

Reggie Workman:  Double Bass on Track 1/1

Roy Haynes:  Drums on Track 2/2

Impressions is an album by John Coltrane, originally released on July 1963 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on June 26, 2026 by Impulse!  Verve Acoustic Sounds Series, pressed on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.