Wednesday 5/06 Early John Coltrane

John Coltrane Side Steps Prestige 2009 https://100greatestjazzalbums.blogspot.com/2009/10/john-coltrane-side-steps.html https://concord.com/concord-albums/side-steps-2/

• Elmo Hope Informal Jazz PRESTIGE 1956 https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/elmo-hope-sextet-informal-jazz-1956/

• Tadd Dameron Mating Call PRESTIGE 1957 https://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2011/02/24/133899721/tadd-dameron-bebop-romanticist

• Sonny Rollins Tenor Madness PRESTIGE 1956 https://www.allaboutjazz.com/tenor-madness-sonny-rollins-prestige-records-review-by-j-hunter.php

• Mal Waldron Mal/2 Prestige 7111 PRESTIGE 1957 https://www.allmusic.com/album/mal-2-prestige-7111-mw0000272530

• Red Garland All Mornin’ Long PRESTIGE 1957 https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/red-garland-quintet-all-mornin-long-1957-2/

• Red Garland Soul Junction PRESTIGE 1957 https://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-junction-mw0000649523

• Red Garland High Pressure PRESTIGE 1957 http://flophousemagazine.com/2016/02/05/red-garland-high-pressure-prestige-195762/

• Red Garland Dig It PRESTIGE 1958 https://www.allmusic.com/album/dig-it%21-mw0000202697

• Ray Draper Quintet Feat’ John Coltrane PRESTIGE 1958 https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ray-draper-quintet-featuring-john-coltrane-mw0000873416

• Gene Ammons The Big Sound PRESTIGE 1958 https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-sound-mw0000675253

• Gene Ammons Groove Blues PRESTIGE 1958 https://www.npr.org/2008/04/16/89689980/gene-ammons-boss-tenor-sax

• John Coltrane Blue Train BLUE NOTE 1958 https://thejazzloop.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/album-of-the-week-john-coltrane-blue-train/ https://www.npr.org/2011/06/17/4555740/john-coltrane-blue-train https://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-train-mw0000187969 “I thought the Lord had taken the gift of music away from me. I promised the Lord if he would give me back the gift, I would become a preacher on my horn.”