JOHN COLTRANE - Coltrane Time (1958-1989) APE (image+.cue), lossless

This is a most unusual LP due to the inclusion of Cecil Taylor on piano. Although Taylor and John Coltrane got along well, trumpeter Kenny Dorham (who is also on this quintet date) hated the avant-garde pianist's playing and was clearly bothered by Taylor's dissonant comping behind his solos. With bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Louis Hayes doing their best to ignore the discord, the group manages to perform two blues and two standards with Dorham playing strictly bop, Taylor coming up with fairly free abstractions, and Coltrane sounding somewhere in between. The results are unintentionally fascinating. by Scott Yanow

Tracklist:

1 Shifting Down 10:39
Kenny Dorham
2 Just Friends 6:14
John Klenner / Sam M. Lewis
3 Like Someone in Love 8:10
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
4 Double Clutching 8:20
Chuck Isreals
Credits:
Bass – Chuck Isreals
Drums – Louis Hayes
Piano – Cecil Taylor
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
Trumpet – Kenny Dorham
Note: Before being issued as COLTRANE TIME in 1962, this album appeared on United Artists in 1959 as STEREO DRIVE under Cecil Taylor's leadership. It is the original liner notes from that first issue that are included here.