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John Coltrane - The Heavyweight Champion - The Complete Atlantic Recordings

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Stairway To The Stars 3:32
  2. The Late Late Blues 9:36
  3. Bags & Trane 7:26
  4. Three Little Words 7:30
  5. The Night We Called It A Day 4:22
  6. Be-Bop 8:01
  7. Blues Legacy 9:04
  8. Centerpiece 7:09
  9. Giant Steps (alternate version) 3:44
  10. Naima (alternate version) 4:31
  11. Like Sonny (alternate version) 6:03
Volume 2
  1. Spiral 5:59
  2. Countdown 2:24
  3. Countdown (Alternate Take) 4:34
  4. Syeeda's Song Flute 7:03
  5. Syeeda's Song Flute (Alternate Take) 7:07
  6. Mr. P.C. 6:59
  7. Giant Steps 4:46
  8. Cousin Mary 5:48
  9. Cousin Mary (Alternate Take) 5:47
  10. I'll Wait and Pray 3:34
  11. I'll Wait and Pray (Alternate Take) 3:28
  12. Little Old Lady 4:24
Volume 3
  1. Like Sonny 5:54
  2. Harmonique 4:13
  3. My Shining Hour 4:52
  4. Naima 4:22
  5. Some Other Blues 5:36
  6. Fifth House 4:41
  7. Cherryco 6:47
  8. The Blessing 7:53
  9. Focus on Sanity 12:13
  10. The Invisible 4:12
  11. Bemsha Swing 5:04
Volume 4
  1. Village Blues 5:23
  2. Village Blues (Alternate Take) 6:17
  3. My Favorite Things 13:44
  4. Central Park West 4:14
  5. Mr. Syms 5:22
  6. Untitled Original (Exotica) 5:22
  7. Summertime 11:34
  8. Body And Soul 5:38
  9. Body And Soul (Alternate Take) 5:59
  10. Mr. Knight 7:31
Volume 5
  1. Blues To Elvin (Alternate Take) 11:00
  2. Blues To Elvin 7:53
  3. Mr. Day 7:56
  4. Blues To You (Alternate Take) 5:35
  5. Blues To You 6:29
  6. Blues To Bechet 5:46
  7. Satellite 5:51
  8. Everytime We Say Goodbye 5:41
  9. 26-2 6:13
  10. But Not For Me 9:34
Volume 6
  1. Liberia 6:51
  2. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 6:51
  3. Equinox 8:35
  4. Ole 18:15
  5. Dahomey Dance 10:52
  6. Aisha 7:39
  7. Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Ladyship) 8:58

Notes

EAC FLAC -8

Jan 15, 1959 - May 25, 1961

The Heavyweight Champion is a box set that lives up to its title. Collecting all of John Coltrane's Atlantic recordings, including a fair number of unreleased takes as well as an entire disc of alternate tracks and studio chatter, the seven-disc box set documents a pivotal moment in Coltrane's career, as he was moving from hard bop and sweet standards to a more daring, experimental style of playing influenced by the avant-garde. Much of the music is hard bop (Giant Steps) or lushly melodic (My Favorite Things), but the latter discs show the saxophonist coming to terms with the more experimental movements in jazz. The scope of this music is, quite simply, breathtaking -- not only was Coltrane developing at a rapid speed, but the resulting music encompasses nearly every element that made him a brilliant musician, and it is beautiful.