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The Mastery Of John Coltrane / Vol. IV "Trane's Modes"

John Coltrane

Recorded	May 25 & Nov 3, 1961
Label	ABC Impulse!
Released	1961
Personnel	19 credited players
Discogs	master 208048

The record

Pulled from exploratory 1961 sessions, this compilation lets Dolphy's bass clarinet and alto shadow the leader through modal terrain thickened by french horns and euphoniums -- dense, brass-laden, scalar improvisation replacing chord changes.

Session personnel

Eric Dolphy — alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Jimmy Garrison — bass
Paul Chambers — bass
Reggie Workman — bass
Elvin Jones — drums
Roy Haynes — drums
Charles Greenlee — euphonium
Julian Priester — euphonium
Donald Corrado — french horn
Jim Buffington — french horn
Julius Watkins — french horn
Robert Northern — french horn
Robert Swisshelm — french horn
McCoy Tyner — piano
Garvin Bushell — reeds
Pat Patrick — reeds
John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Booker Little — trumpet
Freddie Hubbard — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1979	ABC Impulse! · IZ-9361/2 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file · RVG stamp
1979	MCA Records · 0082.711 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1979	ABC Impulse! · IZ 93612 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1979	ABC Impulse! · IZ-9361/2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing · RVG stamp
1979	ABC Impulse! · IZ-9361/2 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1983	MCA Impulse! · MCAC2-4140 — Cassette · RVG stamp
1987	Impulse! · 55XD-601/2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
1987	Impulse! · 254 650-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
—	Impulse! · MCD04140 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
1979	ABC Impulse!
—	MCA Impulse! · MCAC2-4140 — Cassette, White shell