John Coltrane | Side Steps (5 CD Boxed Set - Coming Oct. 6th, 2009)

Prestige To Release New Coltrane 5-CD Boxed Set


Over the past three years, Prestige Records has released boxed sets of Coltrane’s numerous sessions from the mid to late ’50s, each spotlighting a specific dimension of his tenure with the label.

Fearless Leader – released September 2006, in celebration of Coltrane’s 80th birthday – showcases his recordings as a bandleader. Interplay, released September 2007, contains Coltrane’s early collaborative recordings with a variety of stellar musicians from the same era.

And now, Side Steps is the third and final set in this series, scheduled for release on October 6, 2009. The 5-CD set captures Coltrane in a supporting role, as a sideman to leaders like Sonny Rollins, Gene Ammons, Red Garland, Tadd Dameron and others.

The collection of 43 tracks represents the entirety of Coltrane’s session work as a Prestige sideman, from mid-1956 to early 1958, with the exception of his work with Miles Davis (which is featured in The Miles Davis Quintet: Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions, released in 2006).

The beautiful Side Steps boxed set features:

*24-bit remastering from the original analog master tapes
*72-page book with rare photographs, discography, and sessionography
*Insightful essays by noted music historian Ashley Kahn
*Interview transcript with Prestige founder Bob Weinstock
*Fully reproduced original album cover artwork and notes

AN IDEAL GIFT IDEA FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON!

 

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