The Hits (LP)

This selection presents the greatest hits of Coltrane's career, including six of his best known compositions, all of which became jazz standards (among them the splendid "Blue Train," "Giant Steps" and "Naima"), his breathtaking reading of "My Favorite Things," and his poignant version of "In a Sentimental Mood," on which he is backed by Duke Ellington on piano.

JOHN COLTRANE, tenor & soprano sax on all tracks, plus:
ON TRACK A1:
LEE MORGAN, trumpet
CURTIS FULLER, trombone
KENNY DREW, piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
PHILLY JOE JONES, drums.
Hackensack, New Jersey, September 15, 1957.
ON TRACKS A2 & B2:
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
ART TAYLOR, drums.
New York, May 5, 1959.
ON TRACKS A3, B1 & B3:
McCOY TYNER, piano
STEVE DAVIS, bass
ELVIN JONES, drums.
New York, October 21 (B1), 24 (B3) & 26 (A3), 1960.
ON TRACK A4:
DUKE ELLINGTON, piano
AARON BELL, bassV
ELVIN JONES, drums.
New York, September 26, 1962.
ON TRACK B4:
WYNTON KELLY, piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
JIMMY COBB, drums.
New York, December 2, 1959.