John Coltrane: The Best Of John Coltrane. His Greatest Years, Vol. 2

Impulse/ABC Records AS-9223-2 (US) [cover]

May 23, 1961 - March 7, 1967
released 1972

Side One

1. Greensleeves [6:19] (traditional) (Recorded at RCA, New York City, May 23, 1961)
   
   John Coltrane (ss)
   with large orchestra, probably consisting of
   Booker Little (tp)
   Britt Woodman (tb)
   Carl Bowman (euphonium)
   Julius Watkins (French horn)
   Donald Corrado (French horn)
   Bob Northern (French horn)
   Robert Swisshel (French horn)
   Bill Barber (tuba)
   Eric Dolphy (arr, as)
   Laurdine Patrick (bs)
   McCoy Tyner (p)
   Reggie Workman or Art Davis (b)
   Elvin Jones (dr)
   
   
2. India [14:13] (John Coltrane) (Recorded at The Village Vanguard, New York City, November 5, 1961)
   
   John Coltrane (ss)
   Eric Dolphy (b-cl)
   McCoy Tyner (p)
   Reggie Workman (b)
   Jimmy Garrison (b)
   Elvin Jones (dr)
   

Side Two

1. Miles' Mode [7:39] (John Coltrane) (Recorded at Englewood Cliffs, N.J., probably June 21, 1962)
   
   John Coltrane (ts)
   McCoy Tyner (p)
   Jimmy Garrison (b)
   Elvin Jones (dr)
   
   
2. Big Nick [4:30] (John Coltrane) (Recorded at Englewood Cliffs, N.J., September 26, 1962)
   
   John Coltrane (ss)
   Duke Ellington (p)
   Jimmy Garrison (b)
   Elvin Jones (dr)
   
   
3. The Promise [8:16] (John Coltrane) (Recorded at Birdland, New York City, October 8, 1963)
   
   John Coltrane (ss)
   McCoy Tyner (p)
   Jimmy Garrison (b)
   Elvin Jones (dr)
   

Side Three

1. Chim Chim Cheree [7:04] (Richard M. Sherman-Robert M.Sherman) (Recorded at Englewood Cliffs, N.J., February 17 or 18, 1965)
   
   John Coltrane (ss)
   McCoy Tyner (p)
   Jimmy Garrison (b)
   Elvin Jones (dr)
   
   
2. Opening Sections Of Ascension (15:08] (John Coltrane) (Recorded at Englewood Cliffs, N.J., June 28, 1965)
   
   John Coltrane (ts)
   Freddie Hubbard (tp)
   Dewey Johnson (tp)
   Pharoah Sanders (ts)
   Archie Shepp (ts)
   Marion Brown (as)
   John Tchicai (as)
   McCoy Tyner (p)
   Jimmy Garrison (b)
   Art Davis (b)
   Elvin Jones (b)
   

Side Four

1. Opening Sections Of The Father And The Son And The Holy Ghost [7:05] (John Coltrane) (Recorded at Eglewood Cliffs, N.J., November 23, 1965)
   
   John Coltrane (ts)
   Pharoah Sanders (ts)
   McCoy Tyner (p)
   Jimmy Garrison (b)
   Elvin Jones (dr, perc)
   Rashied Ali (dr, perc)
   
   
2. Manifestation [11:44] (John Coltrane) (Recorded in San Francisco, February 2, 1966)
   
   John Coltrane (ts)
   Pharoah Sanders (ts, fl)
   Alice Coltrane (p)
   Jimmy Garrison (b)
   Rashied Ali (dr, perc)
   Ray Appleton (dr, perc)
   
   
3. Ogunde [3:40] (John Coltrane] (Recorded at Englewood Cliffs, N.J., probably March 7, 1967)
   
   John Coltrane (ts)
   Alice Coltrane (p)
   Jimmy Garrison (b)
   Rashid Ali (dr)
   

* Track 2 on side 3 taken from Ascension (Impulse AS-95)

Source: HM

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