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Released
  
March 1975

Release date
  
March 1975

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Artist
  
John Coltrane

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 26, 1959 May 4-5, 1959 November 24, 1959 October 24, 1960

Similar
  
John Coltrane albums, Jazz albums

Alternate Takes is a compilation album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1975 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1668. Issued posthumously, it consists of outtakes from recording sessions which yielded the albums Giant Steps, Coltrane Jazz, and Coltrane's Sound. All selections were unreleased at the time.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by John Coltrane except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "Giant Steps" – 3:40
  2. "Naima" – 4:27
  3. "Like Sonny" – 6:03
  4. "Cousin Mary" – 5:54

Side two

  1. "I'll Wait and Pray" (George Treadwell, Jerry Valentine) – 3:25
  2. "Countdown" – 4:33
  3. "Body and Soul" (Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green) – 5:59
  4. "Syeeda's Song Flute" – 7:02

Personnel

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Cedar Walton – piano on "Giant Steps," "Naima," "Like Sonny"
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano on "Cousin Mary," "Countdown," "Syeeda's Song Flute"
  • Wynton Kelly – piano on "I'll Wait and Pray"
  • McCoy Tyner – piano on "Body and Soul"
  • Paul Chambers – bass on all tracks except "Body and Soul"
  • Steve Davis – bass on "Body and Soul"
  • Lex Humphries – drums on "Giant Steps," "Naima," "Like Sonny"
  • Art Taylor – drums on "Cousin Mary," "Countdown," "Syeeda's Song Flute"
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums on "I'll Wait and Pray"
  • Elvin Jones – drums on "Body and Soul"

    • Songs

    1Giant Steps3:40
    2Naima4:27
    3Like Sonny6:00

    References

    Alternate Takes Wikipedia
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