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Released
  
1975

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Release date
  
1975

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 1 or 2, 1956 (1–6) April 20, 1956 (11–13) September 21, 1956 (7–10)

Artists
  
John Coltrane, Paul Chambers

Similar
  
John Coltrane albums, Jazz albums

High Step is a jazz double album credited to bassist Paul Chambers and saxophonist John Coltrane, issued in 1975 on Blue Note Records, catalogue BN-LA451. It is a compilation taken from the 1956 Chambers' Music on the Jazz West label and Whims of Chambers, along with two unissued recordings from a session in Boston, Massachusetts, "Trane's Strain" from that session previously appearing on an anthology. Originally, all of these sessions were led by Chambers, but like Prestige Records before them, as Coltrane's fame grew long after he had stopped recording for the label, Blue Note used varied recordings where Coltrane had been merely a sideman, and reissued them with Coltrane's name more prominently displayed.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Dexterity" (Charlie Parker) – 6:28 Originally released on Chambers' Music
  2. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 5:50 Originally released on Chambers' Music
  3. "Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:50 Originally released on Chambers' Music
  4. "Visitation" (Paul Chambers) – 4:53 Originally released on Chambers' Music
Side two
  1. "John Paul Jones (Trane's Blues)" – 6:55 Originally released on Chambers' Music
  2. "Eastbound" – 4:20 Originally released on Chambers' Music
  3. "Nita" (John Coltrane) – 6:30 Originally released on Whims of Chambers
  4. "Just for the Love" (John Coltrane) – 3:40 Originally released on Whims of Chambers
Side three
  1. "We Six" (Donald Byrd) – 7:40 Originally released on Whims of Chambers
  2. "Omicron" (Donald Byrd) – 7:15 Originally released on Whims of Chambers
  3. "High Step" (Benny Harris) – 8:05
Side four
  1. "Trane's Strain" – 11:00 Originally released on the sampler Jazz in Transition ( Transition Records, TRLP 30 )
  2. "Nixon, Dixon and Yates Blues" – 8:25

Personnel

  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone except "Visitation"
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet on "Nita," "Just for the Love," "We Six," "Omicron"
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone on "Trane's Strain," "High Step," "Nixon, Dixon and Yates Blues"
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone on "Trane's Strain," "High Step," "Nixon, Dixon and Yates Blues"
  • Kenny Burrell – electric guitar on "Nita," "Just for the Love," "We Six," "Omicron"
  • Kenny Drew – piano on "Dexterity," "Stablemates," "Easy to Love," "Visitation," "John Paul Jones," "Eastbound"
  • Horace Silver – piano on "Nita," "Just for the Love," "We Six," "Omicron"
  • Roland Alexander – piano on "Trane's Strain"
  • "Philly" Joe Jones – drums

    • Songs

    1Dexterity6:28
    2Stablemates5:50
    3Easy to Love3:50

    References

    High Step Wikipedia
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