The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings

Albums covered

Coltrane’s classic quartet recorded 11 albums for Impulse!:

Albums missed

Some of the Impulse! albums not included (as they did not cover material by the Classic Quartet but by different lineups)

Track listing

(The LP each song originally appeared on is listed in parentheses)

Disc 1

1. "Greensleeves" (3:41)
2. "It's Easy to Remember" (2:45) (Ballads)
3. "The Inch Worm" (6:15) (Coltrane)
4. "Big Nick" (4:05) (Coltrane)
5. "Out of This World (14:02) (Coltrane)
6. "Soul Eyes" (5:23) (Coltrane)
7. "Miles' Mode" (7:31) (Coltrane)
8. "Tunji" (6:32) (Coltrane)
9. "Nancy (with the Laughing Face) (3:10) (Ballads)
10. "What's New?" (3:44) (Ballads)
11. "Up ‘Gainst the Wall" (3:13) (Impressions) and (Coltrane)
12. “Too Young to Go Steady" (4:20) (Ballads)
13. “All or Nothing at All" (3:35) (Ballads)
14. I Wish I Knew (4:51) (Ballads)

Disc 2

1. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (5:12) (Ballads)
2. "Say It (Over and Over Again)" (4:15) (Ballads)
3. "Vilia" (4:36) (Live at Birdland)
4. "After the Rain" (4:09) (Impressions) and (Dear Old Stockholm)
5. "Dear Old Stockholm" (10:40) (Dear Old Stockholm)
6. "Your Lady" (6:39) (Live at Birdland)
7. "Alabama (Take 4&5)" (5:08) (Live at Birdland)
8. "Lonnie's Lament" (11:45) (Crescent)
9. "The Drum Thing" (7:22) (Crescent)
10. "Wise One" (9:01) (Crescent)

Disc 3

1. "Crescent" (8:42) (Crescent)
2. "Bessie's Blues" (3:32) (Crescent)
3. "A Love Supreme, Part I: Acknowledgement" (7:47) (A Love Supreme)
4. "A Love Supreme, Part II: Resolution" (7:22) (A Love Supreme)
5. "A Love Supreme, Part III: Pursuance" (10:45) (A Love Supreme)
6. "A Love Supreme, Part IV: Psalm" (7:05) (A Love Supreme)
7. "Nature Boy (first version)" (7:03)
8. "Nature Boy" (8:01) (The John Coltrane Quartet Plays)
9. "Feeling Good" (6:22) (The John Coltrane Quartet Plays)
10. "Chim Chim Cheree" (6:56) (The John Coltrane Quartet Plays)

Disc 4

1. "Brasilia" (12:54) (The John Coltrane Quartet Plays)
2. "Song of Praise" (9:51) (The John Coltrane Quartet Plays)
3. "After the Crescent" (13:40) (Dear Old Stockholm)
4. "Dear Lord" (5:34) (Dear Old Stockholm)
5. "One Down, One Up" (15:28) (Dear Old Stockholm)
6. "Welcome" (5:25) (Transition) and (Kulu Sé Mama)
7. "The Last Blues" (4:22) (Living Space)

Disc 5

1. "Untitled Original 90314" (14:45) (Living Space)
2. "Transition" (15:27) (Transition)
3. "Suite" (21:17) (Transition)
4. "Living Space" (10:21) (Living Space)
5. "Dusk Dawn" (10:48) (Living Space)

Disc 6

1. "Vigil" (9:50) (Transition) and (Kulu Sé Mama)
2. "Untitled Original 90320" (10:44) (Living Space)
3. "Dearly Beloved" (6:27) (Sun Ship)
4. "Attaining" (11:24) (Sun Ship)
5. "Sun Ship" (6:12) (Sun Ship)
6. "Ascent" (10:05) (Sun Ship)
7. "Amen" (8:14) (Sun Ship)

Disc 7

1. "Love" (8:04) (First Meditations)
2. "Compassion" (9:34) (First Meditations)
3. "Joy" (8:48) (First Meditations)
4. "Consequences" (7:20) (First Meditations)
5. "Serenity" (6:11) (First Meditations)
6. "Joy (second version)" (12:21)

Disc 8

1. "Crescent (first version) (10:04)
2. "Bessie's Blues (first version – incomplete) (2:58)
3. "Song of Praise (first version)" (2:41)
4. "A Love Supreme, Part II: Resolution (alternate take)" (7:21)
5. "Feeling Good (alternate take)" (6:16)
6. "Dear Lord (breakdowns and alternate take)" (7:41)
7. "Living Space (breakdown and alternate take)" (14:02)

Personnel

Recorded between 1961 and 1965 in New York City.

The Classic Quartet:

Additional Performers: