John Coltrane – Coltrane Time (VG+/VG+) – LP, JP 1976, With OBI

Coltrane Time is an LP by John Coltrane from 1976 released on the United Artists Records label.

About this album

Hard Driving Jazz is a striking early statement from Cecil Taylor’s Quintet, showing the pianist already stretching hard bop into something more restless and modern. Issued in 1959, the album balances disciplined ensemble writing with Taylor’s sharply percussive piano, creating a sound that is both recognisably rooted in the jazz mainstream and determined to break its habits. With standards and originals placed alongside one another, the record highlights Taylor’s ability to rework familiar material through jagged accents, shifting momentum and bold harmonic tension. It remains an important document of the transition from post-bop convention towards the freer language Taylor would later help define.

Genre: Jazz

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