- jazz, hard bop
- 42 min
- 5 tracks
- Blue Note
Blue Train is a studio album by the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was released in January 1958 through Blue Note Records, and is Coltrane's only session as leader for the label. The recording was engineered by Rudy Van Gelder and took place at his studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on September 15, 1957.
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Character
Grave, character-led, earnest and spare.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- Tom HullA−
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz4/4 ★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Blue Train10:45
- A2Moment’s Notice9:12
- B1Locomotion7:16
- B2I’m Old Fashioned7:60
- B3Lazy Bird7:09
5 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Coltrane
- Label
- Blue Note
- Released
- 1958
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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