John Coltrane had yet to move into his modal post-bop phase in 1958 when he recorded a session for Prestige Records on July 11 with trumpeter/flügelhornist
Wilbur Harden, pianist
Red Garland, bassist
Paul Chambers, and drummer
Jimmy Cobb, the results of which were issued in 1962 as
Standard Coltrane. His groundbreaking modal work with
Miles Davis on
Kind of Blue was still a few months into the future, which makes this set more historical than vital or transitional, although it's pleasant enough, featuring
Coltrane on several standards, including a ten-plus-minute version of "Invitation." Other
Coltrane material from this 1958 Prestige era ended up on the albums
Stardust (1963) and
Bahia (1965), and all of it, including these four tracks, has been collected on The Stardust Session from Prestige Records, which is probably the way to go. [
Standard Coltrane was re-released on LP in 2014.] ~ Steve Leggett