The first album to hit the shelves after 
Giant Steps, 
Coltrane Jazz was largely recorded in late 1959, although one of the eight songs ("Village Blues") was done in late 1960. On everything save the aforementioned "Village Blues," 
Coltrane used the 
Miles Davis rhythm section of pianist 
Wynton Kelly, bassist 
Paul Chambers, and drummer 
Jimmy Cobb. While not the groundbreaker that 
Giant Steps was, 
Coltrane Jazz was a good consolidation of his gains as he prepared to launch into his peak years of the 1960s. There are three standards aboard, but the group reaches their peak on 
Coltrane's original material, particularly "Harmonique" with its melodic leaps and upper-register saxophone strains and the winding, slightly Eastern-flavored principal riffs of "Like Sonny," dedicated to 
Sonny Rollins. The moody "Village Blues" features the lineup of 
McCoy Tyner on piano, 
Elvin Jones on drums, and 
Steve Davis on bass; with the substitution of 
Jimmy Garrison on bass, that personnel would play on 
Coltrane's most influential and beloved 1960s albums. [Some reissues add four bonus tracks: alternate takes of "Like Sonny" and "I'll Wait and Pray" that were first issued on 
Alternate Takes and alternate takes of "Like Sonny" and "Village Blues" that came out on the 
Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings box.]