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The Last Giant: Anthology

RELEASE
June 15, 1993
LABEL
Rhino
GENRES
Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Avant-Garde Jazz

Album Review

This deluxe two-CD set contains a few revelations (a brief 1946 recording of "Hot House" featuring a 20-year-old John Coltrane, an aircheck with Dizzy Gillespie, and a rare side by Gay Crosse & the Good Humor Six in 1952) but mostly repackages familiar material and includes nothing from Coltrane's very important years with Impulse. Why weren't all four of the 1946 sides included, and why are only the first 90 seconds heard from Coltrane's final performance before it fades out? The accompanying booklet is quite attractive, but this set only gives an incomplete picture of the great saxophonist and is more for casual fans than completists.
Scott Yanow, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Hot House (Jam Session)
  2. Good Groove [Live][#]
  3. We Love to Boogie
  4. Bittersweet
  5. Through for the Night [#]
  6. Trane's Blues
  7. While My Lady Sleeps
  8. Trinkle, Tinkle
  9. Blue Train
  10. Russian Lullaby
  11. My Favorite Things
  12. Central Park West
  13. Body and Soul
  14. Equinox
  15. Cousin Mary
  16. Giant Steps
  17. Naima
  18. My Favorite Things [Live][#]
  19. Ogunde [#]