The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (7-CD)

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CD Details

Number of Discs: 7
Released: October 8, 2013
Originally Released: 2013
Label: Warner Bros UK

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly - 8/18/95, p.57

"...this languidly paced--at times hypnotic--seven-CD set includes his first versions of such classics as 'Giant Steps' and 'My Favorite Things'..." - Rating: B+

Down Beat - 11/95, p.73

5 Stars - Excellent - "...the sound quality...is superior to that of the original CDs....this set reintroduces to us some of improvisation's most savored zeniths. Even those listeners mildly interested in the music's depth should grasp its value after being drenched by THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION's tidal wave of ideas..."

JazzTimes - 3/96, p.51

Winner in the JazzTimes Readers Poll for Best Reissue of 1995.

Vibe - 10/95, p.139

"...presents some of his best and most accesible, though still adventurous, material....Discerning a few highlights from this boxed set is like determining the most brilliant gems in a mine full of diamonds..."

Musician - 10/95, pp.79-80

"...document[s] his transition from...respected, albeit controversial, tenor saxophonist, to the most influential player of his generation....Coltrane's Atlantic years stand out as the period in which he consolidated his musical identity by surrounding himself with players capable of matching his incredible energy and boundless spirit."
Village Voice (2/20/96) - Ranked #2 on the Reissues list of Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.Stairway To The Stars
2.The Late Late Blues
3.Bags & Trane
4.Three Little Words
5.The Night We Called It A Day
6.Be-Bop
7.Blues Legacy (Alternate Take)
8.Centerpiece
9.Giant Steps (Alternate Take)
10.Naima (Alternate Take)
11.Like Sonny (Alternate Take)

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.Spiral
2.Countdown
3.Countdown
4.Syeeda's Song Flute
5.Syeeda's Song Flute (Alternate Take)
6.Mr. P.C.
7.Giant Steps
8.Cousin Mary
9.Cousin Mary (Alternate Take)
10.I'll Wait And Pray
11.I'll Wait And Pray (Alternate Take)
12.Little Old Lady

Tracks on Disc 3:

1.Like Sonny
2.Harmonique
3.My Shining Hour
4.Naima
5.Some Other Blues
6.Fifth House
7.Cherryco
8.The Blessing
9.Focus On Sanity
10.The Invisible
11.Bemsha Swing

Tracks on Disc 4:

1.Village Blues
2.Village Blues (Alternate Take)
3.My Favorite Things
4.Central Park West
5.Mr. Syms
6.Untitled Original (Alternate Take) (Exotica)
7.Summertime
8.Body And Soul
9.Body And Soul (Alternate Take)
10.Mr. Knight

Tracks on Disc 5:

1.Blues To Elvin (Alternate Take 1)
2.Blues To Elvin
3.Mr. Day
4.Blues To You (Alternate Take 1)
5.Blues To You
6.Blues To Bechet
7.Satellite
8.Everytime We Say Goodbye
9.26-lut
10.But Not For Me

Tracks on Disc 6:

1.Liberia
2.The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
3.Equinox
4.Ole
5.Dahomey Dance
6.Aisha
7.To Her Ladyship (Original Untitled Ballad)

Tracks on Disc 7:

1.Giant Steps (Alternate Version, Take 1, Incomplete)
2.Giant Steps (Alternate Version, Take 2, False Start)
3.Giant Steps (Alternate Version, Take 3, Incomplete)
4.Giant Steps (Alternate Version, Take 4, Incomplete)
5.Giant Steps (Alternate Version, Take 5, Alternate)
6.Giant Steps (Alternate Version, Take 6, False Start)
7.Giant Steps (Alternate Version, Take 7, Incomplete)
8.Naima (Alternate Version, Take 1, Incomplete)
9.Naima (Alternate Version, Take 2, False Start)
10.Naima (Alternate Version, Take 4, False Start)
11.Naima (Alternate Version, Take 5, Alternate)
12.Naima (Alternate Version, Take 6, Alternate)
13.Like Sonny (Alternate Version, Rehearsal 1, False Start)
14.Like Sonny (Alternate Version, Rehearsal 2, Incomplete)
15.Like Sonny (Alternate Version, Take 1, False Start)
16.Like Sonny (Alternate Version, Take 2, Incomplete)
17.Like Sonny (Alternate Version, Take 3, Incomplete)
18.Like Sonny (Alternate Version, Take 4, False Start)
19.Like Sonny (Alternate Take 5)
20.Like Sonny (Alternate Version, Take 6, Incomplete)
21.Giant Steps (Take 3, Incomplete)
22.Giant Steps (Take 6, Alternate)
23.Blues To Elvin (Take 2, False Start)
24.Blues To Elvin (Take 3, Alternate)
25.Blues To You (Take 2, Alternate)