1 Blues to Elvin
2 Blues to Bechet
3 Blues to You
4 Mr. Day
5 Mr. Syms
6 Mr. Knight
Coltrane Plays the Blues (1962) is a concept album released by Atlantic Records and cobbled together from unreleased compositions captured during John Coltrane's My Favorite Things recording sessions. The album turns the blues form into a framework for harmonic invention and rhythmic interplay. Each track reveals a different facet of his sound, from the open dialogue of "Blues to Elvin" to the assertive drive of "Mr. Day." Beneath it's stripped-down surface lies some of Coltrane's most direct and vital playing of the Atlantic years.
