Product Description

HIS DEBUT SOLO LP (UNDER HIS NAME) FROM 1957, REISSUE HERE AND STILL SEALED.

RECORDED UNDER A CONTRACT OFFERED BY BOB WEINSTOCK AND ENGINEERED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, THE ALBUM HAS 6 TUNES PLAYED BY A BAND OF YOUNG MUSICIANS:

  • JOHN COLTRANE — TENOR
  • JOHNNIE SPLAWN — TRUMPETt on “Bakai,” “Straight Street,” “While My Lady Sleeps,” “Chronic Blues”
  • SAHIB SHIHAB — BARITON on “Bakai,” “Straight Street,” “Chronic Blues”
  • RED GARLAND — piano on side one
  • MAL WALDRON — piano on side two
  • PAUL CHAMBERS —BASS
  • AL HEATH —DRUMS