- Format: LP
- Label: Doxy Records
- Genre: Jazz
MONO LP on 180 gram HQ vinyl with one bonus track + a bonus STEREO CD of the same album with four alternate bonus tracks.
Recorded on 24 October 1960 in NYC, Coltrane Plays The Blues is perhaps a misleading title for this album as Coltrane is not so much playing the blues as bringing the feeling of blues into the idiom of jazz. This memorable album, featuring McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums and Steve Davis on bass, hails from Coltrane's first period as leader of his own quartet, and finds Coltrane playing then highly unusual soprano sax on two numbers—"Blues To Bechet", a pianoless tribute to the great Sydney Bechet, and "Mr. Syms", where McCoy Tyner is given the opportunity to really show his stuff, which he does masterfully. Includes "Exotica" (also recorded during this session) as a bonus track + 4 more bonus alternate tracks on the CD.
Track listing LP (mono) - Side A: 1. Blues To Elvin 2. Blues To Bechet 3. Blues To You Side B: 1. Mr. Day 2. Mr. Syms 3. Mr. Knight 4. Exotica (bonus track)
Track listing CD (stereo): 1. Blues To Elvin (Take One) 2. Blues To Elvin (Take Two - bonus track) 3. Blues To Elvin (Take Three - bonus track)) 4. Blues To Bechet 5. Blues To You (Take One) 6. Blues To You (Take Two - bonus track) 7. Blues To Yo (Take Three - bonus track)) 8. Mr. Day 9. Mr. Syms 10. Mr. Knight 11. Exotica (bonus track)
