''Alternate Takes'' is a compilation album credited to

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musician John Coltrane, released in 1975 on

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, catalogue SD 1668. Issued posthumously, it consists of outtakes from recording sessions which yielded the albums ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. All selections were unreleased at the time.

Track listing

''All tracks by John Coltrane except as indicated.''

Side one

# "

" – 3:40 # " Naima" – 4:27 # "Like Sonny" – 6:03 # "Cousin Mary" – 5:54

Side two

# "I'll Wait and Pray" (

George Treadwell George McKinley Treadwell (December 21, 1918 in New Rochelle, New York – May 14, 1967 in New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter and the manager of the Drifters. Treadwell played in the house band at Monroe's in Harlem in 1941– ...

, Jerry Valentine) – 3:25 # "Countdown" – 4:33 # " Body and Soul" (

Heyman Heyman is the surname of: * Alan Heyman (1931–2014), South Korean musicologist and composer * Art Heyman (1941–2012), American basketball player * David Heyman, British film producer * Edward Heyman (1907–1981), American musician and lyricis ...

, Sour, Eyton,

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) – 5:59 # "Syeeda's Song Flute" – 7:02

Personnel

* John Coltrane –

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Cedar Walton Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and com ...

–

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

on "Giant Steps," "Naima," "Like Sonny" *

Tommy Flanagan Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. ...

– piano on "Cousin Mary," "Countdown," "Syeeda's Song Flute" *

Wynton Kelly Wynton Charles Kelly (December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his lively, blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. He began playing professionally at the age of ...

– piano on "I'll Wait and Pray" * McCoy Tyner – piano on "Body and Soul" *

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. ...

–

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on all tracks except "Body and Soul" * Steve Davis – bass on "Body and Soul" *

Lex Humphries Lex Humphries (August 22, 1936 – July 11, 1994) was an American jazz drummer. He worked with two musicians known for mixing world music with jazz: Sun Ra and Yusef Lateef. As a member of Sun Ra's "Arkestra" he appeared in the film '' Space Is ...

–

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on "Giant Steps," "Naima," "Like Sonny" *

Art Taylor Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".Watrous, Peter (February 7, 1995)"Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians" ''The Ne ...

– drums on "Cousin Mary," "Countdown," "Syeeda's Song Flute" *

Jimmy Cobb Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death, he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was a ...

– drums on "I'll Wait and Pray" * Elvin Jones – drums on "Body and Soul"

References

1975 compilation albums John Coltrane compilation albums Compilation albums published posthumously Atlantic Records compilation albums Albums produced by Nesuhi Ertegun {{1970s-jazz-album-stub