The Last Giant: Anthology
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The Last Giant: Anthology is an album by jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 musician John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...

. This 2-CD set compiles recordings spanning the years 1946–1967, and was released by Rhino Records in 1993.

Track listing

All tracks by John Coltrane, except where noted.

Disc one
  1. "Hot House" (Dameron
    Tadd Dameron
    Tadley Ewing Peake "Tadd" Dameron was an American jazz composer, arranger and pianist. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon called Dameron the "romanticist" of the bop movement, while reviewer Scott Yanow writes that Dameron was the "definitive arranger/composer of the bop era".-Biography:Born in Cleveland,...

    ) – 2:00
  2. "Good Grove" (Taylor
    Billy Taylor
    Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and since 1994, he was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in...

    ) – 4:15
  3. "We Love to Boogie" (Gillespie
    Dizzy Gillespie
    John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...

    ) – 2:50
  4. "Bittersweet" (Smith
    Hale Smith
    Hale Smith was an American composer, pianist, educator, arranger, and editor. He was one of the most notable African American composers of the 20th century....

    ) – 3:25
  5. "Through for the Night" (Young
    Trummy Young
    James "Trummy" Young was a trombonist in the swing era. Although he was never really a star or a bandleader himself, he did have one hit with his version of "Margie," which he played and sang with Jimmie Lunceford's Time-Life Orchestra.-Biography:Growing up in Savannah, GA and Richmond, VA, Young...

    ) – 4:29
  6. "Trane's Blues" – 8:32
  7. "While My Lady Sleeps" (Kahn
    Gus Kahn
    Gustav Gerson Kahn was a musician, songwriter and lyricist.-Biography:Kahn was born in Koblenz, Germany in 1886. The family emigrated from there to the United States and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1890...

    , Kaper
    Bronislaw Kaper
    Bronisław Kaper was a Polish film composer who scored films and musical theater in Germany, France, and the USA. The American immigration authorities misspelled his name as Bronislau Kaper...

    ) – 4:36
  8. "Trinkle, Tinkle" (Monk
    Thelonious Monk
    Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...

    ) – 6:37
  9. "Blue Train
    Blue Train (song)
    is a song by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. It was released as the first single of their third studio album, Fanclub, on November 30, 2005. The song entered the top five on the Oricon charts and sold well over 100,000 copies by 2006, becoming the 94th single of the year...

    " – 10:40
  10. "Russian Lullaby" (Berlin
    Irving Berlin
    Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...

    ) – 5:30
  11. "My Favorite Things
    My Favorite Things
    My Favorite Things may refer to:* "My Favorite Things" , a song from the musical The Sound of Music* My Favorite Things , an album by John Coltrane, or the title instrumental, an interpretation of the Sound of Music song-See also:...

    " (Rodgers
    Richard Rodgers
    Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...

    , Hammerstein
    Oscar Hammerstein II
    Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for...

    ) – 13:41


Disc two
  1. "Central Park West" – 4:12
  2. "Body and Soul
    Body and Soul (song)
    "Body and Soul" was recorded as a duet by Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse in 2011. It was the final recording made by Winehouse before her death on July 23, 2011. The single was released worldwide on September 14, 2011 on iTunes, MTV and VH1....

    " (Green
    Johnny Green
    Johnny Green was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conductor. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body and Soul"...

    , Eyton
    Frank Eyton
    Frank Eyton was an English popular music lyricist best known for co-writing the lyrics of Johnny Green's "Body and Soul" with Edward Heyman and Robert Sour....

    , Heyman
    Edward Heyman
    Edward Heyman was an American musician and lyricist, best known for his compositions "Body and Soul", "When I Fall in Love", and "For Sentimental Reasons". He also contributed many songs for films.-Biography:...

    , Sour
    Robert Sour
    Robert Sour was a lyricist and composer, and the president of Broadcast Music Incorporated .In 1940 Sour worked for Broadcast Music as its lyrics editor, and by 1966 had risen through company ranks to become BMI's president. Two years later he had become the company's vice chairman and was...

    ) – 5:35
  3. "Equinox
    Equinox (standard)
    "Equinox" is a jazz standard by John Coltrane.It was originally released on Coltrane's Sound.It has been covered by Jessica Williams, Dave Valentin, Rhoda Scott, Hubert Laws, the last three feature the flute....

    " – 8:33
  4. "Cousin Mary" – 5:45
  5. "Giant Steps
    Giant Steps (composition)
    "Giant Steps" is a jazz composition by John Coltrane, first appearing as the first track on the album of the same name . The composition contains a rapid and improvised progression of chord changes through three keys shifted by major thirds, creating an augmented triad.-Title:The song title comes...

    " – 4:43
  6. "Naima
    Naima
    "Naima" is a ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959, and named after his then-wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. It first appeared on the album Giant Steps, and is notable for its use of a variety of rich chords over a bass pedal...

    " – 4:21
  7. "My Favorite Things" (live) – 25:12
  8. "Ogunde
    Ogunde (song)
    - Reception :On the whole, "Ogunde" was well-received by critics. Discussing Coltrane's music in the months prior to his death in July 1967, jazz musician and educator Bill Cole noted that although Coltrane's "recording output during 1967 .....

    " (excerpt) – 1:30
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