Album of the Day

Often when a label dusts off an artist's unused recordings after they've left for another company, it's something to avoid - but when the artist is John Coltrane, all bets are off. COLTRANE'S SOUND was released in 1964, some four years after the sessions that yielded MY FAVORITE THINGS, PLAYS THE BLUES and these six tracks - and the Atlantic set shows the saxophonist at the peak of his powers. Pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Steve Davis and drummer Elvin Jones round out the quartet heard here, and on both originals (“Equinox,” “Central Park West”) and covers (“Body and Soul,” “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes”) the playing is sublime. Among the legendary artist's most underrated albums, COLTRANE'S SOUND gets another spin today in honor of Black Music Month.