Ellington, Duke & John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) LP

Released in 1962, the titanic Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a must-have historical document that captures the only meeting between the greatest figure in all of jazz history and one of the most significant revolutionary figures of the 1960s and beyond. Ellington sets the mood and both soloists complement each other brilliantly throughout. The legendary session is both warm and exciting and offers up plenty of surprises for fans of both Ellington and Coltrane, particularly in terms of texture, tenderness, and cohesiveness. This all-analog 180g vinyl LP reissue was mastered from the original analog tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, pressed at QRP, and comes housed in a Stoughton tip-on gatefold jacket.