The Pianists' Touch
collects two albums previously issued under their composers' names, recorded in the late '50s and featuring the playing of soon to be legendary and already world-renowned saxophonist
John Coltrane
.
Coltrane
's gentle majesty graces the tunes of
Tadd Dameron
(in a set originally released as
Mating Call
) and
Tommy Flanagan
(on an album released originally as
The Cats
). In addition to
's always brilliant blowing, the collection is tempered by the gloriously spare piano/bass/drums melancholia of "How Long Has This Been Going On?" ~ Fred Thomas