My Favorite Things by John Coltrane

Saxophonist John Coltrane revolutionized jazz in 1961 with his long, playful, and endlessly inventive take on Rodgers and Hammerstein\'s \"My Favorite Things.\" Coltrane\'s soprano transforms this musical-theater chestnut into arguably the most seductive track of experimental jazz ever recorded. An upbeat version of the Gershwins\' \"Summertime\" from *Porgy and Bess* is the other highlight from this 1961 standards fest that finds Coltrane and the rest of his quartet—McCoy Tyner (piano), Elvin Jones (drums), and Steve Davis (bass)—in sterling form.

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All the more remarkable is that the same sessions which yielded My Favorite Things would also inform a majority of the albums Coltrane Plays the Blues, Coltrane's Sound, and Coltrane Legacy.