Olé Coltrane

This album is sometimes overshadowed, but there\'s much to like here. Using his quartet as a base, Coltrane augments with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, alto and flute player Eric Dolphy, and others. The expansive title track has a galloping Spanish feel and a looseness to the rhythm created using a second bassist. While “Dahomie Dance” is an excellent but typical blues from Coltrane, the two final cuts are ballads; McCoy Tyner’s “Aisha” is similar in quality and tone (and title) to the classic “Naima” from *Giant Steps*, while “Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Ladyship)” is more expansive but no less melodic.

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The complicated rhythm patterns and diverse sonic textures on Olé Coltrane are evidence that John Coltrane was once again charting his own course.