My Favorite Things (John Coltrane album)

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"My Favorite Things" is a landmark 1961 jazz album by saxophonist John Coltrane, renowned for its modal improvisations and transformative reworking of the Rodgers and Hammerstein title track.

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instanceOf album
jazz album
studio album
artist John Coltrane
basedOn song My Favorite Things
chronologyNextTitle Coltrane Plays the Blues
chronologyPreviousTitle Coltrane Jazz
composerOfTitleTrack Richard Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed
featuresMusician Elvin Jones
McCoy Tyner
Steve Davis
format 12-inch LP
genre jazz
modal jazz
hasCoverArt My Favorite Things (John Coltrane album) cover
hasStyle extended improvisation
includedIn John Coltrane discography
influencedArtist later John Coltrane quartets
influencedGenre modal jazz
instrumentation bass
drums
piano
soprano saxophone
tenor saxophone
labelCatalogNumber Atlantic SD-1361
language instrumental
length 40:26
lyricistOfTitleTrack Oscar Hammerstein II
mainInstrumentFeatured soprano saxophone
tenor saxophone
notableAspect first major recording of Coltrane on soprano saxophone
notableFor modal improvisation
transformative reworking of the title track
performer John Coltrane
producer Nesuhi Ertegun
recordedAt Atlantic Studios, New York City
recordedIn 1960-10
recordLabel Atlantic Records
releaseDate 1961-03
side Side A
Side B
titleTrackFrom The Sound of Music
track But Not for Me
Every Time We Say Goodbye
surface form: Everytime We Say Goodbye

My Favorite Things
Summertime
trackCount 4

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