SALT LAKE CITY — In his debut as a leader, a stone-faced John Coltrane posed for the cover of his “Coltrane” album, released by Prestige Records as catalogue 7105 in late 1957, with just his saxophone.
Released not too long after Coltrane was fired by legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis then retreated to Philadelphia to clean up his drug abuse, this Coltrane album would catapult his legendary career with his back against the wall.
Now, 62 years after Coltrane recorded his debut solo LP, the Utah Jazz have revisited this musical masterpiece in the Defensive Player of the Year campaign for Rudy Gobert.