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Finding Aid for the John Coltrane Transcriptions Collection

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 Finding Aid of the John Coltrane Transcriptions Collection

Collection number: 181

UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
University of California, Los Angeles, Library
Performing Arts Special Collections, Room A1713
Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Phone: (310) 825-4988
Fax: (310) 206-1864
Email: speccoll-paging@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www2.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/performingarts/index.cfm
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UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections staff
Date Completed:
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© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary
Title: John Coltrane Transcriptions Collection
Collection number: 181
Creator: Coltrane, John, 1926-1967
Extent: 6 boxes(3 linear ft.)
Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: This collection consists of transcriptions by Andrew White of sound recordings
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA
Performing Arts Special Collections for paging information.
Language: English.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian for Performing Arts Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Performing Arts Special Collectionsas the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Coltrane Transcriptions Collection, 181, Performing Arts Special Collections, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
Transcriptions by Andrew White of sound recordings of saxophone solos played by Coltrane.
Indexing Terms

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 The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Jazz
Saxophone music (Jazz)
White, Andrew Nathaniel.

Box 1, Folder 1 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 1).
Scope and Content Note
Vol. 1 No. 1 From the album "The new Miles Davis Quintet":
1 - "Just squeeze me" 2 - "How am I to know?" 3 - "Sposin'" 4 - "The theme" 5 -
"Stablemates"
Vol. 1 No. 2 From the album "Two tenors":
6 - "Weeja" 7 - "On it" 8 - "Avalon"
Vol. 1 No. 3 From the album "Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet":
9 - "Blues by five" 10 - "Airigen" 11 - "Tune up" 12 - "When lights are low"
Vol. 1 No. 4 From the album "Coltrane"
13 - "Bakai" 14 - "Violets for your furs" 15 - "Time was" 15A - "Time was" (melody) 16 -
"Straight streets" 17 - "While my lady sleeps" 18 - "Chronic blues"
Vol. 1 No. 5 From the album "Mal-2"
19 - "From this moment on" 20 - "J.M.'s dream doll" 21 - "The way you look tonight" 22 -
"One by one" 23 - "Don't explain" 24 - "Potpourri"
Vol. 1 No. 6 From the album "Traneing in"
25 - "Traneing in" 26 - "Slow dance" 27 - "Bass blues" 28 - "You leave me breathless" 28A -
"You leave me breathless" (melody) 29 - "Soft lights and sweet music" 29A - "Soft lights and
sweet music" (melody)
Vol. 1 No. 7 From the album "All mornin' long":
30 - "All mornin' long" 31 - "They can't take that away from me" 32 - "Our delight"
Vol. 1 No. 8 From the album "A blowin' session":
33 - "The way you look tonight" 34 - "Ball bearing" 35 - "All the things you are" 36 - "Smoke
stack"
Vol. 1 No. 9 From the album "Whims of chambers":
37 - "Omicron" 38 - "Nita" 39 - "We six" 40 - "Just for the love"
Vol. 1 No. 10 From the album "'Round midnight":
41 - "'Round midnight" 42 - "Ah-leu-cha" 43 - "All of you" 44 - "Bye, bye blackbird" 45 -
"Tadd's delight" 46 - "Dear old Stockholm"
   

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Box 1, Folder 2 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 2).
Scope and Content Note
Vol. 2 No. 1 From the album "Interplay":
47 - "Interplay" 48 - "Anatomy" 49 - "Light Blue"
Vol. 2 No. 2 From the album "Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet":
50 - "If I Were A Bell" 51 - "You're My Everything" 52 - "I Could Write A Book" 53 - "Oleo" 54 -
"It Could Happen to You" 55 - "Woodyn't You"
Vol. 2 No. 3 From the album "Wheelin' and Dealin'":
56 - "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" 57 - "Wheelin' " 58 - "Robin's Nest" 59 - "Dealin' "
Vol.2 No.4 From the album "Soultrane":
60 - Good bait 61 - I want to talk about you 61A - I want to talk about you (melody) 62 - You
say you care 63 - Theme for Ernie 64 - Russian Lullaby 64A - Russian Lullaby (melody)
Vol.2 No. 5 From the album "Cattin'":
65 - Cattin' 66 - Sunday 67 - Anatomy 68 - Vodka
Vol.2 No. 6 From the album "Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet":
69 - Four 70 - In your own sweet way 71 - Trane's blues 72 - Half nelson
Vol. 2 No. 7 From the album "The cats":
73 - Minor mishap 74 - Eclypso 75 - Solacium 76 - Tommy's time
Vol.2 No.8 From the album "Blue train":
77 - Blue train 78 - Moment's notice 79 - Locomotion 80 - Lazy bird
Vol.2 No.9 From the album "Milestones":
81 - Dr. Jekyll 82 - Sid's ahead 83 - Two bass hit 84 - Milestones 85 - Straight, no chaser
Vol.2 No.10 From the album "Giant steps":
86 - Giant steps 87 - Cousin Mary 88 - Countdown 88A - Countdown (melody) 89 - Spiral 89 -
Spiral (melody) 90 - Syeeda's song flute 91 - Naima 92 - Mr. P.C.
   

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Box 1, Folder 3 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 3).
Scope and Content Note
Vol.3 No.1 From the album "Kind of blue":
93 - So what 94 - Freddie freeloader 95 - Blue and green 96 - All blues 97 - Flamenco
Vol.3 No.2 From the album "Sonny's crib":
98 - With a song in my heart 99 - Speak low 100 - Come rain or shine 101 - Sonny's crib 102
- News for Lulu
Vol.3 No.3 From the album "My favorite things":
103 - My favorite things 103A - My favorite things (melody) 104 - Everytime we say goodbye
105 - Summertime 106 - But not for me
Vol.3 No.4 From the album "The best of Birdland":
107 - Exotica 108 - One and four (in G flat major) 108B - One and Four (in G major) 109 -
Simple like
Vol. 3 No. 5 From the album "Coltrane time":
110 - Shifting down 111 - Just friends 112 - Like someone in love 113 - Double clutching
Vol.3 No.6 From the album "Someday my prince will come":
114 - Someday my prince will come 115 - Teo
Vol.3 No. 7 From the album "Black Pearls":
116 - Black Pearls 117 - Lover come back to me 118 - Sweet saphire blues
Vol.3 No.8 From the album "Miles and Monk at Newport":
119 - Ah-leu-cha 120 - Straight, no chaser 121 - Fran dance 122 - Two bass hit
Vol.3 No.9 From the album "Crescent":
123 - Crescent 123A - Crescent (melody) 124 - Wise one 124A - Wise one (melody) 125 -
Bessie's blues 125A - Bessie's blues (melody) 126 - Lonnie's lament 127 - The drum thing
Vol.3 No.10 From the album "A love supreme":
128 - Acknowledgement 128A - Acknowledgement (melody) 129 - Resolution 129A -
Resolution (melody) 130 - Pursuance 130A - Pursuance (melody) 131 - Psalm
   

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Box 2, Folder 1 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 4).
Scope and Content Note
Vol.4 No.1 From the album "Mating call":
132 - Mating call 133 - Gnid 134 - Soultrane 134A - Soultrane (melody) 135 - On a misty
night 136 - Romas 137 - Super jet
Vol.4 No.2 From the album "Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet":
138 - Surrey with the fringe on top 139 - Salt peanuts 140 - Diane 141 - Well, you needn't
Vol.4 No.3 From the album "The last trane":
142 - Lover 143 - Slowtrane 143A - Slowtrane (melody) 144 - By the numbers 145 - Come
rain or come shine
Vol.4 No.4 From the album "Jazz track":
146 - On Green Dolphin Street 147 - Put your little foot right out 148 - Stella by starlight
Vol.4 No.5 From the album "Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane":
149 - Ruby, my dear 150 - Trinkle, trinkle 151 - Nutty 152 - Epistrophy
Vol.4 No.6 From the album "Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago":
153 - Limehouse blues 154 - Wabash 155 - Grand Central 156 - You're a weaver of dreams
157 - The sleeper
Vol.4 No.7 From the album "Coltrane Jazz":
158 - Little old lady 159 - Village blues 160 - My shining hour 160A - My shining hour
(melody) 161 - Fifth house 161A - Fifth house (melody) 162 - Harmonique 163 - Like Sonny
164 - I'll wait and pray 165 - Some other blues
Vol.4 No.8 From the album "Coltrane plays the blues":
166 - Blues to Elvin 167 - Blues to Bechet 168 - Blues to you 169 - Mr. Day 169A - Mr. Day
(melody) 170 - Mr. Syms 170A - Mr. Syms (melody) 171 - Mr. Knight 171A - Mr. Knight
(melody)
Vol.4 No.9 From the album "Bags and Trane":
172 - Bags and Trane 173 - Three little words 174 - The night we called it day 175 - Be-bop
176 - The late late blues
Vol.4 No.10 From the album "Live at Birdland":
177 - Afro blue 178 - I want to talk about you 178cad - I want to talk about you (cadenza)
179 - The promise 180 - Alabama 181 - Your lady
   

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Box 2, Folder 2 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 5).
Scope and Content Note
Vol.5 No.1 From the album "Tenor madness":
182 - Tenor madness
Vol.5 No.2 From the album "What is jazz?":
183 - Sweet Sue
Vol.5 No.3 From the album "Jazz omnibus":
184 - Budo
Vol.5 No.4 From the album "The big sound":
185 - The real McCoy (alto sax. solo)
Vol.5 No.5 From the album "Miles Davis and The Modern Jazz Giants":
186 - 'Round midnight
Vol.5 No.6 From the album "The Coltrane legacy":
187 - 26-2 188 - Untitled original 189 - Centerpiece 190 - Stairway to the stars 191 - Blues
legacy
Vol.5 No.7 From the album "Coltrane's sound":
192 - The night has a thousand eyes 192A - The night has a thousand eyes (melody) 193 -
Central Park West 194 - Liberia 194A - Liberia (melody) 195 - Body and soul 196 - Equinox
197 - Satellite 197A - Satellite
Vol.5 No.8 From the album "Impressions":
198 - India 199 - Up against the wall 199A - Up against the wall (melody) 200 - Impressions
201 - Impressions (melody)
Vol.5 No.9 From the album "The definitive jazz scene":
202 - Villa
Vol.5 No.10 From the album "Duke Ellington and John Coltrane":
203 - In a sentimental mood 204 - Take the Coltrane 205 - Big Nick 205A - Big Nick (melody)
206 - Stevie 207 - My little brown book 208 - Angelicia 208A - Angelicia (melody) 209 - The
feeling of jazz
   

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Box 2, Folder 3 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 6).
Scope and Content Note
Vol.6 No.1 From the album "Tenor conclave":
210 - Tenor conclave 211 - Just you just me 212 - Bob's boys 213 - How dee is the ocean?
Vol.6 No.2 From the album "Dakar":
214 - Dakar 215 - Mary's blues 216 - Route 4 217 - Velvet scene 218 - Witches pit 219 - Cat
walk
Vol.6 No.3 From the album "Lush life":
220 - Lush life 221 - I hear a rhapsody 222 - Like someone in love 223 - I love you 224 -
Trane's slo blues
Vol.6 No.4 From the album "Dealers":
225 - Blue calypso 226 - Falling in love with love 227 - Wheelin #2 228 - Dealin' #2
Vol.6 No.5 From the album "Soul junction":
229 - Soul junction 230 - Woodyn't you 231 - Birk's work 232 - I've got it bad 233 - Hallelujah
Vol.6 No.6 From the album "Hi pleasure":
234 - Undecided 235 - What is there to say 236 - Solitude 237 - Two bass hit 238 - Soft winds
Vol.6 No.7 From the album "Dig it":
239 - C.T.A. 240 - Billie's bounce 241 - Lazy Mae
Vol.6 No.8 From the album "Ray Draper Quintet":
242 - Clifford's Kappa 243 - Filide 244 - Two sons 245 - Paul's pal 246 - Under Paris skies
Vol.6 No.9 From the album "The Believer":
247 - Nakatini serenade 248 - Do I love you? 249 - The believer
Vol.6 No.10 From the album "Kenny Burrell Quintet":
250 - Freight Trane 251 - I never knew 252 - Lyresto 253 - Why was I born? 254 - Big Paul
Vol.6 No.11 From the album "Settin' The Pace":
255 - I see your face before me 256 - If there is someone lovelier than you 257 - Little
Melonae 258 - Rise and shine
   

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Box 3, Folder 1 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 7).
Scope and Content Note
Vol.7 No.1 From the album "The Master":
259 - Don't take your love from me 260 - I'll get by 261 - Spring is here 262 - Invitation
Vol.7 No.2 From the album "Stardust":
263 - Stardust 264 - Time after time 265 - Love thy neighbor 266 - Then I'll be tired of you
Vol.7 No. 3 From the album "Bahia":
267 - Bahia 268 - Goldsboro express 269 - My ideal 270 - I'm a dreamer 271 - Something I
dreamed last night
Vol.7 No.4 From the album "Basic Miles":
272 - Little Melonae
Vol.7 No.5
273 - Straight, no chaser 274 - If I were a bell 275 - Oleo
Vol.7 No.6 From the album "Legrand Jazz":
276 - Jitterburg Waltz 277 - Wild Man Blues
Vol.7 No.7 From the album "Alternate Takes":
278 - Giant steps 279 - Naima 280 - Like Sonny 281 - Cousin Mary 282 - I'll wait and pray 283
- Countdown 284 - Body and soul 285 - Syeeda's song flute
Vol.7 No.8 From the album "The Avant Garde":
286 - Cherryco 287 - Focus on sanity 288 - The blessing 289 - Invisible 290 - Bemgha swing
Vol.7 No.9 From the album "Ole Coltrane":
291 - Ole 292 - Dahomey dance 293 - Aisha
Vol.7 No.10 From the album "High Step":
294 - Dexterity 295 - Stablemates 296 - John Paul Jones 297 - Eastbound 298 - High step 299
- Trane's strain 300 - Nixson, Dixon and Yates blues
Vol.7 No.11 From the album "Blue Train":
301 - I'm old fashioned
   
Box 3, Folder 2 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 8).
Scope and Content Note
Vol.8 No.1 From the album "Africa Brass":
302 - Africa 303 - Greensleeves 304 - Blues minor
Vol.8 No.2 From the album "Africa Brass Sessions No.2":
305 - Song of the underground railroad 306 - Greensleeves 307 - Africa
Vol.8 No.3 From the album "Live At The Village Vanguard":
308 - Spiritual 309 - Softly as in a morning sunrise 310 - Chasin' the Trane
Vol.8 No.4 From the album "Coltrane":
311 - Out of this world 312 - Soul eyes 313 - Inch worm 314 - Tunji 315 - Miles' mode
Vol.8 No.5 From the album "Ballads":
316 - Say it over and over again 317 - You don't know what love is 318 - Too young to go
steady 319 - All or nothing at all 320 - I wish I knew 321 - What's new 322 - It's easy to
remember 322 - Nancy
Vol.8 No.7 From the album "Selflessness":
330 - I wish to talk 330cad - About you
   
Box 3, Folder 3 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 9).
Box 4, Folder 1 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 10).
Box 4, Folder 2 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 11).
Box 5, Folder 0 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 12).
Box 6, Folder 0 Andrew White. The works of John Coltrane (Vol. 13).

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