# Mostly Coltrane

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Mostly Coltrane
| type         = Album
| artist       = [Steve Kuhn Trio](/source/Steve_Kuhn) with [Joe Lovano](/source/Joe_Lovano)
| cover        = Mostly Coltrane.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = June 19, 2009
| recorded     = December 2008
| venue        = 
| studio       = [Avatar](/source/Avatar_Recording_Studios) (New York, New York)
| genre        = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length       = 77:23
| label        = [ECM](/source/ECM_Records)<br><small>ECM 2099</small>
| producer     = [Manfred Eicher](/source/Manfred_Eicher)
| chronology   = [Steve Kuhn](/source/Steve_Kuhn)
| prev_title   = Baubles, Bangles And Beads
| prev_year    = 2008
| next_title   = I Will Wait for You: The Music of Michel Legrand
| next_year    = 2010
}}

'''''Mostly Coltrane''''' is an album by jazz pianist and composer [Steve Kuhn](/source/Steve_Kuhn) recorded in December 2008 and released on [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) in June the following year.<ref name="ECM discography">[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2000/2099.php? ECM discography] accessed November 15, 2011</ref> The album is a tribute to influential sax player [John Coltrane](/source/John_Coltrane), with whom Kuhn performed for a short period in 1960.

== Reception ==
The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars stating "''Mostly Coltrane'' easily stands out as one of the best CDs among the countless tributes to John Coltrane and is one of Steve Kuhn's essential recordings within his extensive discography."<ref name="Allmusic">Dryden, K. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/mostly-coltrane-r1605761/review Allmusic Review] accessed November 15, 2011</ref>  
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>}}

== Track listing ==
:''All compositions by John Coltrane except as indicated''

# "Welcome" - 5:00
# "Song of Praise" - 7:31
# "Crescent" - 6:23
# "I Want to Talk About You" ([Billy Eckstine](/source/Billy_Eckstine)) - 6:00
# "[The Night Has a Thousand Eyes](/source/The_Night_Has_a_Thousand_Eyes_(jazz_standard))" ([Buddy Bernier](/source/Buddy_Bernier), Jerry Brainin) - 8:45
# "Living Space" - 5:12
# "Central Park West" - 3:50
# "Like Sonny" - 6:04
# "With Gratitude" (Steve Kuhn) - 3:41
# "Configuration" - 4:19
# "Jimmy's Mode" - 6:53
# "Spiritual" - 8:21
# "Trance" (Kuhn) - 5:24

== Personnel ==
* Steve Kuhn – [piano](/source/piano)
* Joe Lovano – [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone), [tarogato](/source/tarogato)
* [David Finck](/source/David_Finck) – [bass](/source/double_bass)
* [Joey Baron](/source/Joey_Baron) – [drums](/source/drum_kit)

== References ==
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Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher
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