JOHN COLTRANE Wells Fargo (2009 Italian limited edition 8-track LP pressed on HQ 180gram VIRGIN VINYL - these recordings from 13th March 1958 see a 32-year-old John Coltrane playing an obscure date with little known jazz trumpeter / flugelhorn player, Wilbur Harden, at the legendary Van Gelder studios. The immensely talented yet obscure Harden appeared on several Yusef Lateef and Curtis Fuller records for Savoy as well as leading his own sessions in the late fifties, only to drop out of the jazz scene entirely by 1960 due to health problems. In fact, Harden was a great composer and a pioneer on the flugelhorn and all the tracks on this album are Harden compositions. Coltrane, as history has shown, fared much better, and during this period was just on the cusp of super-stardom. He was busy playing around NYC with Thelonious Monk, and had recently rejoined the Miles Davis sextet, and it would not be long before Coltrane would begin leading his own sessions, soon becoming a household name in jazz. Includes 2 bonus recordings [taped 13th May 1958]; sealed picture sleeve).