JOHN COLTRANE The Avant-Garde (2001 US Atlantic label issue of the 1967 5-track stereo LP pressed on heavyweight vinyl, originally recorded in 1960. This album features Coltrane & Cherry with Charlie Haden & Ed Blackwell [three quarters of OrnetteColeman's quartet] plus Percy Heath of the Modern Jazz Quartet, the earliest example of Coltrane's improvisational style meeting Coleman's blues-based style. Housed in a single pocket picture sleeve, the sleeve shows some sticker residue in the top corner and the vinyl shows some cosmetic wisps not impacting play SD1451)