Just made the cut as my favorite rendition of Cole Porter's "All of You" is a live performance in Paris from MIles Davis and John Coltrane. Although I was always drawn to recordings form his later quintet with Wayne Shorter's bluesy solos, Coltrane is majestic here with his sheets of sound. Coltrane's unique sound reminds one of Dolphy's transitional work before he blossomed, and one detects the same transitional phase in Coltrane as his improvisational skills and composing pushed him toward the revolutions he was soon about to make.
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