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This two-disc collection gathers the results of two recording sessions from April and May 1961 with the John Coltrane Orchestra. As the title indicates, The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions includes both volumes of the work and relocates "The Damned Don't Cry" -- originally issued on the Trane's Modes compilation -- to this more chronologically sound release. On this collection, these recordings replicate the sequence in which they were documented. After a successful string of albums on Atlantic Records, Coltrane signed to the burgeoning and jazz-intensive Impulse! label -- a relationship which would be kept for the remainder of his career. Shortly after reprising his role in the Miles Davis Sextet on "Teo" as well as the title track for Davis' Someday My Prince Will Come long-player, Coltrane assembled a 17-piece orchestra and began recording what would become known as Africa/Brass. Among the jazz luminaries contributing to these landmark sessions are: Booker Little (trumpet), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Eric Dolphy (alto sax/bass clarinet), McCoy Tyner (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums). Coltrane manipulates their power into masterful contrasts between the syncopated rhythms of "Greensleeves" or the full-out bop onslaught of "Songs of the Underground Railroad." The amazing virtuosity in Coltrane's solos has begun to show signs of the future direction his later avant-garde sides would take. The interaction with Tyner on "Songs of the Underground Railroad" is impeccable. Coltrane allows room for Elvin Jones and Reggie Workman to likewise engage Tyner for some high-spirited improvisation. This is a key work in understanding the path John Coltrane's music took in its final phases. The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions brilliantly documents this pivotal era in Coltrane's music.
© Lindsay Planer /TiVo
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John Coltrane, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Buffington, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Patrick, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Dolphy, Conductor, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Priester, Euphonium, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Arranger, Piano, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Workman, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Barber, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist - Booker Little, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Watkins, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Northern, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Garvin Bushell, Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Charles Greenlee, Euphonium, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Corrado, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Swisshelm, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Dolphy, Conductor, Orchestra - McCoy Tyner, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Dolphy, Conductor, Orchestra - McCoy Tyner, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Dolphy, Conductor, Orchestra - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist - Cal Massey, Composer - Romulus Franceschini, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Dolphy, Conductor, Arranger, Artist, Orchestrator - McCoy Tyner, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
John Coltrane, Composer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Dolphy, Conductor, Orchestra - McCoy Tyner, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Dolphy, Conductor, Orchestra, Arranger, Orchestrator - McCoy Tyner, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Dolphy, Conductor - McCoy Tyner, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
This two-disc collection gathers the results of two recording sessions from April and May 1961 with the John Coltrane Orchestra. As the title indicates, The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions includes both volumes of the work and relocates "The Damned Don't Cry" -- originally issued on the Trane's Modes compilation -- to this more chronologically sound release. On this collection, these recordings replicate the sequence in which they were documented. After a successful string of albums on Atlantic Records, Coltrane signed to the burgeoning and jazz-intensive Impulse! label -- a relationship which would be kept for the remainder of his career. Shortly after reprising his role in the Miles Davis Sextet on "Teo" as well as the title track for Davis' Someday My Prince Will Come long-player, Coltrane assembled a 17-piece orchestra and began recording what would become known as Africa/Brass. Among the jazz luminaries contributing to these landmark sessions are: Booker Little (trumpet), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Eric Dolphy (alto sax/bass clarinet), McCoy Tyner (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums). Coltrane manipulates their power into masterful contrasts between the syncopated rhythms of "Greensleeves" or the full-out bop onslaught of "Songs of the Underground Railroad." The amazing virtuosity in Coltrane's solos has begun to show signs of the future direction his later avant-garde sides would take. The interaction with Tyner on "Songs of the Underground Railroad" is impeccable. Coltrane allows room for Elvin Jones and Reggie Workman to likewise engage Tyner for some high-spirited improvisation. This is a key work in understanding the path John Coltrane's music took in its final phases. The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions brilliantly documents this pivotal era in Coltrane's music.
© Lindsay Planer /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:29:11
- Main artists: John Coltrane Quartet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Impulse!
- Genre: Jazz
© 1995 GRP Records Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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