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  The John Coltrane Quartet - Africa/Brass [YS-8501-AI JPN 1976 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Originally released on Impulse! Records in 1961. John Coltrane's sixth album and his first for Creed Taylor's Impulse! label didn't just feature his quartet as suggested - the assembled musicians totaled 21, which must have been a bit of a squeeze in Rudy Van Gelder's studio. The fact that each instrument has its own space in the sound stage is testament to the exceptional standard of a Van Gelder recording. Side one is dedicated to the sixteen minute title track with its blaze of horns, whereas the flip contains McCoy Tyner's very unique interpretation of Greensleeves and another Coltrane composition, Blues Minor . Enjoy. A1 Africa B1 Greensleeves B2 Blues Minor

  The Miles Davis Quintet - Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet [APRJ 7200 USA 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Originally eventually released on Prestige Records (7200) in 1961. I'm currently reading the Miles Davis autobiography and am at the stage in his career where he is about to switch between Prestige Records and Columbia Records. As part of his exit package, he agreed with Bob Weinstock to produce a final series of albums; Cookin' , Relaxin' , Workin' and Steamin' with his then quintet of John Coltrane on sax, 'Philly' Joe Jones on drums, Red Garland on piano and Paul Chambers on bass. As usual the series was wonderfully recorded & produced by Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, NJ during May & October 1956. In the book, it was fascinating to read how Davis's relationship with John Coltrane was diminishing a great pace. Davis was reformed heroin addict, however the younger Coltrane had fallen fowl to addiction and his performance (especially...

  Michel Legrand Featuring Miles Davis -  Legrand Jazz [IMP 6028 USA 2017 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Originally released on Columbia Records in 1958. French composer, arranger and pianist Michel Legrand assembled thirty-one American jazz greats over three recording sessions in late June 1958 for his own big band arrangements of eleven jazz standards. The list of the assembled talent is impressive, and likely the greatest ever for one project; Miles Davis (a headline act who appears on three tracks), John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Teo Macero, Herbie Mann, Bill Evans, Bill Webster, Art Farmer & Donald Byrd are amongst those who play their parts. This release originated from a two-track all-analogue mix down from the original studio session work prints and cut by Chris Bellman on Bernie Grundman's all-tube lathe. A1 The Jitterbug Waltz A2 Nuages A3 Night In Tunisia A4 Blue And Sentimental A5 Stompin' At The Savoy A6 Django B1 Wild Man Blues B2 Rosetta B3 'Roun...

  John Coltrane - Coltrane [APRJ 7105 USA 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] After his early years as a Navy musician, and then Dizzy Gillespie's Orchestra & Johnny Hodges Orchestra, John Coltrane's work as part of The Mile Davies Quintet provided him with the opportunity to record his first album proper for Prestige Records. Originally released on Prestige in 1957, Coltrane was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder with Paul Chambers on bass, Al Heath on drums & Red Garland on piano, Sahib Shihab added baritone sax and the line-up was completed with Johnny Splawn on trumpet. Four out of the six tracks on this album are covers, but it is really the two Coltrane penned tracks  Straight Street and Chronic Blues which stand out.  Just a few months later, Coltrane would be recording his classic album, Blue Train for Blue Note Records. This pressing is the 2022 repressing on 200gm vinyl, cut by Kevin Gray from the original mono tapes and pressed for Analogue Productions...

  John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman [A-40 USA 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Coltrane on sax, Hartman on voice, McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on drums. Recorded in one sitting as mono & stereo on the 7th March 1963 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and released on Impulse! Records that same year. Acoustic Sounds have used the original stereo master tapes for this high specification re-issue, mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed at Quality Record Pressings. A1 They Say It's Wonderful A2 Dedicated To You A3 My One And Only Love B1 Lush Life B2 You Are Too Beautiful B3 Autumn Serenade

  Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane [A-30 USA 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] The Duke on Piano, Coltrane on sax, augmented by bass & drums, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on September 26th 1962. Mastered from the original session tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed onto high quality 180gm vinyl at Quality Record Pressings in Salina, Kansas as part of the Acoustic Sounds Verve/Impulse Classics Reissue Series. A1 In A Sentimental Mood A2 Take The Coltrane A3 Big Nick A4 Stevie B1 My Little Brown Book B2 Angelica B3 The Feeling Of Jazz

  John Coltrane - A Love Supreme [A-077 USA 2021 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] This Sunday evening jazz slot goes to an all-time classic. Originally released in 1965 on Impulse! Records, A Love Supreme was cut from the original master tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound for the Acoustic Sounds Series of Verve and Impulse! reissues by Analogue Productions.  This suite in four parts has been revered since original release as one of the best ever jazz albums released, this reissue has been universally appreciated by connoisseurs of the genre as the best ever pressing of A Love Supreme . A1 Part I - Acknowledgement A2 Part II - Resolution B1 Part III - Pursuance / Part IV - Psalm

  George Russell And His Orchestra - New York, N.Y. [DL 79216 USA 2021 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Originally released on Decca Records in 1959, drummer George Russell's homage to New York featured a whole host of jazz talent, including Benny Golson and John Coltrane on sax, Bill Evans on piano and Art Farmer on trumpet. The mighty Jon Hendricks provides the narration and if latin percussion is your thing, then Al Epstein's bongos on  Manhatta-Rico will be a joy to behold. Remastered from the original tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, this unusual big band jazz album was pressed at Quality Record Pressings as part of Analogue Productions' Acoustic Sound Series and it is wrapped in a high gloss, tip-on heavy card jacket.  Time for some extra widescreen big band entertainment. A1 Manhattan A2 Big City Blues B1 Manhatta-Rico B2   East Side Medley - Autumn In New York - How About You B3 A Helluva Town

 John Coltrane - Soultrane [APRJ 7142 USA 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] As the world awakes to recover from the annual hysterical, crass over-drama and general tackiness of Eurovision, it is a beautiful spring Sunday morning and it is time for calm. Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey on the 7th February 1958 by Van Gelder and Bob Weinstock, with Coltrane on sax, Red Garland on piano, Art Taylor on drums and Paul Chambers on bass, and then originally released on Prestige Records. Analogue Productions have finally repressed their 2014 all analogue remaster by Kevin Gray, pressed onto 180gm flat-edge profile vinyl by QRP, wrapped in a glossy tip-on jacket by Stoughton Printing Co. A1 Good Bait A2 I Want To Talk About You B1 You Say You Care B2 Theme For Ernie B3 Russian Lullaby