Archie Shepp | ts
Charles Tolliver | cond, arr
Frank Wellert, Martin Auer, Thomas Vogel, Axel Schlosser | tp
Günter Bollmann, Peter Feil , Christian Jaksjø | tb
Manfred Honetschläger | b-tb
Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, Oliver Leicht | as
Ben Kraef, Karl-Martin Almqvist | ts
Rainer Heute | bs
Peter Reiter | p; Martin Scales | g
Thomas Heidepriem | b; Jean Paul Höchstädter | dr
recorded live at HR-Sendesaal, Frankfurt, October 27, 2011
1. Introduction
2. Song of the Underground Railroad (Trad.)
3. The Damned Don´t Cry (Calvin Massey)
4. Ujaama (Archie Shepp)
5. Greensleeves (Trad.)
6. Africa (John Coltrane)
7. On the Nile (Charles Tolliver)
Africa/Brass is the eighth album by John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Impulse Records. The sixth release for the fledgling label and his first for Impulse!, it features Coltrane's working quintet augmented by a larger ensemble to bring the total number of participating musicians to 21. Its big band sound, with the unusual instrumentation of french horns and euphonium, presented music very different from anything that had been associated with Coltrane to date.
Earlier in 1961, Coltrane had invited multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy to join his band, making it a quintet. Around the same time, bassist Steve Davis departed, replaced by Reggie Workman, at times Coltrane pairing him with a second bassist, Art Davis. With this group in tow, on May 23 Coltrane entered the new Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey for the first time; Rudy Van Gelder had been the sound engineer for most of his earlier sessions with Prestige Records. Coltrane would make the bulk of his recordings at the Van Gelder studio for the remainder of his career.
Apparently, Coltrane had initially contacted Gil Evans to assist with the arrangements; however nothing came of this, Coltrane turning to Dolphy and Tyner to orchestrate. Originally credited to Dolphy alone on the initial release, that has been corrected with the appearance of the 1995 reissue. Coltrane chose the ancient English folk ballad "Greensleeves," done in a similar major/minor contrast as his popular "My Favorite Things." For the two original pieces, "Africa" and "Blues Minor," Dolphy and Coltrane adapted Tyner's piano voicings for the orchestra. A second set of recording sessions for the album took place on June 4.
Earlier in 1961, Coltrane had invited multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy to join his band, making it a quintet. Around the same time, bassist Steve Davis departed, replaced by Reggie Workman, at times Coltrane pairing him with a second bassist, Art Davis. With this group in tow, on May 23 Coltrane entered the new Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey for the first time; Rudy Van Gelder had been the sound engineer for most of his earlier sessions with Prestige Records. Coltrane would make the bulk of his recordings at the Van Gelder studio for the remainder of his career.
Apparently, Coltrane had initially contacted Gil Evans to assist with the arrangements; however nothing came of this, Coltrane turning to Dolphy and Tyner to orchestrate. Originally credited to Dolphy alone on the initial release, that has been corrected with the appearance of the 1995 reissue. Coltrane chose the ancient English folk ballad "Greensleeves," done in a similar major/minor contrast as his popular "My Favorite Things." For the two original pieces, "Africa" and "Blues Minor," Dolphy and Coltrane adapted Tyner's piano voicings for the orchestra. A second set of recording sessions for the album took place on June 4.
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thx,this is a must have!
Terrific thanks!
Thanks. Favourite musicians playing favourite tunes.
Many thanks for this!!
Between this post and the Harriet Tubman Double Trio, all I can say is VIVA LA TRANE, and Thank you!
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