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The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions

The John Coltrane Quartet

Disc One:

Booker Little, Trumpets
Freddie Hubbard, Trumpets
Julian Priester, Euphonium
Charles Greenlee, Euphonium
Julius Watkins, French horn
Donald Corrado, French horn
Bob Northern, French horn
Jimmy Buffington, French horn
Robert Swisshelm, French horn
Bill Barber, Tuba
Eric Dolphy, Alto Sax, Flute, Bass Clarinet
Garvin Bushell, Piccolo, Reeds
Pat Patrick, Baritone Sax
John Coltrane, Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax
McCoy Tyner, Piano
Reggie Workman, Bass
Paul Chambers, Bass on Africa only
Elvin Jones, Drums

Disc Two:

Booker Little, Trumpet
Britt Woodman, Trombone
Carl Bowman, Euphonium
Julius Watkins, French horn
Donald Corrado, French horn
Bob Northern, French horn
Robert Swisshelm, French horn
Bill Baker, Tuba
Eric Dolphy, Alto Sax, Flute, Bass Clarinet
Pat Patrick, Baritone Sax
John Coltrane, Tenor Sax
McCoy Tyner, Piano
Reggie Workman, Bass
Art Davis, Bass on Africa only
Elvin Jones, Drums

Orchestra conducted by by Eric Dolphy

Produced by Creed Taylor

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer
Recorded May 23, 1961 (Disc One) and June 4, 1961 (Disc Two)

Catalog Number: IMPD-2-168
Format: CD
Release Date: 1995
Label: Impulse

Click on tracks to hear sound samples.

DISC ONE
1. Greensleeves (9:57)

(Traditional) (Arranged by McCoy Tyner) Jowcol Music (BMI)

2. Song of the Underground Railroad (6:44)
(Traditional) (Arranged by John Coltrane) Jowcol Music (BMI)

3. Greensleeves (alternate take) (10:53)
(Traditional) (Arranged by John Coltrane) Jowcol Music (BMI)

4. The Damned Don't Cry (7:34)

(Cal Massey) Charill Music Publishing Co. (BMI)

5. Africa (first version) (14:08)

(John Coltrane) Jowcol Music (BMI)

DISC TWO
1. Blues Minor (7:20)
(John Coltrane) Jowcol Music (BMI)

2. Africa (alternate take) (16:08)
(John Coltrane) Jowcol Music (BMI)

3. Africa (16:29)
(John Coltrane) Jowcol Music (BMI)

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Producer's Note
I signed John to Impulse because I felt he belonged in the company of Gil Evans and Oliver Nelson.

– Creed Taylor

Africa Brass
This two-disc collection gathers the results of two recording sessions from May and June, 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 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

John Coltrane

Eric Dolphy

Elvin Jones

John Coltrane

Photos by Chuck Stewart

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