John Coltrane Quartet, The - Africa / Brass

John Coltrane Quartet, The - Africa / Brass

Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Free Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal
Year:
1961

Tracklist

Africa 16:26 X
Greensleeves 9:55 X
Blues Minor 7:20 X

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Africa / Brass (LP) Impulse! AS-06 US 1961
Africa / Brass (LP, Mono) Impulse! A-6 US 1961
Africa (LP, Comp) Мелодия С60 19423 002 USSR 1983
Africa / Brass (LP, RE) Impulse! MCA-42231 US 1986
Africa / Brass (CD, Album, RE) Impulse! 0602517486225 Europe 2007
Africa / Brass Volumes 1 & 2 (CD) Impulse! MCAD-42001 US  
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Review by Feb 26, 2008

referencing Africa / Brass, LP, AS-06

One of my favorite Coltrane releases. Africa is such a strong track on it's own that if they reissued this as a 3" CD I'd still buy it for $15. It's a great example of Modal/Bop jazz and you never get bored through out the 16+ minutes. His take on Greensleeves is just as great. He starts off with the main movement of the traditional track, then goes into his own free style saxophone, then back with the original movement to end. It follows with another great track, Blues Minor. This release is a great starting point for any new Coltrane fan because it was a point were Coltrane started to do his own thing as an artist and he was also making statements within his albums as well, and Impulse! was letting him.
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