The John Coltrane Quartet – Africa/Brass

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Label:	Impulse! – A-6-S, Impulse! – A-6
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	US
Released:	Sep 1961
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Free Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal

Tracklist

A	Africa Written-By – John Coltrane	16:26
B1	Greensleeves	9:55
B2	Blues Minor Written-By – John Coltrane	7:20

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Am-Par Record Corp.
Designed At – Viceroy (2)
Lacquer Cut At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

Bass – Jimmy Garrison
Cover – Robert Flynn (2)
Drums – Elvin Jones
Lacquer Cut By – RVG*
Liner Notes – Dom Cerulli
Photography By – Ted Russell (2)
Piano – McCoy Tyner
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane

Notes

Comes in gatefold sleeve. A product of AM-PAR Record Corp.
Stereo A-6 on cover. A-6-S on label. Probably very first stereo issue.

Track B1 is P.D. (= Public Domain).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A): AS-6.A RVG STEREO
Matrix / Runout (Side B): AS-6.B RVG STEREO

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Africa/Brass (LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold)	Impulse!	A-6	US	1961
	Africa/Brass (LP, Album, Mono)	Philips	P 632 060 L	Germany	1961
New Submission	Africa / Brass (LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold)	Sparton Impulse! Records	A-6	Canada	1961
Recently Edited	Africa/Brass (LP, Album, Mono)	La Voce Del Padrone	QELP 8049	Italy	1961
New Submission	Africa/Brass (LP, Album, Promo, Mono)	Impulse!	A-6	US	1961

Reviews

Eirikstim Apr 2, 2022
Is the line up of musicians listed correctly here? Seems wrong to me
DeletedDiscogsUser Feb 26, 2008
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.