LABEL: Waxtime In Color CAT NO: 950686 BARCODE: 8436559466271 Tracklisting SIDE 11. AFRICA (16:29) SIDE 21. GREENSLEEVES2. BLUE MINOR3. SONG OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD * BONUS TRACKS JOHN COLTRANE : Tenor & Soprano SaxMcCOY TYNER : PianoREGGIE WORKMAN : BassELVIN JONES : Drums THE JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET Africa / Brass(+ Bonus Track) LP Limited Edition 180g Orange Vinyl This recording captures so much of what makes John Coltrane arguably the greatest innovator / composer / performer jazz has ever produced. In April 1961 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 Coltranes solos hints at the future direction his later avant-garde sides would take. The interaction with Tyner on Songs of the Underground Railroad is impeccable. He allows room for Jones and Reggie Workman to likewise engage Tyner or some high-spirited improvisation. This is a key work in understanding the path Coltranes music took in its final phases. Africa/Brass brilliantly documents this pivotal era in the great mans music. Vinyl includes Song Of The Underground, a traditional song recorded at the same session and included here as a bonus track. See below for tracklisting