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John Coltrane

Title: Africa/Brass + Africa Brass Sessions Vol. 2

Label: Essential Jazz Classics

Cat No:EJC55538
Format:CD

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• The complete original album ‘Africa / Brass’ (originally on Impulse) plus all of the music from its sequel ‘The Africa Brass Sessions, Vol. 2’ (AS-9273) and the remaining song from the sessions, “The Damned Don’t Cry”.

• ‘Africa / Brass’ marks one of Coltrane’s most ambitious projects, in terms of instrumentation and rhythmic variation, as well as his first collaboration with the great Eric Dolphy, who not only played reeds here but also orchestrated and conducted all but one of the tracks.

• Personnel : John Coltrane, Mccoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones, plus: Eric Dolphy, Booker Little, Freddie Hubbard, Julian Priester, Julius Watkins, Paul Chambers, & many others. Recorded : Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, May 23 & June 7, 1961.

• Total Time: 74:58 mins. - 7 tracks - Includes 12-page booklet.

Track Listing for Africa/Brass + Africa Brass Sessions Vol. 2
01. Africa 16:29
02. Greensleeves 9:57
03. Blues Minor 7:20
04. Song Of The Undergound Railroad 6:44
05. Greensleeves [Alt. Tk] 10:53
06. Africa [Alt Tk] 16:02
07. The Damned Don’t Cry 7:34

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