John Coltrane’s The John Coltrane Quartet Performs is the newest basic jazz album to obtain a vinyl reissue via Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Collection. Initially launched in 1965, the file was one in every of his final releases earlier than his dying in 1967. The reissue will likely be out there on August 29.
The album was recorded in simply two classes shortly after the discharge of 1964’s A Love Supreme. Recorded alongside quartet members McCoy Tyner (piano), Elvin Jones (drums), and Jimmy Garrison (bass), The John Coltrane Quartet Performs captures the sonic transitional interval Coltrane was experiencing on the time, the place his music turned much more experimental and bombastic. The album additionally options bass gamers Jimmy Garrison and Artwork Davis, as Coltrane wished to mess around with a number of bass sounds.
The John Coltrane Quartet Performs contains the tracks “Chim Chim Cheree” and “Brazilia” on Aspect 1, and “Nature Boy” and “Song Of Praise” on Aspect 2. The album is the newest in Coltrane’s discography to hitch the Acoustic Sounds Collection, following 1963’s John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman and 1964’s Crescent.
The sequence, which first launched in 2020, options transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl that’s packaged in high-quality tip-on gatefold jackets, replicating the unique packaging. The albums will likely be mastered and minimize to lacquer by Matthew Lutthans on the Mastering Lab at High quality Report Pressings. All releases are supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, the world’s largest supply for audiophile recordings, using the manufacturing craft of High quality Report Pressings.
The sequence contains dozens of iconic jazz albums from legends like Ben Webster, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee, Sonny Rollins, Mel Torme, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and extra.
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