Jazz Showcase

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Personnel: John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophone); Sahib Shihab (baritone saxophone); Donald Byrd, Johnnie Splawn (trumpet); Wilbur Harden (flugelhorn); Red Garland, Tadd Dameron, Mal Waldron, Thelonious Monk (piano); Paul Chambers, John Simmons, Julian Euell, Wilbur Ware (bass); Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones, Louis Hayes, Ed Thigpen, Shadow Wilson, Jimmy Cobb, Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey between August 23, 1957 and February 7, 1958 and in New York, New York in July 1957. Includes liner notes by Bret Primack. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1998, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophone); Sahib Shihab (baritone saxophone); Clifford Brown , Donald Byrd, Johnny Splawn (trumpet); Wilbur Harden (flugelhorn); Mal Waldron, Red Garland, Tadd Dameron, Thelonious Monk (piano); Ed Thigpen, Jimmy Cobb , Albert "Tootie" Heath, Louis Hayes, Philly Joe Jones, Art Taylor, Shadow Wilson (drums). Audio Remasterer: Phil DeLancie. Liner Note Author: Bret Primack. Recording information: 11/30/1956-07/11/1958. Photographer: Don Schlitten. Unknown Contributor Roles: Hampton Hawes; John Coltrane; Kenny Clarke; Paul Chambers; Ray Brown ; Red Garland; Art Blakey; Tommy Flanagan. Those who cherish Coltrane more for his tone on the saxophone than for his musical innovations will find this collection of recordings from 1956 to 1958 consistently pleasing. His tone is rarely as gorgeous as it is on this 1956 recording of "Soultrain." One is also unlikely to forget Tadd Dameron's flourishing, almost gaudy piano, and drummer Philly Joe Jones' celebrated brushwork. "Bass Blues" skulks around with a bop attitude, benefiting from tasty work by pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor. "Lush Life" manages to serve up both a faithful rendering of the song's clever cocktail mood and lyrical content and Coltrane's more expansive musical vision. From Coltrane's period with the great Thelonious Monk, we get "Ruby My Dear," one of jazz's most poignantly nostalgic love songs. The iconoclastic pianist plays with relative restraint, and Coltrane's tenor is straight and elegant. The album's closer, "Good Bait," is a provocative, good-natured taunt, like a happy man's cane-twirling stroll down a crowded street. Here Coltrane stretches toward the more challenging music he would soon be making with Miles Davis. JAZZ SHOWCASE serves as a good transition from the smooth Coltrane to 'Trane on the vanguard.
録音 : モノラル／ステレオ (Studio)