John Coltrane - Lush Life
ARTIST.....: John Coltrane
TITLE......: Lush Life
LABEL......: Fantasy Records
URL........: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7034620
RIP DATE...: Apr-03-2006
STORE DATE.: Mar-21-2006
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 45,4 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Like Someone In Love 05:01
02 - I Love You 05:33
03 - Trane's Slo Blues 06:06
04 - Lush Life 14:00
05 - I Hear A Rhapsody 06:02
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36:42 min
Release Notes:
Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet);
Red Garland (piano); Earl May, Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor,
Louis Hayes, Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums). Recorded at the Van
Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on May 31 & August 16, 1957
and January 10, 1958. Originally released on Prestige (7188).
Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg and Martin Williams.
Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1987, Fantasy Studios,
Berkeley, California). Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone);
Donald Byrd (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Earl May, Paul
Chambers (upright bass); Albert "Tootie" Heath, Louis Hayes,
Arthur Taylor (drums). Recording information: Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, New Jersey (1957 - 1958). The first three tracks on
LUSH LIFE (from May and August 1957) were recorded in a trio
session with only bass and drums accompanying Trane on tenor. The
piano-less format is surprisingly full sounding and Coltrane's
solos are at once fun loving and thoughtful. The playing of Earl
May (bass) and Art Taylor (drums) is warm and robust and perfectly
compliments Coltrane's muscular, R&B-inspired lyricism. Tracks
four and five (from January 1958) feature a different rhythm
section along with some elegant, delicate piano work from Red
Garland. The title track is an unabashedly romantic, film noir-ish
tour-de-force that completely enthralls the listener for all of
its nearly 14 minutes. In addition, the cut features an
astonishingly beautiful trumpet solo from the great Donald Byrd.
Recorded in the same period as BLUE TRAIN, one of Coltrane's
greatest masterpieces, LUSH LIFE is a perfect (and also, thanks to
master engineer/producer Rudy Van Gelder, sonically stunning)
example of the master's early playing at it's most sensitive and
exuberant.