John Coltrane "Africa/ Brass (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)" 2024-04-26 A melodic hardcore album

A melodic hardcore album

While the earlier Sisters releases were noisy

Produced by Grammy-winner Ben Allen (Erasure

now available in a deluxe 6-panel digipak

With Trying Not to Have a Thought

John Coltrane "Africa/ Brass (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)" 2024-04-26 A melodic hardcore albumAfrica Brass, released in 1961, was John Coltrane's first album for Impulse! Records and a turning point in his recorded output. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio and produced by Creed Taylor, the project expanded Coltrane's working quartet into a large ensemble, pairing his searching tenor and soprano saxophone with dense, brass heavy orchestrations by Cal Massey. Arrangements by Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner helped shape the albums distinctive