| | John Coltrane Black Pearls CD John Coltrane Discography of CDs
Recorded in the late-1950s, the John Coltrane of BLACK PEARLS is not the shining, legendary beacon of free jazz he eventually became by the mid-'60s. At the time of PEARLS, Coltrane was a member of the Miles Davis Quintet, and this was one of his solo ventures. Like many Prestige discs of this period, it's a straight-ahead hard-bop jam session. Featuring sterling accompaniment by Red Garland (also then with Davis) on piano and Donald Byrd's crackling trumpet, PEARLS displays Coltrane's surging sheets-of-sound approach in full flower.
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on May 23, 1958. Originally released on Prestige (7316).
Personnel: John Coltrane (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass instrument); Art Taylor (drums).
Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor (drums).
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. John Coltrane Black Pearls Songs Black Pearls Review
GuidelinesRemember to focus your comments on John Coltrane Black Pearls CD. Check our review guidelines for specific details regarding customer review policy. To submit your review, please fill out the above form and click "Submit Review." A staff member will then verify your review meets our guidelines. Upon approval, your review will be published within a few days. Please do not use this form to comment on web site errors or for order related questions. If you have concerns of this nature, please contact customer service by filling out this form.
Purchase Black Pearls CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Andrew Hill Judgement! CD (1964) Bonus Track; Remastered
Black Pearls album
 $9.79  
Andrew Hill's previous 1964 outing on Blue Note, the trio-only SMOKE STACK, had drummer Roy Haynes sounding so much like Elvin Jones that Hill brought in the real thing for next quartet session, JUDGEMENT! True to form, the always fiery Jones gets things off to an explosive start on "Siete Ocho," with Hill and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson keeping up as best they can. The warmly inventive Hutcherson remained an ideal musical partner for the abstract-minded pianist-composer, which was somewhat the same role that the bluesy vibraphonist Milt Jackson played with John Lewis in the Modern Jazz Quartet--except that, as a pianist, Andrew Hill is nowhere near as restrained as the spare and sometimes decorous Lewis. The '60s avant-gardist is a prodigious, meaty musician, taking us on a dark, chromatic journey in all his extended improvisations. JUDGEMENT! is like an MJQ session opened up for a musically ...
| | Lee Morgan Gigolo CD (1965) Bonus Track; Remastered
Black Pearls CD music
$8.99 
More quintessential hard bop from one of the genre's leading figures at the height of his considerable powers as a composer and trumpeter. Morgan had just returned to solo work a year earlier after his second stint with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; in 1965 the trumpeter also released CORNBREAD and THE RUMPROLLER and did numerous sessions as a sideman. Morgan composed the title track, and three others including the Coots/Gillespie ballad "You Go To My Head" round things out.
"Yes I Can, No You Can't" opens with the rhythm section laying down a churning vamp; the horns enter with a typical Morgan statement, funky, swaggering and confident. "Speedball" is a bebop-style blues, but more relaxed, with a secondary theme appearing in the third chorus of the head. "Trapped," a modified minor blues, is more urgent, while "The Gigolo" is a brooding and majestic jazz waltz more evocative of a bullfight than of the ballroom. Throughout, the ensemble work is tight and the solos crackle with passion and joy.
Lee Morgan was the leading trumpeter in hard bop during the 1960s and he recorded quite a few classic albums for Blue Note. This is ...
| | Electric Light Orchestra A New World Record - Expanded Edition CD (1976) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Black Pearls music CDs
$7.59 
Also available in a 3-pack with FACE THE MUSIC and DISCOVERY.
1976's A NEW WORLD RECORD is both a classic of commercial '70s pop and an archetypal ELO album. From the outer-space synths and rich orchestrations that open the album to Jeff Lynne's meticulous production and Beatlesque melodies, A NEW WORLD RECORD is magnificent ear candy. Both ambitious enough to appeal to "serious" rock fans and ultra-catchy enough to sound terrific on Top 40 radio (the plaintively gorgeous, McCartney-like "Telephone Line" and the anthemic "Livin' Thing" were well-deserved smashes), ELO was one of the few '70s bands whose appeal covered both the FM and AM spectrums. The album even resurrects "Do Ya," a classic single by Lynne's former band, the Move, in a splashy new version.
The next ELO album, 1977's elaborate double-album OUT OF THIS WORLD, was probably the band's commercial high point, but A NEW WORLD RECORD is the group's artistic high-water mark.
Jeff Lynne reportedly regards this album and its follow-up, Out of the Blue, as the high points in the band's history. One might be better off opting for A New World Record over its successor, however, ...
| | John Coltrane Settin' The Pace CD (1958) Remastered
Black Pearls songs
$9.59
Digitally remastered by Kirk Felton (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
This is Coltrane from the period when he was a member of Miles Davis' legendary 1950s quintet, accompanied by fellow quintet members Garland and Chambers. This is 'Trane in a relaxed bop mode, making some swinging relaxed jazz in the vein of Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz (the latter in his more bop-ish mode). This is not the fire-breathing saxophonist of the middle '60s, but a player who was beginning to push against the boundaries, all the while playing with thoughtful, imaginative lyricism. It's a set of little-known pop tunes of the era, with the exception of Jackie McLean's "Little Melonae." Anyone who likes/loves the mainstream jazz of the '50s, or Miles' music of that time, and/or Coltrane fans who want/need to hear their idol in an easy-going context should pick up on this.
Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane recorded quite a few records with the rhythm section of pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Taylor during 1957-1958. On this ...
| | Eric Dolphy At The Five Spot, Vol. 1 CD (1961) (Import) Remastered; Japan
Black Pearls album
$9.09 
Recorded live at The Five Spot, New York, New York on July 16, 1961.
Reed player/composer/arranger Eric Dolphy was, in the early '60s, in the vanguard of the free jazz movement, yet his music was not as avant-garde as some of his contemporaries'. The language was still bop, but Dolphy added ...
| | Kenny Burrell Bluesy Burrell CD (1962) Bonus Track; Remastered
Black Pearls CD music
$9.59
| | Dali's Llama Full On Dunes CD (2008)
Black Pearls music CDs
$13.15
| | Lew Del Gatto & Bob Keller To Al And Zoot, With Love CD (2008)
Black Pearls songs
$18.99
| | Your Name CD (2008)
Black Pearls album
$11.29
| | Tha Indianz D.U.I CD (2008)
Black Pearls CD music
$10.15
Make way for tha indianz!As Hiphop is taking the world by storm and gaining popularity with many cultures. Daku and Pacifik have been representing for south Asians through their music. Meeting in a Studio over 8 years ago, the two Desi rappers quickly gained a friendship and started ...
| | Lenny White Hancock Island: The Music Of Herbie Hancock CD (2008)
Black Pearls music CDs
$15.05
| | Soul Discovery CD (2009)
Black Pearls songs
$12.79
|
|
|
124678 
buttons below to play song samples
Adobe Flash
Email a Friend
