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Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
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.
Digitally remastered by Steve Hoffman.
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.
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey between May 1957 and January 10, 1958. Originally released on Prestige (7188). Includes liner notes by Martin Williams and Joe Goldberg.
Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Earl May, Paul Chambers (bass); Arthur Taylor, Louis Hayes, Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums).
Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Earl May, Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor, Louis Hayes, Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums).
**Super Audio CD (SACD) Hybrid**
This CD will play in standard CD players.
A Super Audio CD player is required to take advantage of the SACD sound technology. Lush Life Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $3.09) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone, Enhanced CD, Super Audio | | Label | Prestige | | Orig Year | 1958 | | All Time Sales Rank |  12203  | | CD Universe Part number | 6160431 | | Catalog number | 7188 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 30, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Bob Weinstock | | Engineer | Rudy Van Gelder | | Personnel | John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
Albert "Tootie" Heath - drums
Earl May
Also: Paul Chambers, Art Taylor, Donald Byrd, Louis Hayes, Red Garland, RED GARLAND, Arthur Taylor | | Additional Info | SACD Hybrid |
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Digitally remastered by David Luke (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
PORTRAIT IN JAZZ introduced the justly acclaimed Bill Evans Trio, the innovative little group featuring bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian that would forever change standards of jazz playing, introducing a new kind of swing based on a flexible sense of time and interplay. Evans had already established himself on EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS and, of course, the Miles landmark KIND OF BLUE. Now it was time to share the wealth.
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This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
John "Wes" Montgomery taught himself to play at the age of nineteen and created a style as influential to jazz guitar as was Charlie Christian's to an earlier generation. Recorded in the early part of his solo career, THE INCREDIBLE JAZZ GUITAR OF WES MONTGOMERY defined standards for hard bop guitar which are as cogent today as they were in 1960.
The album jumps out with the quartet hustling through Sonny Rollins' "Airegin," where Wes performs his often imitated licks with grace and agility. His extended phrases, thematic development, harmonic and melodic embellishment come together in a formidable technique with a heavy swing. An impressive use of octaves and chords coupled with the rejection of a guitar pick in favor of his own thumb allowed Wes' guitar to sing with warmth and with beauty. The lyrical rendition of "Polka Dots And Moonbeams" and his own "D-Natural Blues" are prime examples of the fullness of his lines. To this day, whenever a guitarist uses octaves he runs the risk of comparison to Wes, such was his mastery of this technique. Another aspect of his legacy is the compositions. Since their appearance on this album, "Four On Six" and "West Coast Blues" have become standard jazz repertoire. Yet to remain in awe merely of his approach is to miss the ...
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Ultradiscs are mastered from the original master tapes using Mobile Fidelity's proprietary mastering technique, then plated with 24 karat gold and housed in a stress-resistant lift-lock jewel box.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
From his formative days with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, through the expansive revelations of his Prestige, Atlantic and Impulse! recordings, John Coltrane revealed many facets of beauty--some full of turbulence, others bathed in serenity. JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN is probably the saxophonist's most graceful, accessible recording in a discography awash in spiritual radiance.
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RELAXIN' WITH THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET includes dialogue snippets taken from the original master reel.
Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD, playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Red Garland's evocation of Big Ben in the opening chords of "If I Were A Bell" is a witty reminder that you're listening to the premier jazz combo of the 1950s, as Miles Davis once again plumbs the ravine of popular culture to come up with another engaging jazz classic.
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Digitally remastered by Kirk Felton (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
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