Saturday, January 28, 2017

John Coltrane






































Artist:  John Coltrane
Birth Name:   John William Coltrane
Born:  September 23, 1926, Hamlet, North Carolina, USA.
Died:  July 17, 1967 (Aged 40),  Huntington, New York, USA.
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone.

John Coltrane was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer.  He played in style of Bebop and Hard Bop and helped pioneer the use of the modes in Jazz and was later at the forefront of Free Jazz.  He also appeared as a sideman on many album by other musicians, including Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.  His best known and best-selling albums Blue Train i 1958 and A Love Supreme in 1964.














Title:  Bahia  (2016)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Prestige Records
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  Bahia  (6:17)
 2.  Goldsboro Express  (4:45)
 3.  My Ideal  (7:36)
 4.  I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All  (7:03)
 5.  Something I Dreamed Last Night  (10:49)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone
Wilbur Harden:  Flugelhorn, Trumpet on Tracks:  3, 4
Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet on Track 5
Red Garland:  Piano on Tracks:  1, 3-5
Paul Chambers:  Bass
Art Taylor:  Drums on Tracks:  1, 2, 5
Jimmy Cobb:  Drums on Tracks:  3, 4

Bahia is an album by John Coltrane, originally released on May, 1965 by Prestige, remastered and reissued in 2016 by Prestige Records, featuring Wilbur Harden, Freddie Hubbard, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor, and Jimmy Cobb.

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