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:  Lush Life  (2006)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Prestige Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Like Someone In Love  (4:58)
 2.  I Love You  (5:31)
 3.  Trane's Slo Blues  (6:02)
 4.  Lush Life  (13:55)
 5.  I Hear A Rhapsody  (6:00)

Personnel:

Tracks:  1-3:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone
Earl May:  Bass
Art Taylor:  Drums

Tracks:  4, 5:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone
Red Garland:  Piano
Paul Chambers:  Bass
Donald Byrd:  Trumpet on Track 4
Louis Hayes:  Drums on Track 4
Albert Heath:   Drums on Track 5

Lush Life is an album by John Coltrane, original released on January, 1961 by Prestige Records, remastered and reissued on March 21, 2006 by Prestige Records, featuring Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd.