{"product_id":"john-coltrane-africa-brass-verve-acoustic-sounds-series-lp","title":"John Coltrane - Africa\/Brass (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe John Coltrane Quartet ushered a new jazz sound with their 1961 landmark, which was greeted with critical apathy at the time - judged on the basis of former works with Thelonious Monk \u0026 Miles Davis - but has since become appreciated, adored, for steering the big band sound into new terrain, tones, with unusual instrumentation; French horns and euphonium\n\n“Africa\/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 album’s distinctive sound, weaving tuba, euphonium, French horns, and more into a powerful backdrop for Coltrane’s improvisations. With key contributions from trumpeters Booker Little and Freddie Hubbard, bassist Reggie Workman, drummer Elvin Jones, and others, Africa\/Brass reframed the idea of a “big band.” One of the most important early Impulse! releases, Africa\/Brass announced Coltrane’s arrival on the “house that Trane built” with radical clarity. Verve Acoustic Sounds Series is remastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nz6NCGFDIxA?si=ZB4G0cR4sw_nXk8y\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48341576581379,"sku":"UMGD-1000240301","price":8153.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/1694\/1956\/files\/71iBA2tMJ6L._UF894_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1780814888","url":"https:\/\/meditations.jp\/en\/products\/john-coltrane-africa-brass-verve-acoustic-sounds-series-lp","provider":"Meditations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}