John Coltrane Lush Life (180g, Mono, QRP, Analogue Productions)

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• “Analogue Productions has continued to push its own already high bar higher still. Its Quality Record Pressings plant is delivering the best vinyl discs to be found, its jackets and cover reproduction quality have hit new levels, and it continues to have the best in the biz – such as Kevin Gray for this series (25 mono LPs from the Prestige label’s exceptional late-’50s run) cut lacquers from original analog master tapes. … Lush Life mixes ballads (like the beautifully read title track) with up-tempo tunes, and the sound here is sweet, airy and open, with an especially lovely capturing of Coltrane’s tenor and the lively percussion.” Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound, December 2015

  Here is one of the musical giants of the 20th century, poised on the precipice of greatness. Between the spring of 1957 and the winter of 1958, during which time Lush Life was recorded, the music of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane (1926-1967) was developing in giant steps, thanks in great part to a six-month 1957 stint with Thelonious Monk that had much to do with sharpening Coltranes harmonic conception and torrential attack.

  Lush Life contains Coltranes first recordings as sole leader, his initial date fronting a pianoless trio, and one of his first extended readings of a ballad, Billy Strayhorns resplendent title track. We also hear him at the helm of a quartet and quintet, featuring pianist Red Garland, with trumpeter Donald Byrd, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Louis Hayes added to Lush Life. Coltrane handles the tunes delicate complexities with infinite style and finesse.

  Coltrane and jazz would never be the same.

  Originally released in 1958

  John Coltrane, tenor saxophone

  Earl May, bass

  Art Taylor, drums

  Red Garland, piano

  Donald Byrd, trumpet

  Paul Chambers, bass

  Louis Hayes, drums

  For sale individually and as part of Analogue Productions Prestige Mono Series

  Cut from the analogue masters by renowned mastering engineer Kevin Gray

  180-gram pressing by Quality Record Pressings

  Deluxe high-gloss tip-on album jacket

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  AllMusic rating: AllMusic users: (348 votes) Read the AllMusic.com review

• Artist: John Coltrane Label: Analogue Productions, Prestige Format: LP Units: 1 Country: US Genre: Jazz Style: Hard Bop

• A1 Like Someone In Love
  A2 I Love You
  A3 Trane’S Slow Blues
  B1 Lush Life
  B2 I Hear A Rhapsody