John Coltrane "Africa/ Brass (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)" 2024-04-26 now available in a deluxe

now available in a deluxe 6-panel digipak

While the band members wanted Steve Lillywhite to produce

this album leans into a driving

With Trying Not to Have a Thought

Recorded at its namesake the Saint Cecilia Hotel in the midst of the band's two headline sets at this year's Austin City Limits festival

John Coltrane "Africa/ Brass (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)" 2024-04-26 now available in a deluxeAfrica 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 albums distinctive