Freddie Hubbard – Open Sesame (1960)

Blue Note – BLP 4040Rec. Date : June 19, 1960 Trumpet : Freddie HubbardBass : Sam JonesDrums : Clifford JarvisPiano : McCoy TynerTenor Sax : Tina Brooks Strictlyheadies : 09/28/2019Stream this Album   Billboard : 11/28/1960 This is spirited Jazz, featuring Hubbard’s trumpet, with Tina Brooks on tenor; McCoy Tyner, piano\; Sam Jones, bass, and Clifford

John Coltrane – Coltrane Live at Birdland (1964)

Impulse! – A-50Rec. Dates : October 8 & November 18, 1963Stream this Album Soprano & Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : Jimmy GarrisonDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : McCoy Tyner   Billboard : 02/29/1964Jazz Spotlight Pick Three tracks recorded in Birdland (N.Y.) late last year – two others from the studio – all of them customary high-intensity heightened even further

John Coltrane – Coltrane Plays the Blues (1962)

Atlantic – 1382Rec. Date : October 24, 1960Stream this Album Tenor / Soprano Sax : John ColtraneBass : Steve DavisDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : McCoy Tyner   Billboard : 07/21/1962 One of Coltrane’s most provocative albums to date. The set, as the title indicates, is composed of blues tunes, and some of them have an unusual and telling sound. The

John Coltrane – Coltrane Jazz (1961)

Atlantic – 1354Rec. Dates : November 24 & December 2, 1959, October 21, 1960Stream this Album Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : Paul Chambers, Steve DavisDrums : Jimmy Cobb, Elvin JonesPiano : Wynton Kelly, McCoy Tyner Billboard : 01/30/1961Spotlight Winner of the Week Coltrane, who has been garnering much critical praise for his unorthodox rambling improvisations recently comes up with a rather

John Coltrane Quartet – Africa/Brass (1961)

Impulse! – A-6Rec. Dates : May 23, 1961, June 7, 1961Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Tenor Sax : John ColtraneAlto Sax : Eric DolphyArranger/Orchestrator/Conductor : McCoy Tyner, Eric DolphyBaritone Sax : Pat PatrickBass : Reggie Workman, Art DavisBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyDrums : Elvin JonesEuphonium : Charles Greenlee, Julian PriesterFlute : Eric DolphyFrench Horn : Jimmy Buffington, Donald Corrado, Bob Northern, Robert Swisshelm, Julius WatkinsPiano : McCoy TynerPiccolo

John Coltrane – Live At The Village Vanguard (1962)

Impulse! – A-10Rec. Date : November 2, 1961, November 3, 1961Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Soprano Sax : John ColtraneAlto Sax : Eric DolphyBass : Jimmy Garrison, Reggie WorkmanBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : McCoy TynerTenor Sax : John Coltrane Billboard : 02/17/1962Spotlight Album of the Week John Coltrane and his combo created a lot of excitement at