ENNAKKOTILAUS. Ilmestyy 24.4.2026.<\/p>\n
Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Series<\/p>\n
Africa\/Brass, released in 1961 on Impulse! Records, was John Coltrane\u2019s first album for the label and a turning point in his recorded output. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder\u2019s Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Creed Taylor, the project expanded Coltrane\u2019s working quartet into a large ensemble, pairing his searching tenor and soprano saxophone with dense, brass-heavy orchestrations by Cal Massey. The result was a bold, modal canvas that pointed beyond hard bop toward the spiritual and textural explorations that would define his mid-1960s work.<\/p>\n
Arrangements by Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner helped shape the album\u2019s distinctive sound, weaving tuba, euphonium, French horns, and more into a powerful backdrop for Coltrane\u2019s 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 \u201cbig band\u201d as a vehicle for modal harmony and extended form. Pieces like the 16-minute title track and Coltrane\u2019s reimagining of \u201cGreensleeves\u201d unfold as evolving soundscapes, balancing collective weight with intense individual statements.<\/p>\n
Long regarded as one of the most important early Impulse! releases, Africa\/Brass announced Coltrane\u2019s arrival on the \u201chouse that Trane built\u201d with radical clarity. It opened a new chapter in his relationship with Impulse! \u2014 and set the stage for later milestones such as Impressions, Crescent, and A Love Supreme, while standing on its own as a landmark fusion of African-inspired rhythm, orchestral color, and spiritual intensity.<\/p>\n
A Africa
\nB1 Greensleeves
\nB2 Blues Minor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":83530,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[135,122,107],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83580","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-coming-soon","7":"product_cat-jazz-fusion-en","8":"product_cat-new","9":"pa_formaatti-lp-en","10":"pa_kaytetty-uusi-coming-soon","11":"pa_kaytetty-uusi-new","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"taxable","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/83580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=83580"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=83580"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=83580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}