Black Pearls
1964 studio album by John Coltrane
Black Pearls jazz musician John Coltrane , released in 1964 on Prestige Records . It was recorded at a single recording session on May 23, 1958, at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
On that Friday session, "the songs weren't long enough for a whole album", recalled producer Bob Weinstock in 2001, "so I said 'Let's do a slow blues to finish it out'." Coltrane invited Weinstock to write the song on the spot, but he didn't know music, so Coltrane replied "'Just tell me what you want me to play. Should it go like this?' and he would play some notes. After having played a rough melody, he'd say 'Okay, you wrote it.' That was the genesis of 'Sweet Sapphire Blues'".[ 4]
The title track is a sustained exhibition of Coltrane's sheets of sound technique during his solo.
Reception
In a review for AllMusic , Lindsay Planer stated that the album "captures Coltrane at the height of perfecting the intense volley that would garner the name 'sheets of sound'," but noted that it "seems a bit ambiguous when placed in a more historical context."[ 5]
DownBeat '[ 6]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Om [ 7]
Track listing
Side one
"Black Pearls" (Coltrane) – 13:13
"Lover, Come Back to Me " (Oscar Hammerstein II , Sigmund Romberg ) 7:27
Side two
"Sweet Sapphire Blues" (Bob Weinstock) – 18:13
Personnel
References
^ "John Coltrane - Black Pearls" . Jazz Music Archives . Retrieved April 18, 2023 .^ "John Coltrane Discography" . JazzDisco.org . Retrieved April 18, 2023 .^ Porter, Lewis; DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Wild, David; Schmaler, Wolf (2008). The John Coltrane Reference . Routledge. p. 522. ^ 2008 liner notes
^ a b Black Pearls at AllMusic ^ a b Nelson, Don. "John Coltrane: Black Pearls" . DownBeat . Retrieved April 18, 2023 . ^ a b Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Penguin . p. 293. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release .
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Discoveries Presenting Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley , 1955)Jammin' with Gene Gene Ammons , 1956)All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)All Day Long 2 Guitars Jimmy Raney , 1957)Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers , 1956)Paul Chambers Quintet Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark , 1957)My Conception Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke , 1955)Lush Life John Coltrane , 1957–58)The Believer The Last Trane Black Pearls Davis Cup Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)Wailing With Lou Lou Donaldson , 1957)Lou Takes Off This Is New Kenny Drew , 1957)All Mornin' Long Red Garland , 1957)Soul Junction High Pressure One Flight Up Dexter Gordon , 1964)Ladybird Snap Your Fingers Al Grey , 1962)Johnny Griffin Sextet Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 Guru , 1993)Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality My Point of View Herbie Hancock , 1993)Tone Tantrum Swamp Seed Jimmy Heath , 1963)Informal Jazz Elmo Hope , 1956)African High Life Solomon Ilori , 1963)Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 Ahmad Jamal , 1994 or 1995)Quartet-Quintet Hank Jones , 1955)Bluebird TV Action Jazz! Mundell Lowe , 1959)The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Goin' Out of My Head Wes Montgomery , 1965)Hush! Duke Pearson , 1962)Wahoo! Another One Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)Winner's Circle Oscar Pettiford , et al, 1957)Blues in Trinity Dizzy Reece , 1958)The Cool Voice of Rita Reys Dimensions & Extensions Sam Rivers , 1967)Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 Don't Stop the Carnival Sonny Rollins , 1978)Silver's Blue Horace Silver , 1956)6 Pieces of Silver A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two Taylor's Wailers Art Taylor , 1957)Soul Sauce Cal Tjader , 1964)A Bluish Bag Stanley Turrentine , 1967)Top Brass Ernie Wilkins , 1955)Pairing Off Phil Woods , 1956)
