Lush Life [Remaster]

Performer: John Coltrane
Artist: Art Taylor; Donald Byrd; Red Garland; Albert Heath; Paul Chambers; Louis Hayes
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Rudy Van Gelder
Producer: Bob Weinstock; Nick Phillips (Reissue)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Earl May, Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor, Louis Hayes, Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on May 31 & August 16, 1957 and January 10, 1958. Originally released on Prestige (7188). Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg and Martin Williams. Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Earl May, Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor, Louis Hayes, Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on May 31 & August 16, 1957 and January 10, 1958. Originally released on Prestige (7188). Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg and Martin Williams. Digitally remastered by Steve Hoffman. Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Earl May, Paul Chambers (bass); Arthur Taylor, Louis Hayes, Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums). Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey between May 1957 and January 10, 1958. Originally released on Prestige (7188). Includes liner notes by Martin Williams and Joe Goldberg. This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Earl May, Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor, Louis Hayes, Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on May 31 & August 16, 1957 and January 10, 1958. Originally released on Prestige (7188). Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg and Martin Williams. Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); John Coltrane; Earl May, Paul Chambers (upright bass); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Albert "Tootie" Heath, Louis Hayes, Art Taylor (drums). Audio Remasterer: Rudy Van Gelder. Liner Note Authors: Frank Kofsky; Martin Williams ; Joe Goldberg. Recording information: Hackensack, NJ (05/31/1957-01/10/1958); New Jersey (05/31/1957-01/10/1958); Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, NJ (05/31/1957-01/10/1958). Author: Rudy Van Gelder. Unknown Contributor Role: Earl Chambers. The first three tracks on LUSH LIFE (from May and August 1957) were recorded in a trio session with only bass and drums accompanying Trane on tenor. The piano-less format is surprisingly full sounding and Coltrane's solos are at once fun loving and thoughtful. The playing of Earl May (bass) and Art Taylor (drums) is warm and robust and perfectly compliments Coltrane's muscular, R&B-inspired lyricism. Tracks four and five (from January 1958) feature a different rhythm section along with some elegant, delicate piano work from Red Garland. The title track is an unabashedly romantic, film noir-ish tour-de-force that completely enthralls the listener for all of its nearly 14 minutes. In addition, the cut features an astonishingly beautiful trumpet solo from the great Donald Byrd. Recorded in the same period as BLUE TRAIN, one of Coltrane's greatest masterpieces, LUSH LIFE is a perfect (and also, thanks to master engineer/producer Rudy Van Gelder, sonically stunning) example of the master's early playing at it's most sensitive and exuberant.

Through both the force of his music and his personal character, saxophonist John Coltrane remains among the most influential jazz artists of all time. After a stint with the classic Miles Davis band of the late 1950s, the tenor titan embarked on a decade of staggering creativity. With the daunting GIANT STEPS, he exploded the possibilities of post-bop harmony; subsequently, he formed his "classic quartet" with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones--the ideal group for Coltrane's ever-expanding sonic vocabulary. As the '60s progressed, he also added the soprano sax to the mix and explored the use of modes, before finally moving on to the inspired free playing on records such as ASCENSION and INTERSTELLAR SPACE in his last years.

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