Release Date: 03 November 2023
Label: Soundsgood
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563184826
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 03 November 2023
Label: Soundsgood
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563184826
Genres: Jazz  
Description
180g virgin vinyl limited edition - the complete LP + 2 bonus track. The only album ever reuniting pianist Cecil Taylor and saxophonist John Coltrane, Stereo Drive was released in 1959. Taylor wanted to use Ted Curson on trumpet, but the recording company insisted on using Kenny Dorham. Relations between Taylor, who favoured a very avant-garde approach, and Dorham, who verbally disapproved of Taylor's "way-out" tendencies, were strained, and the session is a unique tour the force.
"This is a most unusual LP due to the inclusion of Cecil Taylor on piano. Although Taylor and John Coltrane got along well, trumpeter Kenny Dorham (who is also on this quintet date) hated the avant-garde pianist's playing and was clearly bothered by Taylor's dissonant comping behind his solos. With bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Louis Hayes doing their best to ignore the discord, the group manages to perform two blues and two standards with Dorham playing strictly bop, Taylor producing free abstractions, and Coltrane sounding somewhere in between. The results are unintentionally fascinating." - ***** Scott Yanow, AllMusic
Tracklisting
Oliver Nelson
Julie London
Gil Evans
Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce
Bill Evans & Jim Hall
Bill Barron
Max Roach
George Russell Sextet
Friedrich Gulda
Freddy Cole
Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
Petros Klampanis
Makiko Hirabayashi
Jan Hammer Group
Jun Iida
Epoxy Quartet