Africa/Brass (Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Series) LP TSOV-317.2 Ashley McBryde

Ashley McBryde

" The Silence runs through instrumental colors like passing thoughts in the mind

Songs from the Sparkle Lounge was the bands final album for Mercury and was judged by many as a return to the old rockier days of the band

" number 325 on Blender's "500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born

Africa/Brass (Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Series) LP TSOV-317.2 Ashley McBrydeAfrica Brass, released in 1961 on Impulse! Records, was John Coltranes first album for the label and a turning point in his recorded output. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelders Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Creed Taylor, the project expanded Coltranes 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