Africa/Brass
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| Africa/Brass | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 1, 1961 | |||
| Recorded | May 23 and June 7, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 33:50 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
| John Coltrane chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Down Beat (Original Lp release) | |
| Jazz Shelf | favorable |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
| Tom Hull | A− |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Africa/Brass is a studio album by the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was released on September 1, 1961 through Impulse! Records. Coltrane's working quartet is augmented by a larger ensemble that brings the total to twenty-one musicians. Its big band sound, with the unusual instrumentation of French horns and euphonium, presented music very different from anything that had been associated with Coltrane to date. While critics originally gave it poor ratings, more recent jazz commentators have described it as "amazing" and as a "key work in understanding the path that John Coltrane's music took in its final phases." It is Coltrane's first release for Impulse!.