Africa/Brass (Acoustic Sounds): Vinyl LP BF30 and band leader Mike Taylor

and band leader Mike Taylor

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

and after sustained applause

Think Herbie Hancock's '60s Blue Note recordings gently polished with a soul jazz sheen

the “Tone Poet

Africa/Brass (Acoustic Sounds): Vinyl LP BF30 and band leader Mike TaylorAfrica Brass, released in 1961, was John Coltrane's first album for Impulse! Records and a turning point in his recorded output. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio and produced by Creed Taylor, the project expanded Coltrane's working quartet into a large ensemble, pairing his searching tenor and soprano saxophone with dense, brass heavy orchestrations by Cal Massey. Arrangements by Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner helped shape the album's distinctive