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John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman |
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| Styles: |
Easy Listening - Vocal - Jazz - Avant - garde - Saxophone - Hard Bop - Labels - Impulse! - Post - bop - Piano - Vocalists - Male |
| Media: |
Audio CD |
| Release Date: |
September 1995 |
| Label: |
Impulse |
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| UPC Catalogue No: |
011105115728 |
| Amazon Sales Ranking: |
18059 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Description |
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John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman is one of the three all-ballad albums that John Coltrane recorded in late 1962 and early 1963. Johnny Hartman was apparently Coltrane's suggestion, and his deep, dark voice meshes perfectly with Coltrane's tenor. The material is well-chosen, including definitive readings of "My One and Only Love" and "Lush Life". McCoy Tyner fills out the chords, augmenting the harmonies and keeping the tone of these ballads respectful but not overly sentimental. All the players get to the deep structure of the songs and are not afraid to play in the most essential and elegant manner. This is beautiful jazz. --Michael Monhart |
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Tracks |
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They say it's wonderful |
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Dedicated to you |
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My one and only love |
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Lush life |
| 5 |
You are too beautiful |
| 6 |
Autumn serenade |
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Customer Reviews |
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A gorgeous album of jazz ballades that deserves 6 out of 5 |
Rating: 5.0 |
A perfect marriage of rich sounds. Hartman's superb deep brown vocals are perfectly matched by the silky smooth tenor sax sound of Coltraine. Accompaniment is supportive yet subtle and only those without a soul will fail to float into a dreamy ecstacy whilst litening. |
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Simply the greatest vocal jazz CD of all time! |
Rating: 5.0 |
First of all, the songs on the CD's are American classics, written by the likes of Irving Berlin, Sammy Cahn, Richard Rodgers, and Billy Strayhorn. The songs are of a lyrical and structural quality that is so striking when compared to today's music.Then, Johnny Hartman's beautiful, deep baritone is stunning! How did Hartman not become one of America's great voices? Why is he still so obscure? When you hear him sing these songs you will instantly recognize him for what he was, an unforgettable singer who makes the songs his own and sings with an intimacy that is truly remarkable. As if that weren't enough, the jazz trio features the greatest sax player ever, John Coltrane. The music was recorded in an era of minimalistic production - you hear only Hartman's voice and the Jazz trio. And when Coltrane blows his sax, you feel the emotion of his music. Add it all up, and it is a breathtakingly romantic CD that gets better each time you listen. You won't really know this music until you've heard it 100 times. |
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Sublime. Colossal. All but perfect. |
Rating: 5.0 |
Usually quite judicious in my praise, I must start nonetheless by saying that this is one of the greatest jazz albums of all time (truly among the ranks of, if you're curious as to my frame of reference, Brubeck's "Time Out," Ella's 'Mack the Knife' Berlin concert, Trane's "My Favorite Things," Miles' "Kind of Blue," and "Porgy and Bess," Sonny Rollins' "Saxophone Colossus," and perhaps Bill Evans' "Conversations with Myself"). Obscure and almost unknown up through his death and for several years thereafter, Johnny Hartman's music has been discovered by many in an upswing which.. probably can be traced to the use of several of his tracks in the otherwise forgettable film version of "Bridges of Madison County." On Hartman's other recordings, it seems as if his producers could not decide whether he was the next Nat King Cole or was a jazz balladeer. This is where he belongs. His luscious, resonant bass (let's not kid ourselves, Hartman's got more of what it takes than a mere baritone) is, on this record, particularly skillful and tremendously expressive. Coltrane, likewise is wonderfully restrained for a point so far along in his career, and McCoy Tyner and the rest provide a splendid backdrop. |
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