Various Artists - New Orleans Revival 1940-54 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The complete classic John Coltrane album + bonus track - limited edition pressing on 180g vinyl. Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane's 1957 session for Blue Note produced all the material for this legendary album, 'Blue Train'. The album marked the first time that Trane was given the opportunity to select his own compositions and sidemen for the date; Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. When asked in a 1960 radio interview which was his favourite of all the albums he recorded up to that point, Coltrane was quick to reply, InchBlue Train.Inch

Jazz Fest The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Various Artists Few music festivals are as rich, profound, and joyous as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, now entering it's 50th year. With 50 tracks recorded live, Jazz Fest captures the festival's ecstatic spontaneity, which defines the essence and vitality of American popular music. Ever since it's inception a half century ago, Jazz Fest has exuberantly expressed the unique confluence in New Orleans of Native American, African, Caribbean, European, Hispanic, and Asian communities. With essays and annotations by Keith Spera, Karen Celestan, Robert Cataliotti, Jeff Place, Rachel Lyons, and Jon Pareles, plus photos spanning the festival's history, this box set delivers the sights and sounds of being at Jazz Fest for those who have not yet been there, and rekindles memories for the hundreds of thousands who return to New Orleans year after year.

(2-CD set) From the ODJB (1917) to King Oliver (1923), we may at last appreciate a period which is often masked in the history of jazz. Now available for all.