John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman [Gold CD]

Jimmy Garrison, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, Roy Haynes, McCoy Tyner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 19, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Gold CD
• Label: Mobile Fidelity
• ASIN: B00000HZM3
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #662,232 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. They Say It's Wonderful

2. Dedicated To You

3. My One And Only Love

4. Lush Life

5. You Are Too Beautiful

6. Autumn Serenade

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the finest romantic collaborations in music, May 25, 1999

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Ralph V. Letizia Jr. "rafT-Reader" (Louisville, Ky.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (Audio CD)

Are you a romantic at heart? A wanna-be romantic? Either way you cannot go wrong with this masterful collaboration. Even hard-core left-brained music critics will be hard pressed to find fault with this album. If Coltrane and Hartman are masters of their art individually, then they really shine together. Coltrane is very laid back and relaxed and the solo tracks are so soothing you will think you are ascending to heaven. Hartman's vocals are also outstanding. In case you have never heard Johnny Hartman before (and many people haven't), you will be amazed at the clarity and resonance of his voice. And he sings with the most amazing depth of emotion; something I have not experienced since the first time I heard "In the Wee Small Hours" album by Frank Sinatra. An automatic buy for most anyone. This album is a major jazz event and I sincerely doubt it will ever be topped!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Romantic and artful to the extreme. Nothing else like it., March 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (Audio CD)

Both these artists have done excellent work elsewhere and both have had great respect for each other. This is their only collaboration, and it is a high point for both of them. Coltraine is relaxed, mellow and intellegently restrained in his phrasing. Where he is not restrained is in the depth of the emotion he puts into his playing. Nowhere is he more romantic and soulful than here. The same can be said for Hartman. His phraing is so subtle and his tone is so smooth that it is impossible not to fall in love with his sound. Mccoy Tyner backs them up on the piano with an equal amount of skill and intellegence. It is seldom that artists of this stature meet, and it is even more seldom that they work together so well. This is not a Coltraine CD or a Hartman CD or a Tyner CD. It is just a great CD, one that has no peer.