Lush Life (Reis) [Original recording remastered]

John Coltrane | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1957
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Prestige
• ASIN: B000EGDAHA
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,152 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked Gem - A Sleeper, January 9, 2007

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Ralph Jarmon (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lush Life (Reis) (Audio CD)

I noticed this Coltrane Album was not reviewed. Coltrane infuses the title track, Lush Life with sweet tender beauty. Both raw and refined, it is a masterful outpouring of love that meshes soul and sound into a moment of artistic genesis. The rest of the album is great as well. I think it's one of Coltrane's best, though of course, there are many beautiful Coltrane albums. but this one is unusually gripping for it's sweet intensity. In film they call such an overlooked gem, a Sleeper.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early Coltrane - It's definately 'Trane, but no "sheets of sound", May 20, 2007

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Rick loves jazz (Sacramento, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lush Life (Reis) (Audio CD)

This is an early offering by Coltrane. He plays with a variety of sidemen (no piano on "Someone in Love" for example), and doesn't yet play "sheets of sound", but this album is definately 'Trane.

He's a little more lyrical here, not in as much a hurry. He also plays some standards, such as "I Love You", rather than all originals.

The highlight of the album is the title track. In fact, this may be the defining recording of Lush Life. Unlike the other tracks, 'Trane has a foil in Donald Byrd on trumpet, and the two play beautifully together. It's also an opportunity for some extended improvisation, as the track is over 10 minutes long.

This is a great Coltrane album to start with if you are new to the music.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Recommend You Save Up Until You Can Buy Fearless Leader, Here's why..., February 4, 2008

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Talking Wall "Never trust a man with manicure... (Queen Creek, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lush Life (Reis) (Audio CD)

All of Coltrane's Prestige catalog, while not so much influenced by the Eastern sounds that would later envelop his music, is wonderful. You get to hear Trane in a more traditional setting somewhere between his work with Miles (in fact he was still with Miles when this stuff was recorded) and his first steps (ha pun not intended) away from more traditional tunes on the Atlantic label. Now, there are 11 CDs that make up this catalog (Trane as a leader on Prestige). You do the math. If you buy 'em separately you are going to pay around $125.00. You can get the Fearless Leader box set right here on Amazon for half that price PLUS you get a great guide to all the music Trane recorded as a leader for Prestige, a complete "session-ography", nice picks of all the CD covers including some of those that went through some changes over the year, 45 rpm single covers and so on. It's a very nice package. Buy this if you must but I recommend you save your pennies for a few weeks until you can afford to buy Fearless Leader.