TRACKLIST
LP 1 — Side 1
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The John Coltrane Quartet — Africa16:27
(John Coltrane)
John Coltrane — ts; Booker Little — t; Britt Woodman — tb; Carl Bowman — euph; Don Corrado, Bob Northern, Robert Swisshelm, Julius Watkins — frh; Bill Barber — tu; Eric Dolphy — as, bcl, fl, arr; Pat Patrick — bs; McCoy Tyner — p; Art Davis, Reggie Workman — b; Elvin Jones — d.
Recorded June 7, 1961. Released in 1961.
From the album Africa/Brass (Impulse A-6-S)
LP 1 — Side 2
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Max Roach — Garvey's Ghost7:52
(Max Roach)
Max Roach — d; Booker Little — t; Julian Priester — tb; Clifford Jordan — ts; Mal Waldron — p; Art Davis — b; Carlos Eugenio, Carlos "Patato" Valdes — perc; Abbey Lincoln — vcl.
Recorded August 1, 1961. Released in 1961.
From the album Percussion Bitter Sweet (Impulse AS-8)
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Quincy Jones and his Orchestra — Hard Sock Dance3:20
(Quincy Jones)
Quincy Jones — arr, cond; Al DeRisi, Freddie Hubbard, Thad Jones, Snooky Young — t; Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Rod Levitt, Melba Liston — tb; Julius Watkins — frh; Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess, Phil Woods — as; Eric Dixon — ts, cl; Oliver Nelson — ts; Jerome Richardson — bs; Patti Bown — p; Milt Hinton — b; Bill English — d.
Recorded December 18, 1961. Released in 1962.
From the album The Quintessence (Impulse AS-11)
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John Coltrane — Up 'Gainst the Wall3:14
(John Coltrane)
John Coltrane — ts; McCoy Tyner — p; Jimmy Garrison — b; Elvin Jones — d.
Recorded September 18, 1962. Released in 1963.
From the album Impressions (Impulse AS-42)
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Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet — Just Us Blues5:55
(Charles Davis)
Elvin Jones — d; Jimmy Garrison — b; Charles Davis — bs; McCoy Tyner — p.
Recorded August 8, 1963. Released in 1964.
From the album Illumination! (Impulse AS-49)
LP 2 — Side 1
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John Coltrane — Alabama5:09
(John Coltrane)
John Coltrane — ts; McCoy Tyner — p; Jimmy Garrison — b; Elvin Jones — d.
Recorded November 18, 1963. Released in 1964.
From the album Live at Birdland (Impulse AS-50)
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Charles Mingus — Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul6:31
(Charles Mingus)
Charles Mingus — b; Eddie Preston, Richard Williams — t; Britt Woodman — tb; Don Butterfield — tu; Eric Dolphy — as; Booker Ervin, Dick Hafer — ts; Jerome Richardson — bs; Jaki Byard — p; Walter Perkins — d.
Recorded September 20, 1963. Released in 1964.
From the album Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Impulse AS-54)
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Shirley Scott Trio — Freedom Dance4:50
(Oliver Nelson)
Shirley Scott — org; Thad Jones, Jerry Kail, Tom McIntosh, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal — t; Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, Tom Mitchell — tb; Eddy Manson — harm; Mundell Lowe — g; Art Davis — b; Ed Shaughnessy — d; Joe Venuto — perc; Oliver Nelson — arr, cond.
Recorded August 24, 1963. Released in 1964.
From the album For Members Only (Impulse AS-51)
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Yusef Lateef — Sister Mamie5:27
(Yusef Lateef)
Yusef Lateef — shehnai, tamb; Richard Williams — t; Mike Nock — p; Ernie Farrow — b; James Black — d.
Recorded June 29, 1964. Released in 1965.
From the album Live at Pep’s (Impulse AS-69)
LP 2 — Side 2
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Archie Shepp — Malcolm, Malcolm—Semper Malcolm4:48
(Archie Shepp)
Archie Shepp — ts, recitation; David Izenzon — b; J.C. Moses — d.
Recorded March 9, 1965. Released in 1965.
From the album Fire Music (Impulse AS-86)
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Stanley Turrentine — Good Lookin' Out5:21
(Stanley Turrentine)
Stanley Turrentine — ts; Shirley Scott — org; Ron Carter — b; Mack Simpkins — d.
Recorded April 6, 1966. Released in 1966.
From the album Let It Go (Impulse AS-9115)
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Earl Hines — Black and Tan Fantasy5:11
(Duke Ellington–Bubber Miley)
Earl Hines — p; Cat Anderson, Ray Nance — t, Lawrence Brown — tb; Pee Wee Russell — cl; Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope — as; Harold Ashby, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton — ts; Aaron Bell — b; Sonny Greer — d.
Recorded January 11, 1966. Released in 1966.
From the album Once Upon a Time (Impulse AS-9108)
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Oliver Nelson — The Rights of All3:58
(Oliver Nelson)
Oliver Nelson — cond, arr with orchestra incl. Snooky Young — t; Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson — rds; Phil Woods — as; Phil Bodner — eh; Danny Bank — bcl; Hank Jones — el clavinet; Don Butterfield — tu; George Duvivier — b; Grady Tate — d; John F. Kennedy — voice; strings.
Recorded February 16, 1967. Released in 1967.
From the album The Kennedy Dream: A Musical Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Impulse AS-9144)
LP 3 — Side 1
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Pharoah Sanders — The Creator Has a Master Plan (edit)9:08
(Pharoah Sanders–Amosis Leontopolis Thomas)
Pharoah Sanders — ts; Julius Watkins — frh; James Spaulding — fl; Lonnie Liston Smith — p; Richard Davis, Reggie Workman — b; Billy Hart — d; Nat Bettis — perc; Leon Thomas — vcl, perc.
Recorded February 14, 1969. Released in 1969.
From the album Karma (Impulse AS-9181)
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John Coltrane & Alice Coltrane — Reverend King11:03
(John Coltrane)
John Coltrane — ts, perc; Alice Coltrane — p; Pharoah Sanders — ts, perc; Jimmy Garrison — b; Rashied Ali — d; Ray Appleton — perc.
Recorded February 2, 1966. Released in 1969.
From the album Cosmic Music (Impulse AS-9148)
LP 3 — Side 2
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The Ahmad Jamal Trio — The Awakening6:22
(Ahmad Jamal)
Ahmad Jamal — p; Jamil Nasser — b; Frank Gant — d.
Recorded February 2, 1970. Released in 1970.
From the album The Awakening (Impulse AS-9194)
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Albert Ayler — Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe8:41
(Mary Maria Parks)
Albert Ayler — ts; Bobby Few — p; Bill Folwell — el b [left channel]; Stafford James — b [right channel]; Muhammad Ali — d; Mary Maria Parks — vcl.
Recorded August 26, 1969. Released in 1970.
From the album Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe (Impulse AS-9191)
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Charlie Haden — We Shall Overcome1:19
(Guy Carawan–Frank Hamilton–Zilphia Horton–Pete Seeger)
Charlie Haden — b; Michael Mantler — t; Roswell Rudd — tb; Bob Northern — frh; Howard Johnson — tu; Perry Robinson — cl; Gato Barbieri — ts; Dewey Redman — as.
Recorded April 29, 1969. Released in 1970.
From the album Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse AS-9183)
LP 4 — Side 1
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Alice Coltrane — Blue Nile7:02
(Alice Coltrane)
Alice Coltrane — harp; Pharoah Sanders — alto fl; Joe Henderson — fl; Ron Carter — b; Ben Riley — d.
Recorded January 26, 1970. Released in 1970.
From the album Ptah, the El Daoud (Impulse AS-9196)
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Pharoah Sanders — Astral Traveling5:50
(Lonnie Liston Smith)
Pharoah Sanders — ss; Michael White — vln; Lonnie Liston Smith — el p; Cecil McBee — b; Clifford Jarvis — d; James Jordan — perc.
Recorded November 25, 1970. Released in 1971.
From the album Thembi (Impulse AS-9206)
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Archie Shepp — Blues for Brother George Jackson3:52
(Archie Shepp)
Archie Shepp — ts; Clifford Thornton — ct; Roy Burrowes, Charles McGhee, Michael Ridley — t; Charles Greenlee, Charles Stephens, Kiane Zawadi — tb; Hakim Jami — euph; Marion Brown, Clarence White — as; Roland Alexander, Billy Robinson — ts; James Ware — bs; Walter Davis, Jr. — el p; Roland Wilson — el b; Beaver Harris — d; Ollie Anderson, Nene DeFense, Juma Sultan — perc.
Recorded January 24, 25 or 26, 1972. Released in 1972.
From the album Attica Blues (Impulse AS-9222)
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Michael White — Lament (Mankind)2:28
(Michael White–Cecil McBee)
Michael White — vln; Cecil McBee — b.
Recorded February 7 or 8, 1973. Released in 1973.
From the album The Land of Spirit and Light (Impulse AS-9241)
LP 4 — Side 2
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Dewey Redman — Imani7:09
(Dewey Redman)
Dewey Redman — ts; Ted Daniel — t; Jane Robertson — cello; Sirone — b; Eddie Moore — d, perc; Danny Johnson — perc.
Recorded June 8 or 9, 1973. Released in 1973.
From the album The Ear of the Behearer (Impulse AS-9250)
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Marion Brown — Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim6:02
(Harold Budd)
Marion Brown — as; Stanley Cowell — p; Anthony Davis — Fender Rhodes el p; Bill Braynon — celeste; Harold Budd — celeste, gong; Reggie Workman — b; Jimmy Hopps — cymbals; Allen Murphy — bells; Jose Goico — finger cymbals.
Recorded February 19, 1975. Released in 1975.
From the album Vista (Impulse ASD-9304)
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John Handy — Hard Work6:58
(John Handy)
John Handy — as, vcl; Hotep Cecil — el kbd; Mike Hoffman — el g; Chuck Rainey — el b; James Gadson —d; Eddie "Bongo" Brown — cga; unknown — vcl, handclaps.
Recorded January 1976. Released in 1976.
From the album Hard Work (Impulse ASD-9314)
