- jazz, free jazz, post-bop, hard bop
- 34 min
- 3 tracks
- Verve
Africa/Brass is a studio album by the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was released on September 1, 1961 through Impulse! Records. Coltrane's working quartet is augmented by a larger ensemble that brings the total to twenty-one musicians.
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Grave, character-led, earnest and open-ended.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Down Beat<br />(Original Lp release)2/5 ★
- Jazz Shelffavorable
- The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 ★
- Tom HullA−
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Africa16:20
- 2Greensleeves9:54
- 3Blues Minor7:22
3 tracks, 34 minutes.
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- Artist
- John Coltrane Quartet
- Label
- Verve
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- US
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