INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS
This release contains the complete original album Black Pearls (Prestige LP7316), by the John Coltrane Quintet with Red Garland on piano and Donald Byrd on trumpet. This was the last LP made by this formation, which had previously recorded two extended sessions that produced the material for a number of albums. A Coltrane-Garland quintet/quartet session, with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet instead of Donald Byrd on three tracks, has been added as a bonus.
PERSONNEL:
JOHN COLTRANE, tenor saxophone
DONALD BYRD, trumpet
RED GARLAND, piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
ART TAYLOR, drums
Hackensack, New Jersey, May 23, 1958.
[4-8] Bonus tracks:
John Coltrane, tenor sax
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet (on 4-6 only)
Red Garland, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Art Taylor, drums
Hackensack, New Jersey, December 26, 1958.
INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET
TRACKS:
01. Black Pearls
02. Lover Come Back to Me
03. Sweet Sapphire Blues
04. Do I Love You Because
You're Beautiful?
05. Then I'll Be Tired of You
06. Something I Dreamed Last Night
07. Bahia
08. Time After Time
Total time: 78:46