High Step is a Jazz album by Paul Chambers & John Coltrane, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Dexterity6:38
- A2Stablemates5:50
- A3Easy To Love3:50
- A4Visitation4:53
Side B
- B1John Paul Jones6:55
- B2Eastbound4:20
- B3Nita6:30
- B4Just For The Love3:40
Side C
- C1We Six7:40
- C2Omicron7:15
- C3High Step8:07
Side D
- D1Trane's Strain11:00
- D2Nixon, Dixon And Yates Blues8:25
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- warm
- intense
- smoky
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Autocoupled: sides A & D are on LP 1, B & C on LP 2
"An inseparable team in creative jazz circles during late '50's. This album includes two Paul Chambers sessions featuring John Coltrane, plus a newly discovered session from that period released here for the first time."
Tracks A1 to B2 recorded at United Western Recorders, Los Angeles, March 1 or 2, 1956.
Previously released as Chambers' Music: A Jazz Delegation From The East on Jazz West, Score and Imperial labels.
Tracks B3 to C2 recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, NJ, on September 21, 1956.
Previously released on Whims Of Chambers (US 1957) (opens in a new tab).
Tracks C3 to D2 recorded in Boston on April 20, 1955 OR in Detroit in November, 1955 (jazzdisco.org has Boston only).
Track D1 was previously issued on an anthology on the Transition label.
The remaining two selections are previously unreleased.
The session is usually credited to Curtis Fuller, but has also been under the leadership of Paul Chambers.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- "Philly" Joe JonesDRUMS
- John ColtraneTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Paul ChambersBASS
- Curtis FullerTROMBONE
- Donald ByrdTRUMPET
- Horace SilverPIANO
- Kenny BurrellGUITAR
- Kenny DrewPIANO
- Pepper AdamsBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Roland AlexanderPIANO
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 4 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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