Africa/Brass (Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Series) LP TSOV-317.2 " number 325 on Blender's

" number 325 on Blender's "500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born

Both traits are contrasted by death and corruption to show their inanity

Ashley McBryde

Songs from the Sparkle Lounge was the bands final album for Mercury and was judged by many as a return to the old rockier days of the band

" The Silence runs through instrumental colors like passing thoughts in the mind

Africa/Brass (Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Series) LP TSOV-317.2 " number 325 on Blender'sAfrica Brass, released in 1961 on Impulse! Records, was John Coltranes first album for the label and a turning point in his recorded output. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelders Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Creed Taylor, the project expanded Coltranes working quartet into a large ensemble, pairing his searching tenor and soprano saxophone with dense, brass heavy orchestrations by Cal Massey. The result was a bold, modal canvas that pointed beyond