The Cats - Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Idrees Sulieman & Kenny Burrel

I bought this record last weekend. Pretty cool, until recently unreleased material of Coltrane (according to the guy in the record store). I also liked the fact that Tommy Flanagan is on it, playing the keys so fucking smooth again. Also featuring Kenny Burrell on the guitar.Nice.

Credits:

• Bass – Doug Watkins
• Drums – Louis Hayes
• Guitar – Kenny Burrell
• Piano – Tommy Flanagan
• Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
• Trumpet – Idrees Sulieman

Notes:

' 1957 may have been a watershed year for jazz, but this session, recorded for Prestige on April 18 at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in NJ, was still a cut above the rest. While Coltrane may be the big name draw here, this session was actually led by pianist Tommy Flanagan, who would go on to be Ella Fitzgerald’s accompanist in the sixties, and appear on a number of historic jazz sessions including Coltrane’s Giant Steps, and Sonny Rollins’ Saxophone Colossus. In fact, every composition on this album was written by Flanagan, except for Gershwin’s “How Long Has This Been Going On?”, performed here in trio form. Also features some truly superlative trumpet playing by Idrees Sulieman, best known for his association with Coleman Hawkins.'

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