Miles Davis The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions [4cd Boxset] (2004)

Tony Fruscella - The Complete Works 1948-59 [4CD] (1999} {Disconforme}
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©1999 Disconforme / Jazz Factory | JFCD44401
Jazz / Cool / Trumpet

For Tony Fruscella fans, it would be difficult to improve upon this four-CD set, for it includes every single recording that the short-lived trumpeter made in his career! Fruscella, who lived to be 42 in 1969, largely finished his career in 1955 (at 28) due to his drug problems. Before he totally lost it, he was a fine cool-toned trumpeter a little reminiscent of Chet Baker (who he actually preceded) although able to play with fire at times. This perfectly-done box from the European Jazz Factory label has two CDs apiece of Fruscella playing in the studios and in clubs.

John Coltrane - The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions (1961) {2CD Set, Impulse! IMP 21682 rel 1995}
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© 1961, 1996 Impulse! / MCA Records / GRP Records | IMP 21682
Jazz / Modal Music / Post Bop / Experimental Big Band / Saxophone

Very unusual work by Coltrane – sessions that feature his classic quartet playing in front of larger orchestra backings conducted by Eric Dolphy! The tracks feature Trane leading a group young modernists through a set of larger arranged charts, woven tightly together in a soulful spiritual groove that's similar to some of Max Roach's projects like this from the same time. Players include Booker Little, Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Reggie Workman, and Julius Watkins – and this 2CD set features all of the material that was issued on the first album, plus other tracks that came out during the 70s. There's a total of 8 cuts in all – and titles include "Song Of The Underground Railroad", "Blues Minor", "Africa", "The Damned Don't Cry", and "Greensleeves".

John Coltrane with Art Blakey - The Complete Lee Kraft Sessions (1957) {Lone Hill Jazz LHJ10154 rel 2004}
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© 1957, 2004 Lone Hill Jazz | LHJ10154
Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone / Drums

Previously available only on a limited Japanese edition. These two sessions were produced by Lee Kraft in 1957 featuring the inimitable tenor saxophonist John Coltrane in two different formats; a quintet with Donald Byrd, Walter Bishop, Jr., Wendell Marshall and Art Blakey, and a 15-piece big band organized by Blakey. Coltrane was featured prominently in both settings and played exceptionally throughout. While the other soloists were all top-notch musicians, Coltranes compositions and performance clearly stole the show. His solos were powerful and confident, ripping out sequences of 16th note lines that soared over the full range of the horn with complete command.