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great thread idea--and difficult to respond to.
john coltrane: africa
from africa brass
get the complete sessions reissue--there are 3 version of the track on it, each quite different from the others.
throughout, eric dolphy's arrangements are excellent--all low brass, really interesting ways of handling such a horn section.
of the 3 versions of "africa" my favorite is the second--the mid-tempo version during the course of which elvin jones just explodes on drums.
gives you a really good idea of what the talk was all about on his drumming.
and it is astonishing.
excellent stuff.
play it loud, of course.
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