Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors

Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors is an album by Idrees Sulieman, Webster Young, John Coltrane and Bobby Jaspar. The album is credited to "The Prestige All Stars," a title sometimes used by Prestige Records in the late 1950s to refer to a number of its popular jazz musicians. The album also features Mal Waldron, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor.

Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors
Studio album by Idrees Sulieman, Webster Young, John Coltrane and Bobby Jaspar
Released	Late October/early November 1957[1]
Recorded	March 22, 1957
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:58
Label	Prestige PRLP 7112
Producer	Bob Weinstock

Overview

Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors was released in 1957 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7112. The record features the first recording of pianist Mal Waldron's composition, "Soul Eyes", which went on to become a jazz standard.[2] Some CD reissues also include the bonus track "C.T.A." (James "Jimmy" Heath), originally issued on Taylor's Wailers, recorded the same day, with just Coltrane, Chambers, Taylor and pianist Red Garland.[3] The album would also be issued in 1964 as Jazz Interplay, a 2-LP compilation credited to Coltrane alone, which features tracks from other albums.

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron

1. "Interplay" - 9:41
2. "Anatomy" - 11:54
3. "Light Blue" - 7:52
4. "Soul Eyes" - 17:31

Personnel

• John Coltrane, Bobby Jaspar – tenor saxophone
• Idrees Sulieman, Webster Young – trumpet
• Mal Waldron – piano
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Paul Chambers – bass
• Art Taylor – drums

References

1. Billboard Oct 28, 1957
2. Gioia, Ted (2012) The jazz standards: a guide to the repertoire. Oxford University Press, pp. 388-390.
3. "Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors" AllMusic review.