Lush Life (John Coltrane album)

Lush Life is an album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7188. It is assembled from unissued results of three separate recording sessions at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1957 and 1958. As Coltrane's fame grew during the 1960s long after he had stopped recording for the label, Prestige used unissued recordings to create new marketable albums without Coltrane's input or approval.

Lush Life
Studio album by John Coltrane
Released	Mid January 1961[1]
Recorded	May 31, 1957 (#5) August 16, 1957 (#1-3) January 10, 1958 (#4)
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:39
Label	Prestige PRLP 7188
Producer	Bob Weinstock

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

Track listing

1. "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:00
2. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 5:33
3. "Trane's Slo Blues"[5] (Coltrane) – 6:05
4. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 14:00
5. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) – 6:01

Personnel

Tracks 1-3

• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
• Earl May – bass
• Art Taylor – drums

Tracks 4-5

• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
• Red Garland – piano
• Paul Chambers – bass
• Donald Byrd – trumpet (track 4)
• Louis Hayes – drums (track 4)
• Albert Heath – drums (track 5)

See also

The album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963) includes a version of the Strayhorn song 'Lush Life' with Johnny Hartman's vocal.

References

1. Billboard Jan 16, 1961
2. Lush Life at AllMusic
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. Original jazz classics collector's guide Fantasy, Inc., 1995. Google Books. Retrieved 22 November 2013.