JOHN COLTRANE & DON CHERRY

THE AVANT-GARDE (MONO REMASTERED) LP

"JOHN COLTRANE PLAYS THE COMPOSITIONS OF ORNETTE COLEMAN WITH HIS QUARTET. THE AVANT-GARDE IS A RESULT OF THEIR MUTUAL RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP.ISSUED AS PART OF THE JOHN COLTRANE: THE ATLANTIC YEARS IN MONO BOX SET, THE MONO REISSUES FOR FIVE COLTRANE STUDIO ALBUMS: GIANT STEPS, OL? COLTRANE, COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES, BAGS & TRANE AND THE AVANT-GARDE ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON 180G VINYL LP. THE SET RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM IN 2016 INCLUDING FIVE STARS FROM DOWNBEAT WHICH NOTED, WITH NO ALTERNATE TAKES AND PRESENTED VERBATIM AND PRESENTED AS THE ALBUMS WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED SONG-BY-SONG, THERE IS CERTAINLY A WARMTH, CLARITY AND A SENSE OF WHOLENESS THAT CAN GIVE NEW FANS A FRESH WAY TO LISTEN TO COLTRANE.THE MONO ALBUMS COVER THE TIME WHEN COLTRANE AFTER PLAYING ON MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THE LIFE OF A SIDEMAN AND EMBRACING THE ROLE OF BANDLEADER. THE MUSIC HE RECORDED AT ATLANTIC FEATURES SOME OF HIS FINEST WORK, INCLUDING THE WISE BLUES OF EQUINOX, A BRIGHT, SWINGING VERSION OF MY SHINING HOUR, THE EXUBERANT GIANT STEPS, AND THE HIT SINGLE MY FAVORITE THINGS.THE AVANT-GARDE FEATURES COLTRANE PLAYING THE COMPOSITIONS OF ORNETTE COLEMAN ACCOMPANIED BY THE MEMBERS OF ORNETTE COLEMAN'S QUARTET: DON CHERRY, CHARLIE HADEN AND ED BLACKWELL. COLTRANE HAD STUDIED WITH COLEMAN, AND THEY FREQUENTLY PLAYED TOGETHER BUT NEVER PRODUCED A FORMAL RECORDING. THE AVANT-GARDE ALBUM IS A RESULT OF THEIR MUTUAL RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP. "