Sideman : Trane's Blue Note sessions
(Music CD)

Title from disc surface.

Compilation of material originally released by Blue Note on: the Paul Chambers LP, Chambers' music: a jazz delegation from the east (Jazz West JWLP 7); a various artists sampler LP, Jazz in transition (Transition TRLP 30); a 2-LP set, Paul Chambers/John Coltrane: High step (BN-LA 451-H2); the Paul Chambers Sextet album, Whims of Chambers (BLP 1534); the Johnny Griffin album, Vol. 2 (album is generally known as A blowing session) (BLP 1559); the Sonny Clark album, Sonny's crib (BLP 1576). Includes additional tracks from various CD reissues of the albums.

"All tracks in original mono"--Accompanying book.

Compact discs.

Program and biographical notes by Ashley Kahn in accompanying book.

John Coltrane, tenor saxophone ; with Paul Chambers Quartet (disc 1, tracks 1-9) ; Paul Chambers Sextet (disc 1, tracks 10-12 and disc 2, tracks 1-4) ; Johnny Griffin Septet (disc 2, tracks 5-9) ; Sonny Clark Sextet (disc 3). Featured artists include: Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, trumpet ; Curtis Fuller, trombone ; Johnny Griffin, Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone ; Pepper Adams, baritone saxophone ; Kenny Drew, Horace Silver, Roland Alexander, Wynton Kelly, Sonny Clark, piano ; Kenny Burrell, guitar ; Paul Chambers, bass ; Philly Joe Jones, Art Blakey, Art Taylor, drums.

Disc 1, tracks 1-6, recorded at United Western Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, March 1 or 2, 1956; tracks 7-9, in Boston, Massachusetts, April 20, 1956. Disc 1, tracks 10-12 and Disc 2, tracks 1-4, recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 21, 1956. Disc 2, tracks 5-9 recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 6, 1957. Disc 3 recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 1, 1957.

"Studio work is a rite of passage for any player of jazz music. Sessions give newer arrivals the chance to work alongside veterans, to engage the recording process and to learn. They offer a chance for valuable experience and a degree of public exposure. Many legendary improvisers remained on call throughout their careers, active sidemen contributing famously to recordings led by others. That's the way it is in jazz: greatness always begins, and often abides, in a supporting role."--Container.