Johnny Coles – Little Johnny C (Classic Vinyl Series)

Trumpeter Johnny Coles, a player best known for his associations with Gil Evans, the Charles Mingus Quintet, and Herbie Hancock’s late 60s Sextet, led relatively few albums of his own. Recorded in 1963, Little Johnny C is universally recognised as Johnny Coles’s finest recording. Cole’s soulful trumpet is heard in superb form as he pushes the hard bop mainstream forward. Duke Pearson, a skilled pianist, as well as one of the top arrangers of the 1960s, contributes five very fresh originals to the set. With the superb title cut, “So Sweet My Little Girl”, and “Jano” being highlights, in addition to flute and alto solos contributed by Leo Wright and Joe Henderson on tenor sax, “Little Johnny C” is a masterful album by an artist at his creative peak. This is a set to be savoured again and again.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Tracklist:

A1: Little Johnny C.
A2: Hobo Joe
A3: Jano

B1: My Secret Passion
B2: Heavy Legs
B3: So Sweet My Little Girl