John Coltrane – High Step

Paul Chambers (3) - High Step album cover

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Label:

 Blue Note – BN-LA 451-H2

Series:

 The Blue Note Re-Issue Series

Format:
2 x Vinyl , LP, Compilation, Mono , Gatefold

Country:

 US

Released:

Genre:

 Jazz

Style:

 Hard Bop

Tracklist

A1 Dexterity
Written-By – C. Parker*
6:38
A2 Stablemates
Written-By – B. Golson*
5:50
A3 Easy To Love
Written-By – C. Porter*
3:50
A4 Visitation
Written-By – P. Chambers*
4:53
B1 John Paul Jones
Written-By – P. Charig*
6:55
B2 Eastbound 4:20
B3 Nita
Written-By – J. Coltrane*
6:30
B4 Just For The Love
Written-By – J. Coltrane*
3:40
C1 We Six
Written-By – D. Byrd*
7:40
C2 Omicron
Written-By – D. Byrd*
7:15
C3 High Step
Written-By – B. Harris*
8:07
D1 Trane's Strain 11:00
D2 Nixon, Dixon And Yates Blues 8:25

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
  • Copyright © – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
  • Manufactured By – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
  • Published By – Duchess Music Corp.
  • Published By – Andante Music, Inc.
  • Published By – Chappell Music, Inc.
  • Published By – Ecaroh Music Inc.
  • Published By – Robbins Music Corp.
  • Published By – Blue Horizon Music, Inc.

Credits

  • Art Direction, Design – Bob Cato
  • Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams (tracks: C3 to D2)
  • Bass – Paul Chambers (3)
  • Drums – Philly Joe Jones*
  • Guitar – Kenny Burrell (tracks: B3 to C2)
  • Liner Notes – Dan Morganstern*
  • Photography By – Chuck Stewart
  • Piano – Roland Alexander (tracks: C3 to D2)
  • Producer [Original Session] – Tom Wilson (2) (tracks: C3 to D2)
  • Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
  • Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
  • Trombone – Curtis Fuller (tracks: C3 to D2)
  • Trumpet – Donald Byrd (tracks: B3 to C2)

Notes

Autocoupled: sides A & D are on LP 1, B & C on LP 2

"An inseparable team in creative jazz circles during late '50's. This album includes two Paul Chambers sessions featuring John Coltrane, plus a newly discovered session from that period released here for the first time."

Tracks A1 to B2 recorded at United Western Recorders, Los Angeles, March 1 or 2, 1956.
Previously released as Paul Chambers (3) - Chambers' Music: A Jazz Delegation From The East on Jazz West, Score and Imperial labels.

Tracks B3 to C2 recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, NJ, on September 21, 1956.
Previously released on Paul Chambers Sextet - Whims Of Chambers.

Tracks C3 to D2 recorded in Boston on April 20, 1955 OR in Detroit in November, 1955 (jazzdisco.org has Boston only).
Track D1 was previously issued on an anthology on the Transition label.
The remaining two selections are previously unreleased.
The session is usually credited to Curtis Fuller, but has also been under the leadership of Paul Chambers.

Publishers:
A1: Duchess Music Corp. BMI
A2: Andante Music Inc. ASCAP
A3: Chappell Music Inc. ASCAP
A4: Ecaroh Music Inc. ASCAP
B1: Robbins Music Corp. ASCAP
B2: no publisher stated
B3: Blue Horizon Music Inc. BMI
B4: Blue Horizon Music Inc. BMI
C1: Blue Horizon Music Inc. BMI
C2: Blue Horizon Music Inc. BMI
C3: no publisher stated
D1: no publisher stated
D2: no publisher stated

©℗ MCMLXXV United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): T1 BN-LA 451 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): T1 BN-LA 451 2-2 ECK
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C): T1 BN-LA 451 3-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D): T1 BN-LA 451 4-1

Other Versions (3)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
High Step (2×LP, Compilation, Mono, Gatefold) Blue Note BN-LA451-H2 US 1975
New Submission
High Step (2×LP, Compilation, Mono, Gatefold) Blue Note BST 84 481/82 XC, BN-LA451-H2-0798 1975
Recently Edited
High Step (2×LP, Compilation, Mono, Gatefold) Blue Note BND 4010 UK 1975

Reviews

  • okshiro's avatar
    okshiro
    Edited 3 months ago
    Man, this comp is great. Tasteful remasters. Comps usually don't hold value well, but this one is truly great. This is two full 1956 Paul Chambers LPs and then 3 cuts from a previously unreleased session from 1955.

    Just to be clear, this is most definitely a Paul Chambers comp, and it is great. John Coltrane features on all the recordings, as does Philly Joe Jones, but Chambers is the centerpiece here, and he holds the spotlight wonderfully.

    While listening, I couldn't help but contemplate the early critical complaints of Coltrane's tone as dry and harsh as mentioned on the jacket, mostly because it seems like they were using the wrong mics on John's horn in these sessions. The engineering on these sessions is great, and Paul's bass is almost unbelievably beefy and substantial for 1956, but there was an audible engineering quality drop when John solos on many of the cuts. The mix of his mic channel in the overall sound is adequate and professional, really great 1950s compression and a bunch of reverb, but it sounds like they were using maybe the wrong kind of mic on him back then. Almost sounds like it is a dynamic mic, where it probably should have been a capacitor or ribbon.

    Discs are thin, only 100g, but pressing sounds good. Cymbals are a bit blown out on some of the cuts, but nothing too unusual. I'm honestly thrilled with how the mix/master sounds for recordings from 55 and 56. Can't stress enough how full and rich the bass tone is in all the important places.

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