Sold Date: October 9, 2024
Start Date: June 25, 2024
Final Price: $61.00 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 6460
Buyer Feedback: 0

(Visually Graded) Vinyl looks Near Mint and sleeve looks VG+. See pics and info for details. 
** Rare, Hard-to-find **

Johnny Coles – Little Johnny C

Label:    Blue Note – BST 84144
Format:    12" ,33rpm, Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country:    US
Released:    1970
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Modern Jazz, Hard Bop, Post Bop

Tracklist

A1        Little Johnny C.
A2        Hobo Joe
A3        Jano
B1        My Secret Passion
B2        Heavy Legs
B3        So Sweet My Little Girl

Credits

    Alto Saxophone, Flute – Leo Wright
    Bass – Bob Crenshaw
    Drums – Pete La Roca (tracks: B1, B2, B3), Walter Perkins (tracks: A1, A2, A3)
    Piano – Duke Pearson
    Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
    Trumpet – Johnny Coles

Notes

- BIO - He taught himself to play trumpet from the age of 10, later adding the customary flugelhorn as well. He studied music at the Mastbaum Vocational School in Philadelphia, and played in army bands during the war years. His initial post-war experience came in commercial bands, notably a rhythm and blues outfit led by saxophonist Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, which also included John Coltrane and Red Garland in its ranks.

He continued that rhythm and blues association with bands led by the likes of Earl Bostic and Bull Moose Jackson in the early 1950s, but was also playing in more mainstream jazz settings by that time. They included wroking with drummer Philly Joe Jones in 1951, and a more extended association with saxophonist James Moody in 1956-8. On leaving Moody's band, Coles began working with Gil Evans, whose own standing in the public eye had been greatly elevated by the success of his collaborations with Miles Davis. allaboutjazz(dot)com

 he was recruited by Charles Mingus for a tour of Europe in 1964, in a sextet which also featured saxophonists Eric Dolphy and Clifford Jordan, and pianist Jaki Byard.

Sadly, we will never know what might have come of that association, or that fascinating combination of talents. Coles was taken ill early on the tour, and had to return home. He never rejoined the Mingus band, and missed most of the live recordings made on the tour, although those on which he did feature (which includes a concert with the sextet recorded at Town Hall, New York, just before the tour began) have left an intriguing glimpse of what might have been.

He continued to play and record in New York, including albums with pianist Duke Pearson and the Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto. In 1968, he joined the first incarnation of pianist Herbie Hancock's ground-breaking sextet, and is featured on The Prisoner (1969).

In 1969, Coles went all the way back to his early rhythm and blues roots when he joined the Ray Charles Orchestra, an association which lasted until the trumpeter was recruited by Duke Ellington in 1971. He remained a fixture in the Ellington Orchestra until 1974, then spent another two years with Ray Charles.  - allaboutjazz(dot)com

- We really want you to be happy with your purchase. If the vinyl does not live up to our grading, please contact us through eBay before leaving a feedback or rating so that we may try correct it for you. We have a 30 day return policy.

---------------------------------
- General Standards For Record Grading -

NM-
(NEAR MINT) The vinyl is almost flawless, bright and shiny. A very light minor, barely visible mark or two may be permitted. The disc should play with no audible noise. The label is bright, clean and unmarked. Sleeve looks almost Mint.
VG++/EX
(VERY GOOD ++/ Excellent) Disc plays near perfectly, but may have minor, light scuffs that do not interfere with the sound quality. There can possibly be a light hairline scratch or two but nothing that is obvious or affects play. Vinyl is bright and shiny; label is clean and unmarked. Sleeve is Excellent.
VG+
(VERY GOOD PLUS) Some visible surface wear, very minor scratches and scuffs, but minimal impact on the sound quality. Vinyl will still have good luster; labels may have minor imperfections (small labels or initials, etc.) but otherwise clean. Sleeve may have some shelf wear, or minor writing, no seem splits.
VG
(VERY GOOD) Vinyl will have noticeable scratches and scuffs that cause surface noise There should be no skips. Vinyl may appear somewhat dull and grayish. Labels may have small tears, tape marks, larger writing, etc. but still easily legible.  Sleeve may have moderate wear or writing, tape, price tags etc, seem splits. May have promo corner, hole or notch in sleeve.