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John Coltrane: Side Steps

by Chris May
October 16, 2009

John Coltrane Side Steps Prestige Records 2009 The 5-CD Side Steps follows two other Prestige box sets--the 6-CD Fearless Leader (2006) and 5-CD Interplay (2007)--which together catalogue saxophonist John Coltrane's recordings for the label 1956-58. The three boxes, each packed with extraordinary music, chronicle on parallel paths ...

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Tuba Sounds

By Ray Draper

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Terry Anne; You're My Thrill; Pivot; Jackie's Dolly; Mimi's Interlude; House of Davis

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Ray Draper: Tuba Sounds

Read "Tuba Sounds" reviewed by Derek Taylor

by Derek Taylor
February 1, 2001

“A Promise Derailed.” Such of phrase could easily have been etched on Ray Draper’s tombstone to describe the tubaist’s trials in life and music. Killed in a botched robbery at the tragic age of 42 his troubles both personal and musical hounded him for much of his life. But reading the original liners to this reissue ...

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Ray Draper: Tuba Sounds

by Derek Taylor
February 1, 2001

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Ray Draper: Tuba Sounds

by Derek Taylor
February 1, 2001

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The Ray Draper Quintet Featuring John Coltrane

By Ray Draper

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 1958

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Ray Draper: The Ray Draper Quintet Featuring John Coltrane

Read "The Ray Draper Quintet Featuring John Coltrane" reviewed by Douglas Payne

by Douglas Payne
July 1, 1998

What makes this fairly typical bop outing unique is that the leader plays tuba. Ray Draper (1940-82) was only 17 when he recorded this quintet date in 1957, his third of three for Prestige, and, as much as possible, he makes the clunky instrument swing. As Ira Gitler's interesting notes point out, the tuba was a ...

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