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I remember buying it on release in 1960 when I was 20: my first Coltrane album. The Coltrane quartet appeared in London just before the release of this album and the new music was a great surprise. I missed the London trip, but a friend who didn't described the new music to me - very accurately as it turned out, once I could hear it on record.

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At the risk of breaching the Board's "no politics" protocol, I have to say I particularly like the tune title "FU Donald" on this album. As a title it's a worthy successor to "Fables of Faubus". Following comments to me by Alan Barnes, I suggested he write something called "Brexit Blues", but so far nothing has appeared.

It put me onto Oliver, Armstrong and Morton, which was no mean thing. Trouble was, anything without a banjo was too modern to be "jazz".

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IIRC Coltrane can be heard asking, "Where's the beer opener?" at the end of a take on the Davis session(s) that produced Workin', Relaxin' etc.

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