''Stardust'' is an
album
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by the
jazz
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saxophonist and composer
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the Jazz#Post-war jazz, history of jazz and 20th-century musi ...
. It was released in July 1963 through
Prestige Records.
At Jazzdisco.org
/ref> It was assembled from two separate 1958 recording sessions at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey
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Reception
AllMusic
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reviewer Alex Henderson wrote:
Track listing
# " Stardust" ( Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 10:44
# " Time After Time" ( Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
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) – 7:45
# "Love Thy Neighbor" ( Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 9:21
# "Then I'll Be Tired of You" ( Yip Harburg, Arthur Schwartz
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Biography
Early life
Schwartz was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New ...
) – 9:27
Personnel
* John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the Jazz#Post-war jazz, history of jazz and 20th-century musi ...
– tenor saxophone
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* Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn (track 1), trumpet
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(3)
* Freddie Hubbard - trumpet (4)
* Red Garland
William McKinley "Red" Garland Jr. (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped popularize the block chord style of playing in jazz ...
– piano
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* Paul Chambers
Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop er ...
– bass
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Music
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* Jimmy Cobb – drums
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(1, 3)
* Arthur Taylor – drums (2, 4)
References
1963 albums
John Coltrane albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums recorded in a home studio
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
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