The Coltrane Prestige years mark for me some of the finest jazz albums I have in my collection....with Black Pearls being one of my personal favs. Coltrane's style was to jam often as many wild time signatures and notes into a bar as one could imagine. Very progressive and very much groundbreaking work....but not for the casual jazz listener.
This might be the kind of jazz that the "uninitiated Coltraners" wont like.....crazy stuff going on with a certain frantic pace that makes this album anything but a casual listen.
Coltrane called on his pals Donald Byrd , Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Arthur Taylor to help him find the black pearl in this album.
This whole album is excellent with its certain demanding jazz style.....upbeat explosions.....improvisation at its best. Side two is devoted to allow one epic song just totally stretch out sweetly titled "sweet sapphire blues". This track is the watermark on the album for me and showcases the really awesome talents of these musicians...not just Coltrane!
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