Africa/Brass [SEP] record label
Africa/Brass
Africa/Brass is the eighth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Impulse! Records, catalogue A-6. The sixth release for the fledgling label and Coltrane's first for Impulse!, it features Coltrane's working quartet augmented by a larger ensemble to bring the total number of participating musicians to 21. Its big band sound, with the unusual instrumentation of French horns and euphonium, presented music very different from anything that had been associated with Coltrane to date.
Background.
conducting, such as "Die Chorführung" in 1968. He also inspired historically informed performance for brass ensembles, leading to reproductions of historic instruments. He published tutorials for brass music such as "Die Bläserfibel" from 1951, and also music for brass such as "Alte Spielmusik für Bläser". He toured in Europe, the Near East and Far East, Africa and the US. In 1957 he founded the first record label focused on sacred music, "Cantate", together with Carl Merseburger. He taught choral conductors