A beautiful name for a beautiful record - a classic set of hardbop material from John Coltrane's early years as a leader - and a session that has him working with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Taylor on drums! The album's got a beautifully laidback feel that prefaces some of the Coltrane's more exploratory work on Impulse and Atlantic - but one that still also has the earthy, straight ahead feel of his best early years on Prestige - a great combination that makes the record a key moment in the early career of The Great One. Tracks are all quite long - not exactly blowing session tunes, but done with a feel that's more open than some of the other Coltrane albums of the timeA1 Black Pearls 13:10 A2 Lover Come Back To Me 7:25 B Sweet Sapphire Blues 18:14
