John Coltrane - Black Pearls - Prestige P-24037

John Coltrane - Black Pearls - Prestige P-24037

Side 1:

1. Black Pearls (Billy Graham) 13:11
2. Lover, Come Back to Me (O. Hammerstein-S. Romberg) Warner Bros.-ASCAP 7:25

Side 2:

Sweet Sapphire Blues (Robert Weinstock) Prestige Music-BMI 18:14

Side 3:

The Believer (McCoy Tyner) Aisha-BMI 13:45

Side 4:

1. Nakatini Serenade (Calvin Massey) Prestige Music-BM I 11:02
2. Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful (R. Rodgers-O. Hammerstein) Williamson-ASCAP 5:10


John Coltrane—tenor sax
Donald Byrd—trumpet
Freddie Hubbard—trumpet (Side 4, #2 only)
Red Garland—piano
Paul Chambers—bass
Arthur Taylor—drums

Louis Hayes—drums (Side 3; Side 4, #1 only)

Sides 1 and 2 originally issued as Black Pearls (Prestige 7316); Sides 3 and 4 as The Believer (P-7292).

Original recording supervised by Bob Weinstock. Original recording engineer—Rudy Van Gelder Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, N.J., May 23, 1958 (Sides 1 and 2) and January 10, 1958 (Side 3 and "Nakatini Serenade").

"Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful" recorded December 26, 1958.

Re-mastered, 1974, by Brian Gardner (F.antasy Studios; Berkeley, Ca.).

Art direction—Tony Lane