Johnny Coles

• INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

This release contains the complete sessions for Johnny Coles’ debut album THE WARM SOUND (Epic BA-17015) showcasing the trumpeter fronting a quartet. The two tracks that were not issued on the original album are included here as well as three bonus tracks of Coles in small band settings.

PERSONNEL:

• JOHNNY COLES, trumpet on all tracks accompanied by:

• [1-8] THE WARM SOUND
• KENNY DREW, piano on tracks 1, 3-6, 8
• RANDY WESTON, piano on tracks 2 & 7
• PECK MORRISON, bass
• CHARLIE PERSIP, drums
• New York, April 10 (1-2) & April 13 (3-8), 1961

• [9] DUKE PEARSON, piano
• BOB CRANSHAW, bass
• WALTER PERKINS, drums
• New York, January 12, 1962

• [10-11] JULIAN PRIESTER, trombone
• EDDIE CHAMBLEE, tenor sax
• CHARLES DAVIS, baritone sax
• JACK WILSON, piano
• RICHARD EVASN, bass
• CHARLIE PERSIP, drums
• New York October, 1957

TRACKS:

• 01, Room
• 02. Where
• 03. Come Rain or Come Shine
• 04. Hi-Fly
• 05. Pretty Strange
• 06. If I Should Lose You
• 07. Babe's Blues
• 08. Hi-Fly (alternative take)
• 09. Friday's Child
• 10. Chamblee Special
• 11. Whisper Not