Blues To Coltrane Cal Massey SKU: CJS9029 Barcode: 5060149622995 34.00 £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure Released Date: 19th July 2019 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info In examining Massey’s life and music, three names continually emerge. One is that of the great tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, whom Massey met as a teenager in Philadelphia and who remained a close friend until his death in 1967. After Coltrane’s passing, Massey frequently joined forces with saxophonist, poet, and playwright Archie Shepp; though Shepp was about ten years Massey’s junior, the two developed a bond that remained close for the rest of the older man’s life. Massey, Coltrane, and Shepp are all linked by the prolific but obscure composer and arranger Romulus Franceschini, who lent his hand to many important jazz projects, such as Coltrane’s “Africa/Brass” and Shepp’s “Attica Blues”. He maintained with Massey a symbiotic relationship not unlike that of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington. On the whole, as in the case of Ellington and Strayhorn, it was difficult to tell where one musician’s contribution ended and the other’s began. Massey also shared a radical political stance with Shepp and Franceschini. It is impossible to separate his work from the militant arm of the Civil Rights Movement that took shape in the 1960s and 1970s. As Fred Ho has noted, »Titles such as “[Hey Goddamn It]”, “Things Have Got To Change”, “The Damned Don’t Cry”, and “The Cry Of My People” spoke directly to a consciousness of oppression and a politics of liberation.« In fact, the Black Panthers were a driving force behind Massey’s creation (with Franceschini) of “The Black Liberation Movement Suite”. At the first Pan-African Arts Festival in Algiers in 1969 Massey met exiled Panthers leader Eldridge Cleaver who commissioned the Suite primarily as a fundraising venture. The work would be performed at Black Panther benefits three times during Massey’s lifetime. Massey paid heavy dues for his adventurous music and ideology, as did many of his contemporaries. According to his widow, an altercation with an executive at Blue Note Records resulted in his being blacklisted (or, as Fred Ho put it, »whitelisted«) from major recording companies. As a result, only one album was recorded under his name, “Blues To Coltrane”, recorded 1961 and released 1987. Massey died from a heart attack at the age of 44 in New York City, New York. October 25, 1972. Artist Cal Massey Genre Jazz Label Pure Pleasure Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country UK Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View cktrl yield Jazz | cktrl | 1LP Released 28th October 2022 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders cktrl yield £16.00 Genre: Jazz Label: cktrl SKU: OHX008 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th October 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan Two Of A Mind Jazz | Speakers Corner / RCA | 180g, 1LP Released 14th February 2014 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan Two Of A Mind £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner / RCA SKU: LSP2624 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th February 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Benny Golson Groovin’ with Golson (Stereo) Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 1LP Released 20th November 2017 £45.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Benny Golson Groovin’ with Golson (Stereo) £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: APRJ8220 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th November 2017 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Miles Davis Big Fun Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 2nd September 2016 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Big Fun £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1514 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 2nd September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davis Freedom Jazz Dance – Bootleg Series 5 Jazz | Sony Music | 3LP Released 10th February 2017 £38.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Freedom Jazz Dance – Bootleg Series 5 £38.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Sony Music SKU: 88985364161 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 10th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band Egyptian Jazz Jazz | Strut | 1LP Released 12th November 2021 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band Egyptian Jazz £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Strut SKU: STRUT263LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Django Deluxe & NDR Bigband Driving Jazz | MPS | 1LP Released 1st April 2016 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Django Deluxe & NDR Bigband Driving £14.00 Genre: Jazz Label: MPS SKU: 0210186MS1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 1st April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joe Harriott BBC Jazz For Moderns Jazz | Gearbox | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 11th June 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joe Harriott BBC Jazz For Moderns £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1503OBI Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 11th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Elvin Jones Genesis Jazz | Third Man Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 10th November 2023 £ Select options Elvin Jones Genesis £ Genre: Jazz Label: Third Man Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 10th November 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Miles Davis Kind Of Blue – Coloured Vinyl Jazz | Sony Music | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 12th October 2018 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Kind Of Blue – Coloured Vinyl £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Sony Music SKU: 19075883491 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 12th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
View Product Quick View cktrl yield Jazz | cktrl | 1LP Released 28th October 2022 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders cktrl yield £16.00 Genre: Jazz Label: cktrl SKU: OHX008 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th October 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan Two Of A Mind Jazz | Speakers Corner / RCA | 180g, 1LP Released 14th February 2014 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan Two Of A Mind £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner / RCA SKU: LSP2624 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th February 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket
View Product Quick View Benny Golson Groovin’ with Golson (Stereo) Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 1LP Released 20th November 2017 £45.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Benny Golson Groovin’ with Golson (Stereo) £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: APRJ8220 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th November 2017 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket
View Product Quick View Miles Davis Big Fun Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 2nd September 2016 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Big Fun £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1514 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 2nd September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Miles Davis Freedom Jazz Dance – Bootleg Series 5 Jazz | Sony Music | 3LP Released 10th February 2017 £38.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Freedom Jazz Dance – Bootleg Series 5 £38.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Sony Music SKU: 88985364161 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 10th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band Egyptian Jazz Jazz | Strut | 1LP Released 12th November 2021 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band Egyptian Jazz £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Strut SKU: STRUT263LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Django Deluxe & NDR Bigband Driving Jazz | MPS | 1LP Released 1st April 2016 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Django Deluxe & NDR Bigband Driving £14.00 Genre: Jazz Label: MPS SKU: 0210186MS1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 1st April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Joe Harriott BBC Jazz For Moderns Jazz | Gearbox | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 11th June 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joe Harriott BBC Jazz For Moderns £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1503OBI Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 11th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Elvin Jones Genesis Jazz | Third Man Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 10th November 2023 £ Select options Elvin Jones Genesis £ Genre: Jazz Label: Third Man Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 10th November 2023 Read More Select options
View Product Quick View Miles Davis Kind Of Blue – Coloured Vinyl Jazz | Sony Music | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 12th October 2018 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Kind Of Blue – Coloured Vinyl £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Sony Music SKU: 19075883491 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 12th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders