Rudolph Johnson - 1973 - The Second Coming

Here's another Coltrane inspired player. It's a standard quartet setup of drums (Douglas Sides), bass (Kent Brinkley), piano Kirk Lightsey) and saxophone (Rudolph Johnson). Although Rudolph Johnson possessed the talent and dedication required to achieve great heights in music he was relatively unknown for most of the time. According to discogs he only did two albums as leader, this being his second. It's a tragic affair as there certainly is something about his playing that divides him from the rest but unfortunately luck wasn't on his side. Or perhaps some other thing got in the way. What he left though is a remarkable love letter to Coltrane when he also operated in a tight and aggressive quartet format. The only difference is that this record sounds much more like a jam and less like a planned from start to finish recording but that does not detract from the enjoyment of this marvelous hidden gem. Recommended.

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