Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Gospel Train (Verve Vault Series) 1LP ETJS-153.3 The two sessions that produced

The two sessions that produced the four tracks on House Party strove for the best of both worlds by bringing the freewheeling energy of a live blowing session into Manhattan Tower Studio where engineer Rudy Van Gelder could capture the proceedings with sterling sound quality

An Original Jazz Classics pressing

Etcetera features all Shorter compositions

Summer In The City

Backing him on the date were both his quartet featuring pianist Russ Freeman and an expanded ensemble with Bud Shank on flute and strings arranged by Frank Campo

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Gospel Train (Verve Vault Series) 1LP ETJS-153.3 The two sessions that producedVerve, 1956 Gospel Train, released in 1956 on Mercury Records, stands among the defining albums by pioneering guitarist and vocalist Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Long celebrated for blending gospel intensity with blues phrasing and rhythmic drive, Tharpe helped lay the musical foundations that would shape early rock and roll and later popular music. Recorded in a studio setting that pairs her electric guitar and commanding voice with professional jazz