John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

A classic jazz duo album perfect for the holidays… “Johnny Hartman was John Coltrane’s unequivocal choice for the singer he’d like most to be caught with in front of a mic. Hartman is one of the very best of a strong lot of big-voiced crooners who were the sine qua non of the big bebop band. He conjures up images of Earl Coleman with the big voice, the even bigger collar, and the skinny, drooping bop tie; of Lee Richardson, a good one, whom Hartman replaced with Dizzy’s band; of Herb Jeffries, the Bronwskinned Buckaroo; of Her Lance and Arthur Prysock; and of course, the Great Mister B, Billy Eckstine. His voice, always a perfectly tuned instrument, is unobtrusive and relaxing, heavy in quality but almost with tremolo, which makes Hartman unique among the big-voiced boppers.”