前作Africa Brassのテイクアウト作品である。ジャケットはこちらに軍配。トレーンのアフリカブラスと言われれば、こちらのアルバムを浮かべてしまうのだ。このVol.2単独のCDは完璧に廃盤状態。結局のところ、2枚組CDのThe Complete Africa/Brass Sessionsを購入するしかなかった。その中には、Vol.2のジャケット写真は全く使われていない。
1. Song Of The Underground Railroad
2. Greensleeves
3. Africa
John Coltrane - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone
Booker Little - trumpet
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet (tracks 1,2)
Britt Woodman - trombone (track 3)
Charles Greenlee - euphonium (tracks 1,2)
Julian Priester - euphonium (tracks 1,2)
Carl Bowman - euphonium (track 3)
Bill Barber - tuba
Garvin Bushell - piccolo, woodwinds (tracks 1,2)
Donald Corrado - French horn
Bob Northern - French horn
Robert Swisshelm - French horn
Julius Watkins - French horn
Jim Buffington - French horn (tracks 1,2)
McCoy Tyner - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Art Davis - bass (track 3)
Elvin Jones - drums
Recorded on May 23 & June 7, 1961 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
