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According to something I read before said a lot of those Jimmy Smith blues jazz songs he recorded were just things he made up on the spot in the studio that were based around well known blues changes and the musicians involved were expected to just fall in and get with it.
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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 at 9:28pm |
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in listening to Trane's many albums, one wonders how much rehearsal and planning, if any, went into some of them.. it often sounds as if they were at the studio, hit the mics and just started playing, and the good takes were used for LPs-- closer to the way the Blues cats recorded
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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 at 7:34pm |
Really though, it is a fine album. In my college days...a sophomore babe, a bottle of wine, Ballads or Willie Nelson's Stardust...
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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 at 7:24pm |
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looks like you'll be the first person kicked off the site
 
just kidding, i love a good jazz ballad Edited by EZ Money - 29 Jan 2011 at 7:25pm |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 at 7:15pm |
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Probably not a popular choice, but I always liked the Ballads album. (I realize it may be an unintentional early predecessor to the smooth jazz of the 70's and beyond.)
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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 at 3:43pm |
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I'd call you Greg, or maybe Logan, but never common.
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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 at 2:49pm |
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Call me common, but A Love Supreme is a particular favourite Coltrane album, though I love Ascension and Giant Steps too.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 1:22am |
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John Coltrane after it had resigned from the Miles Davis group might have been announced continuing a really overwhelming album. I am and there are some personally favorite albums. It is difficult for me to limit it of course. However, "Live At the Village Vanguard Again"and "Expression"Overwhelming. I feel these performances block his essence and evolution. His regular group in the 60's might be steady. However, his work of later years feels something transcended to some degree. |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2011 at 11:44pm |
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Its best on 8-track
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Posted: 27 Jan 2011 at 11:32pm |
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Om is something, it's out there.. if you can enjoy Om I'd say you can enjoy almost anything (Brötzmann anyone?
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Posted: 27 Jan 2011 at 11:22pm |
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My favorite Coltrane is the early modal stuff like India and also some of the all-out free jazz with large ensembles he did too. The chaotic orchestral sounds of his large ensemble free jazz pieces was a sound hardly heard much before, it was fascinating even if you didn't totally get it, I used to have 'OM' on 8 track tape to listen to while cruising, ha ha ha.
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Posted: 27 Jan 2011 at 10:50pm |
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The continuous patterns, inspired urgency, stamina and power, it's a
hardbop masterpiece, there's little doubt. This was the first LP with
all-original Coltrane tracks, and evidently the music is a rite of
passage for jazz players to improvise over. The alternate takes are
good too but I think John chose wisely for the final cut.
Discuss, and also: what's your favorite Coltrane release and why?-- and I'm looking for your personal fave, not necessarily the one you think was best produced or most important. Live albums count. |
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