Coltrane, Far-OUT!!!
I have a 45-60 minute commute one way, depending on traffic. It really isn't so bad because that's where I get my serious music listening in. At home, when I'm not playing, the jazz station is always...
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Could not agree more. He's the first artist I think about when I am in a jazz mood. A true master that I never get tired of.
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Ah, Les, here we go again... ;pFirst 'Trane I ever bought was some "Master Recordings Collection" on Blue Note, I think. Pretty much a retrospective running through his Atlantic & Impulse years...
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Sort of getting scary now Eug,I wonder what Trane would he be doing now. I went hiking with a free-jazz pianist (that's some strange stuff-I asked him how does he do it-he kind of like clears his mind...
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There was so much exploration. From all the books I've read -assuming I'm understanding them- 'Trane loved to "run chords". Since the sax is -ultimately- a single note instrument, they must mean...
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About the only thing that Miles was understated about was his music. I have about four of his CD's but he never moved me like Trane and Parker and Diz and.........Satisfied, Tickled Too
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I must confess to a *real* love of Miles "fusion" stuff, circa '69 (Bitches Brew) through '75 (Aghartha). I think I have every legititimate release from that period. I just got the Jack Johnson...
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If you really want to hear something interesting, track down some recordings from Miles' 1960 European tour. Coltrane was back in the group just for this tour, and he was far more harmonically...
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Kind of Blue by Miles has Trane and a classic line of the top people of the era on it. It was essentially an unrehearsed, no written score recording that is timeless in its quality.If you like trane's...
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Also try "The Shape Of Jazz To Come," by Ornette Coleman. This was recorded in 1959. When contrasted with "Kind Of Blue," also recorded in 1959, you'll see how many different directions jazz was...
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