thanks, I really enjoyed that

Might be my favorite Elvin Jones performance.

That’s a big statement

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Cosmic Music by Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane

Cool

I remember you mentioning Ascension and I thought goddamn that’s a lot to chew on.

cool! I'll focus on him next time I listen to it. There's a lot to take in on first listen of course but what stood out to me immediately was Coltrane's solo in the second track
yeah it was. In hindsight I should have started with A Love Supreme

I mostly wanted you to hear Alabama.

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Bags & Trane by John Coltrane and Milt Jackson

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Ascension

^ My favorite Coltrane ever - an incredible collective of musicians, and emotionally cathartic in the best possible way.

Now playing: "One Down, One Up" (live at The Half Note). I love it all the way through, but listen as J.C. and Elvin veer off together around 13:15.

Interesting. About 30 seconds later it’s like Elvin is playing this angry rock beat.

On that A Love Supreme Live I mentioned earlier Tyner kind of reminds me of something like that the way he keeps playing block chords and the get more and more dissonant and then when he finally swings it’s so non-modal it almost feels rebellious like he’s playing for the Hot Fives or Sevens. Actually, Sun Ra makes abrupt transitions like that.

I wanted to fit in a few more records before midnight but I fell asleep.

I was planning on Live in Seattle, African Brass, Crescent, and with Monk at Carnegie Hall.

They're much more powerful and rough hewn on the live "A Love Supreme" while still preserving that sacred melody. Love McCoy playing with his building blocks to dissonance in the second movement.

I had way too much caffeine yesterday, but at least it kept me up for the birthday party. ;)

^I really loved this, probably even more than the studio version

Transport Band

Polish soul-funk band. Founded in 1979, disbanded in 1981.

I wrote a long reply to this but deleted it. If you’re only going to return to one of the other very rarely I recommend you invest in the classic studio release more often. It’s all sacred though

Why did you delete it, I'm not scared of long replies :(

idk i guess I was finding it hard to make the points I wanted to make without sounding like I questioning the timelessness of the live version

in a nutshell the drums sound much better on the studio record and that’s really important

and two Coltrane’s vision is strictly adhered to on the studio version and it’s designed for posterity and the live version caters to people who paid to see the greatest quartet of all time

Like Tyner wasn’t just Coltrane’s soldier he was the greatest pianist to ever live. Same with Elvin and the drums.

I’m not going to say Jimmy Garrison is the greatest bassist ever but that solo on the live version -good god- but the theme on the studio version- that’s for us forever -

the stars are beautiful but the rivers are streams are for us

thanks, that's interesting
I'll see if I can hear what you're saying here next time I listen to it

Absolutely agree. Please don't ever delete your "long" posts again - I love the way you write bout music, OH.

Marie, I also love the live Antibes recording because it's raw and free - but I really can't choose between the studio and live. It's like choosing between children.

Preciate that. It may be partially however because unlike with politics I occasionally edit my thoughts when I’m writing about music.

Mike Ratledge...quite the genius.

I'm starting off the morning with Thelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners. It's a stormy, rainy day here (the kind where there's a continuous, merciless downpour) and since I've been listening to more jazz this has been my rainy day record.

Yeah, one of his best (imo). Underground is right up there. Haven't made up my mind about his Ellington album. Monk is best doing Monk (again, imo). And, like everything else, it depends on the day. :)

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I Get Along Without You Very Well Billie Holiday

Happy B Day Monk!!



Monks Music Thelonious Monk (1957, Riverside)

Potato head Blues Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven

My Man's Gone Now Claudia Acuna

Sparse free jazz.

Nice. Thanks

Billie Holiday - Fine and Mellow

I love her expressions as she listens to the musicians. Billie's hornlike voice, Lester's voicelike horn. And Roy Eldridge, wow. She was a master and they were all masters.



Billie Holiday - vocal; Ben Webster – tenor saxophone; Lester Young – tenor saxophone; Vic Dickenson – trombone; Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone; Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone; Roy Eldridge – trumpet; Doc Cheatham – trumpet; Danny Barker – guitar; Milt Hinton – double bass; Mal Waldron – piano; Osie Johnson – drums.

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Thelonious Monk-Underground

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New York Jazz by Sonny Stitt Quartet

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Dance with Death by Andrew Hill

Brubeck Live '64/'66

Long Ago And Far Away by Charlie Haden & Brad Mehldau

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Music from Siesta by Marcus Miller and Miles Davis

late period Miles

nice accompaniment to Sketches of Spain

definitely an underrated record