Jazz for aficionados

Acman3, you really tied it together. Trane was on a spiritual journey that he was beginning to express through his music. I believe Alice Coltrane, his wife, exemplified the destination Trane was trying to reach. Her music is filled with Trane's spirituality just before he died. Here we can hear it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2HwbFLh5j0



Since leaving the music we've been into, and going to Alice Coltrane is like stepping out of hot water, and then getting into cold; you have to listen to more music in that groove in order to absorb it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smisXZ7KVpo

Like it or not Rok, this is where Trane was headed, he took some way out trips on live sets; that's where he played music that was totally unfamiliar to fans of the "old Trane", that music was a preview of things to come.

Enjoy the music.

Rok, I'm a Mingus fan from way back, but I never bothered with anyone else's interpretation of Mingus; now I see that was a mistake, because under the direction of "Sue Mingus", this has to be fantastic. The CD is on order.

Enjoy the music.

O-10:

Alice Coltrane:

I liked the "Blue Nile' the best. Probably because of the guys playing on the set. Both cuts were easy on the ears.

I have noticed that if you use the mouse to skip ahead on the music, you find that one point sounds the same as any other point. Like you are not missing anything.

No Beginning, middle, or end.

Her harp is nice. I like it.

Cheers

Today's Listen:

Various -- THE SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION OF CLASSIC JAZZ

This is the 'Revised' remastered edition, released in 1987. The original was released in 1973 on LP. The sound quality on this set is much improved.

This is a 5 CD set. Starts with Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton, and ends with Ornette Coleman and The World Saxophone Quartet.

The sound quality on the early stuff is AMAZINGLY good. The later stuff is good also.

The package is typical Smithsonian. Well done with many nice touches. Great detail on all the tracks. Includes the soloists, and the order of their solos. Date and place recorded and personnel.

A 102 page booklet. Repeats the liner notes of each disc and includes great pictures. The historical information is priceless in itself.

They didn't miss many of the greats. Below is a link to the tune list.

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Smithsonian-Collection-Of-Classic-Jazz/release/457754

The sound on the 1973 release was not good. The Scorr Joplin tune 'maple leaf rag' is a recording of a piano roll made before electric recording. Sounds just fine here.

No filler. All great tunes. Even includes two(2) versions of O-10's favorite, 'East St. Louis Toddle-Oo' by Duke Ellington! :)

All Jazz people should have this.

I am becoming a fan of these complilations. Like the '50 Greatest Jazz Tunes' I posted about earlier. Sometimes you just don't feel like an entire CD of Coltrane, or anyone else.

Cheers

Rok, I was inspired by the book "Three Wishes", to find songs written in honor of "Pannonica De Koenigswarter" . Although there are twenty songs written in her honor, and I'm sure everyone has many different versions of "Nica's Dream" written by Horace Silver, I could find only one other tune that I liked. Maybe you or Frogman can find other songs written in her honor that you like.

"Pannonica" by Monk captures the essence of a beautiful fluttering butterfly, which is what the lady of jazz was named after.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSHkPCW8dN4

Enjoy the music.