Jazz for aficionados
Three tenors! Haven't seen that since Woody Herman's band. Distinctive horn section sound due to no alto and tenor heavy. I don't think there is a singer that has more "Nawlins" vibe than this man: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N4OVqVXvg_Q |
This Louisiana gumbo is catching. Dr. John is Mr."Nawlins"; I like this. Unfortunately, New Orleans is so sad now, in regard to the people who live in the "Jects", that every time I think about New Orleans, I want to break my own rule and and go off on that subject; but let's stick to music, as hard as it is some time. Enjoy the music. |
John Coltrane -- EVOLUTION:THE ROAD TO GIANT STEPS Four CD box set from the same folks that gave us 'The 100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950's' and 'The Best of 1960/61' sets. Excellent packaging. Nice booklet with very interesting info on trane and his career. Good pictures. Excellent info on each tune on the CDs, including player lineup and the album the tune was taken from. The only downside is that, CD #4, is the Coltrane CD, 'Giant Steps'. I would assume EVERY Coltrane fan has that CD. The CD #4 does substitute the alternate takes found on the original 'Giant Steps' CD, with interviews given by Coltrane. Four of them. I guess that's an ok trade. The other three CDs have Trane as leader, and as sideman with a bunch of folks. Miles, Monk, Adderley, Garland, and many more. The sound quality is the same as the previous sets. Which is very good. A must have? A lot of us, including me, have a lot of this music contained in our current Jazz collections. But it's worth it to me to get the nice packaging and the informative notes. Besides, I love well done Jazz complilations, esp box sets. Cheers |
