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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: A lot of latter day revisionism takes place with Coltrane... posted by Robert H. on December 2, 2002 at 14:43:10:
Robert, gotta disagree with some of your points. While its true that Trane continually evolved, and some, like you, greatly prefer his later (more personally developed and innovative) Atlantic and Impulse recordings, NONE of the professional musicians I know (including myself) would "dismiss" the Prestige albums. "Bahia", "Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane", "Soul Junction", "Traneing In", "Standard Coltrane", "Settin' the Pace", "Lush Life", "The Believer" all contain some fantastic playing by Trane and others, which most jazz players would not want to be without. Want to miss Red Garland with Trane?I've never met a jazz musician who didn't think "Ballads" and "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman" (both displaying Trane's gorgeous sound, whatever the mouthpiece was) were truly great albums, coincidentally or by design "accessible". Innovative? No. Adventurous? No. Superb music? Yes. "A Love Supreme" is widely considered to be a SEMINAL album, for the playing, compositions, spirituality, and concept.
Duke Ellington surely produced many more innovative albums than "Ellington '65" and "Ellington '66". But wow, did he transform pop tunes like "Moon River", Days of Wine and Roses", "More", "Never on Sunday", "I Want to Hold Your Hand" etc. Great music doesn't have to be innovative, and innovation is no guarantee of great music.
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