MikeH
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I'm with ya on this one. I love how meditative it is. And I can see how some people may find it boring or "samey" but it's a nice reprieve for me to throw it on and just relax after a stressful day.
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bother
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No doubt and I can see how someone might enjoy it. For me it’s like mediocre jazz and uninteresting ambient (which is a genre I like). Though the A side isn’t terrible since it’s more Sanders heavy. I kind of feel bad hating on it though since I do like experimental and genre redefining works. I’m just snoozing hard by the end.
I think we can all agree that the cover is pretty fantastic though. And really what else matters?
Selaws
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It might just be a big coincidence, but I'm pretty sure the cover art is a homage to Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz. The font type and colour are very similar and it also has the die-cut window with the artwork behind it.
bother
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Very similar! Now I know what I'm listening to later (not Floating Points that's fer shur).
Selaws
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I missed this on my initial run through of the RSD items, but looks like there is going to be a previously unreleased Mike Taylor Quartet album. Sounds like it might be a real fly-on-the-wall recording (recorded in his Grandparents basement) made just before the Pendulum album (which now goes for mega money!).
Im not familiar with the label, Sunbeam, so hopefully its good.
Im not familiar with the label, Sunbeam, so hopefully its good.
Ghost
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Any essentials albums to own by Vince Guaraldi outside of A Charlie Brown Christmas? I really enjoy his style of playing and find he has a very unique touch on the piano. I always associate feeling good with Vince Guaraldi but not sure where to start outside of his Charlie Brown stuff.
ThePakoBuelna
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I've got "Jazz Impressions of Charlie Brown" and it sounds great. Also has all the important/iconic songs. It's a good place to start.
Edit: I just realized you said"outside Charlie Brown" lol. Disregard my message, I don't own any other Guaraldi trio albums.
Russ I
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I've got this one that I feel good about recommending:
Definitely a fun listen, some of it sharing in that Charlie Brown vibe, but other cuts more typical "jazz piano trio" music.
EDIT: Has a 5-star Allmusic review, if that means anything to you:
Cast Your Fate to the Wind: Jazz Impressions o... | AllMusic
Cast Your Fate to the Wind: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus by Vince Guaraldi, Vince Guaraldi Trio released in 1962. Find album reviews, track li...
www.allmusic.com
phramenma
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There should be some interest around here.thanks for posting about it! for US, i recommend mail ordering from range music NYC - they should have it showing 'in stock' come release day. Mark de Clive-Lowe Midnight Snacks Vol.1 | Range_Music_NYC
i'm also doing a very very limited run of yellow vinyl versions for my patreon members. if there's interest here, i may be able to extend the invitation
soundcloud previews online too here
There should be some interest around here.
Thanks for cross posting, I would have missed that. Definitely interested.
zdkaiser
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For those looking for used jazz titles. This eBay seller is based out of St. Louis, Missouri and has a huge inventory. All albums auctioned and start at $8, looks like everything is around VG+.
Quite a few original OJCs, variety of Blue Notes, etc.
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Quite a few original OJCs, variety of Blue Notes, etc.
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Ghost
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Why doesn’t my brain get John Coltrane 
. I try and try and my brain can’t seem to process what makes his music so revered outside of the boundary breaking stuff like A Love Supreme. Just got Giant Steps and didn’t find it be very enjoyable. Was there an album that made Trane click in particular for everyone?
I seem to really enjoy his more down tempo stuff as well as My Favorite Things and Ole
. I try and try and my brain can’t seem to process what makes his music so revered outside of the boundary breaking stuff like A Love Supreme. Just got Giant Steps and didn’t find it be very enjoyable. Was there an album that made Trane click in particular for everyone?I seem to really enjoy his more down tempo stuff as well as My Favorite Things and Ole
zdkaiser
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I don't really care for some of the avant-garde Coltrane albums, if that's what you are referring to. I much prefer Coltrane's slower stuff as well. Also his early work with Miles, and when he plays jazz standards as a bandleader (Prestige years)Why doesn’t my brain get John Coltrane
I seem to really enjoy his more down tempo stuff as well as My Favorite Things and Ole
kafunis
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Just keep putting it on every couple of months, one day it might click, Niama on GS is beautiful, I mostly listen to later Trane these days, but Ole is great, if you like that maybe have a listen to Africa/Brass and some of his earlier Impulse like Duke Ellington and Ballads then maybe Crescent which is a good gateway into A Love Supreme and beyond. It’s also totally fine if he’s not for you as well.
Why doesn’t my brain get John Coltrane
I seem to really enjoy his more down tempo stuff as well as My Favorite Things and Ole
agutierrezb
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You don't HAVE to like him, but if you're willing to give it a try, I would suggest "John Coltrane Plays the Blues". There's a mix of down and uptempo performances there, and the traditional 12 bar blues format gives a nice frame of reference to appreciate what Coltrane brings to the jazz idiom. Quite different to Olé, but very enjoyable too.Why doesn’t my brain get John Coltrane
I seem to really enjoy his more down tempo stuff as well as My Favorite Things and Ole
Nee Lewman
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Blue Train was the first thing I heard after Kind of Blue. I actually actively disliked saxophone before I discovered Coltrane.Why doesn’t my brain get John Coltrane
I seem to really enjoy his more down tempo stuff as well as My Favorite Things and Ole
johnpisme
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Man, am I going to have to go to RSD this year? I need like 6 of these.
johnpisme
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Ole and My Favorite Things are two of his best albums. In my top 5.Why doesn’t my brain get John Coltrane
I seem to really enjoy his more down tempo stuff as well as My Favorite Things and Ole
mingerton
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This list omits one of the RSD jazz titles I'm most excited about:
RSD '21 Special Release: Harold Land - Westward Bound!
Contains previously unissued live recordings of unsung tenor saxophone hero Harold Land from The Penthouse in Seattle from 1962, 1964 and 1965 with stellar musicians including Hampton Hawes, Carmell Jones, Buddy Montgomery and Philly Joe Jones. Released in partnership with the Harold Land...
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HuddieLedbetter
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Disclaimer: I own a lot of Coltrane and most of it is in heavy rotation -- but.. Giant Steps has also never been a favorite album for me, but here's a possible path:Why doesn’t my brain get John Coltrane
I seem to really enjoy his more down tempo stuff as well as My Favorite Things and Ole
My Favorite Things: the Rhino copy I think is still affordable, BG master IIRC. If you can, steam the original Julie Andrews signing My Favorite Things from the sound of music prior to listening. Marvel at how awesome and pure her voice is -- buy that record... wait, this is about JC, right? Once your humming, "girls in white dresses, with blue..." -- the drop on the record (or try a stream of good quality) and here how Coltrane reconstructs the song. You'll also here how Coltrane is using some of the inter-chordal/sheets of sounds playing -- similar to what you here Pharoah Sanders doing oh so gently on the Floating Points record.
As others have mentioned: Blue Train is a monster record as are his records with Duke Ellington and Johnny Hartman (a personal favorite from that period)
But he did great straight ahead work for Prestige. Cut a terrific album with Kenny Burrell.
Before the hard avant garde, there is a ton of very accessible exploratory to spiritual -- in addition to A Love Supreme -- I'd add titles like Ole, Crescent (Black Pearl!)
It's a bit if a deep ender vs a starting point -- and this isn't a record I can recommend to everyone -- but if you want to here Coltrane playing hard, but not free, it is worth tucking into One Up, One Down, Live at the Half Note. It's one of my favorites and is just an unbelievable set. You'll hear what the band does with Favorite Things in a live format at a small club. They did not mess around and are there to take the walls of the joint. It isn't a starting point, but if you like the first My Favorite Things and want to get a snapshot of how Coltrane at that point was hearing it, for me this is it.
I'm the end though -- and I'll draw an analogy that might get me in trouble -- part of what made Coltrane so remarkable was the conscious process of exploration, challenging of form, reconstruction that he (and the band, let's not forget that...) Drove over the course of his career. Not unlike Picasso, he was was an incredibly skilled traditional artist -- straight player -- but he also was amongst the pre-eminent explorers of what territory could jazz own. So you have early cubist, blue period, etc his own expressions of form. The records are a series of chapters in a novel of an artist trying to find the next answer....so there is a bit of that "ear" inherent in the listening for me.
and it's okay to not like him too. Heck, a lot of Picasso's late period is a big "meh" for me -- mostly because he stopped that journey -- and there are a few of Coltrane's that I don't spin as much that are classics (Giant Steps) ... I'm good with it.