JAZZ IS LIKE HEROIN TO ME ! ! ! ~~~~ ILM POST-1945 JAZZ ALBUMS POLL - THE RESULTS COUNTDOWN (now counting top 25!)

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16    John Coltrane - My Favourite Things (1961) 2651 Points, 21 votes
http://blog-imgs-21.fc2.com/d/o/c/dochizame/20080403105232.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7lfxr5IrZ7cH69ATCJv4Go

spotify doesn't seem to have the proper album and instead has a few comps of the same name, but if anyone has the time to scroll through all the coltrane albums and finds it please post it here and I'll add it

found it with a different cover
http://open.spotify.com/album/6tC1isLpyIm5zXqlBs1pjF

so scratch 1st link with the comp

http://open.spotify.com/album/3i7sNgNRwyGQmNP0CPuOM0 also

the correct one is on the Spotify Playlist that everyone should subscribe to.

35 subscribers so far.

15    John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1964) 2701 Points, 20 votes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EfH7QQM5cK8/TD3tip4lI5I/AAAAAAAAFyY/AYrCTtu9_4E/s1600/ColtraneJAlovesupreme.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5DXmUb5WnwvBeNJDgXx3sL

AMG review

Cover (A Love Supreme:John Coltrane Quartet)
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Artist

John Coltrane Quartet
Album

A Love Supreme
Rating

star_rating(9)
Release Date

Dec 9, 1964
Recording Date

Dec 9, 1964
Label

Impulse!
Type

Instrumental
Time

32:59
Genre

Jazz

Style

Avant-Garde Jazz
Free Jazz
Hard Bop
Modal Music
Post-Bop
Jazz Instrument
Saxophone Jazz
Trumpet Jazz

Moods

Enigmatic
Epic
Ethereal
Sophisticated
Yearning
Atmospheric
Reflective
Reverent
Searching
Spiritual
Wistful
Hypnotic
Passionate
Complex

Themes

Comfort
Empowering
New Love
Reflection
Revolutionary
Affirmation
In Love
Introspection
Late Night
Long Walk
Rainy Day
The Creative Side

AMG Album ID

R 136933
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Review

by Sam Samuelson

Easily one of the most important records ever made, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme was his pinnacle studio outing that at once compiled all of his innovations from his past, spoke of his current deep spirituality, and also gave a glimpse into the next two and a half years (sadly, those would be his last). Recorded at the end of 1964, Trane's classic quartet of Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison stepped into the studio and created one of the most thought-provoking, concise, and technically pleasing albums of their bountiful relationship (not to mention his best-selling to date). From the undulatory (and classic) bassline at the intro to the last breathy notes, Trane is at the peak of his logical yet emotionally varied soloing while the rest of the group is remarkably in tune with Coltrane's spiritual vibe. Composed of four parts, each has a thematic progression leading to an understanding of spirituality through meditation. From the beginning, "Acknowledgement" is the awakening of sorts that trails off to the famous chanting of the theme at the end, which yields to the second act, "Resolution," an amazingly beautiful piece about the fury of dedication to a new path of understanding. "Persuance" is a search for that understanding, and "Psalm" is the enlightenment. Although he is at times aggressive and atonal, this isn't Trane at his most adventurous (pretty much everything recorded from here on out progressively becomes much more free, and live recordings from this period are extremely spirited), but it certainly is his best attempt at the realization of concept -- as the spiritual journey is made amazingly clear. A Love Supreme clocks in at just over 30 minutes, but if it had been any longer it could have turned into a laborious listen. As it stands, just enough is conveyed. It is almost impossible to imagine a world without A Love Supreme having been made, and it is equally impossible to imagine any jazz collection without it.

erm oops

I wonder if there's another Coltrane that's gonna place higher

btw I looked up some of Wilmer's writing on Coltrane last night. She considered Ascension his "meisterwerk"

Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooa someone page deej.

Ascension may beat it! Exciting!

I like Ascension but if so that seems sort of wrong to me as the highest placing Coltrane album

oh wait Blue Train and Giant Steps haven't shown up yet have they...?

Neither has Om.

14    Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (1959) 2708 Points, 22 votes
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EfH7QQM5cK8/TJlExEIp0kI/AAAAAAAAGOU/Zni7W7RutiA/s1600/%5BAllCDCovers%5D_charles_mingus_mingus_ah_um_1999_retail_cd-front.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3a2i6s10mAibRR7TlrnHRM

would not put ascension in my top 10 coltrane. maybe not even my top 20!
i like it, but like Ornette's similar Free Jazz, i think it's kind of a mess. Prefer the intensity of the smaller band to the big blast of these double quartet.

i like the ascension story where, after two 40+ minute takes, coltrane says: "can we do it one more time? " and elvin jones hurls his snare drum at trane.

you like 1st or 2nd take best?

Interstellar Space is my favorite Coltrane free record; I tend to agree about Ascension--exciting and thrilling at times, yes, but a mess.

x-post haha at Tyler's story...

ah um is my shit. distinctive without sacrificing tunes; holds your attention without being "challenging". i think i'm a bit geirish when it comes to jazz.

i like the ascension story where, after two 40+ minute takes, coltrane says: "can we do it one more time? " and elvin jones hurls his snare drum at trane.

― tylerw, Friday, 2 September 2011 18:55 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

omfg

Hilarious.

hee hee.
it is funny, there's some interview with coltrane where he talks about how much he loved those sessions, he wished they could just keep going. maybe that was the closest to the sound in his head that he got?

13    John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957) 2710 Points, 20 votes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ShwGN6S9CCo/SxBKVIagJQI/AAAAAAAAAGw/Yq25_8gp4j4/s1600/cover.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/50FMzSN3HV4PI7ryK3lLQn

prob my fav trane, cuz i'm a sucka for trombone

I'll paypal 79 American cents to whoever sorts these results by label when it's all over.

I think I heard A Love Supreme first but Blue Train was the one where I felt I really *got* it. just a beautiful record.

blue train is a v diff record. i do love it though

difficult or different?

either way I'm not sure what you mean

well obviously it's really different from A Love Supreme if that's what yr getting at

No chanting for one thing

a diff type of spiritual hat

we're getting beat guys http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/Pages/most-read-threads.jsp

lol

Jackie McLean - Destination Out

Really enjoying this, Never listened to Jackie Mclean before.
Same for the Lee Morgan.

not rlly spiritual hat, its pretty straight

agree about the trombone playing

beaten by a worthless clusterfuck

someone tipped the next album to be #1, but they were wrong

idk abt outsider jazz as a term, these ppl are all three steps removed from armstrong or basie after all

im not gonna lie, i've been reading that thread inbetween this one.

was that me? silent way rip?

whats the retarded clusterfuck aboot?

about usage of one of those words you just used

though it was a good description of the clusterfuck

im just glad ilx didn't exist when joey was on blue peter

idk abt outsider jazz as a term, these ppl are all three steps removed from armstrong or basie after all

― zvookster, Friday, September 2, 2011 1:21 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

cmon dude are you serious

yah

some of this stuff is like arguing that kool keith is one of the 90s most important rappers

playgrounds wouldn't have been a great place for ilxors :)

"these people are all three steps removed from snoop!" -- doesnt make kool keith a less legit answer than biggie

sun ra played with fletcher henderson and coleman hawkins, sanders and alice played with coltrane

it's hardly songs in the key of z

jamming to all seeing eye for the millionth time and have to say that shorter should be seen as one of the true genius's of jazz w/ trane and mingus and etc.