but giant steps, countdown, and every other song is dope too.
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― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Should be noted that some people have pointed out that a similar idea to the "Giant Steps" chord progression was used by Duke Ellington in "Blue Rose," which is the title cut of an album Duke did with Rosemary Clooney.
― The Great Rick Roll Swindle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
decided to go for the underdog and vote for "Syeeda's Song Flute," which feels like the most playful song on the album to me but also has so many amazing things going on in it
― Krusty Burgerizer (some dude), Monday, 8 March 2010 08:07 (fourteen years ago) link
naima naima naima
tho prob colored by other versions just as EZ admits above, including, in fact, especially, the Live at the Village Vanguard Again! version which was a big cut for a certain circle of mine of a certain time.
― zvookster, Monday, 8 March 2010 08:28 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^yeah, that version's epic!
Title cut and "Naima" are kinda too obvious, so I'm gonna go with "Spiral", just 'cause I like that downward-spiralling melody. (Hm, just now noticing how every title is either musically self-descriptive or named after a relative/bandmate.)
― Ceci n'est pas une display name (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 8 March 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Not in my Top 10 Coltrane albums, but a very good album. Voted Naima.
― Mark, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:57 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, never saw these results, surprisingly good showing for "Syeeda"!
― some dude, Monday, 15 March 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i love that song ... this poll had me pull out the Atlantic Recordings box. Even though I listen more to the Impulse years, there is a ridiculous amount of great music on there. The only dud I think is the session he did with Ornette's band -- a good idea, but it sounds off for some reason.
― tylerw, Monday, 15 March 2010 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Title cut and "Naima" are kinda too obvious
there's a reason obvious shit is obvious
― j., Monday, 2 December 2019 03:07 (four years ago) link
Assume you know the story about Paul Erdős, or maybe if was Halmos, probably the former.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 December 2019 03:12 (four years ago) link
Unless it was Wolfgang Pauli, or G.H. Hardy, or Walter Rudin! https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/7247/in-a-popular-anecdote-who-took-20-minutes-to-decide-that-a-thing-was-obvious
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 December 2019 03:18 (four years ago) link
Countdown is just long solo, iirc. Was this the first time he did this?
― fetter, Monday, 2 December 2019 12:22 (four years ago) link
I listen to this album a lot now. I listened to it the other day. Not sure what I'd vote for. Spiral maybe?
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Monday, 2 December 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
looks like I forgot to vote
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 December 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link