fange
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Post by fange on Oct 7, 2023 3:07:34 GMT
I think he came onto his own with the “dropped g” quartet of Workin’, Steamin’, Cookin’ Relaxin’ and shortly after with the Coltrane quintet. I'm glad you mention this period, because it gets cast in the shadows to a degree because of the music both Miles and Coltrane would go on to make, but these albums have some of the most beautiful jazz you could ever wish to hear.
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Post by fonz on Oct 7, 2023 8:54:21 GMT
What WOULD the Miles expert recommend to a fan of such entry level mellowness? Coltrane. I’d pick yer Coltrane wisely if you want mellow. Nothing mellow about A Love Supreme for example. Great balladeer- Naima, for example. Probably best to get a boxset like ‘The Heavyweight Champion’ and embrace it all
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Post by osgood on Oct 7, 2023 9:28:19 GMT
I think he came onto his own with the “dropped g” quartet of Workin’, Steamin’, Cookin’ Relaxin’ and shortly after with the Coltrane quintet. I'm glad you mention this period, because it gets cast in the shadows to a degree because of the music both Miles and Coltrane would go on to make, but these albums have some of the most beautiful jazz you could ever wish to hear. Thanks for the tip, these were under my radar. Duly noted.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Oct 7, 2023 11:12:32 GMT
I’d pick yer Coltrane wisely if you want mellow. Nothing mellow about A Love Supreme for example. Great balladeer- Naima, for example. Probably best to get a boxset like ‘The Heavyweight Champion’ and embrace it all It depends on how you like to consume music I guess. I tend to find those big boxsets too overwhelming, I can't process it all and end up barely listening to anything! I prefer to live with individual albums and get to know them over time. 'Blue Train' is a nicely accessible Trane album and a good starting point.
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Post by osgood on Jan 24, 2024 11:47:36 GMT
I'm glad you mention this period, because it gets cast in the shadows to a degree because of the music both Miles and Coltrane would go on to make, but these albums have some of the most beautiful jazz you could ever wish to hear. Thanks for the tip, these were under my radar. Duly noted. Been listening to these records a lot since I wrote this. As close as a desert island jazz playlist as I can imagine.
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Post by loveless on Jan 24, 2024 12:11:22 GMT
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Post by DarknessFish on Jan 24, 2024 13:23:05 GMT
I thought it was only me who hated g?
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fange
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Post by fange on Jan 29, 2024 11:39:32 GMT
Thanks for the tip, these were under my radar. Duly noted. Been listening to these records a lot since I wrote this. As close as a desert island jazz playlist as I can imagine. Oh excellent, glad they are hitting the spot.
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Post by tory on Jan 29, 2024 15:48:39 GMT
I didn't know that this was only released after he had retired.
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Post by fonz on Jan 30, 2024 18:44:09 GMT
I had ‘Big Fun’ on last night. Great stuff. Exotic instruments with an urban edge to proceedings. And a Yorkshireman.
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Post by loveless on Feb 9, 2024 17:52:00 GMT
I’d pick yer Coltrane wisely if you want mellow. Nothing mellow about A Love Supreme for example. Great balladeer- Naima, for example. Probably best to get a boxset like ‘The Heavyweight Champion’ and embrace it all It depends on how you like to consume music I guess. I tend to find those big boxsets too overwhelming, I can't process it all and end up barely listening to anything! I prefer to live with individual albums and get to know them over time. 'Blue Train' is a nicely accessible Trane album and a good starting point. Oh my God. Blue Train is INCREDIBLE! Thanks for the recommendation. I mean, I only just pulled it out of the jacket this morning, but...holy shit! 'Satisfying' feels like a really mild word for what this is. To digress: Naturally, we're at a point where...most rock/pop/soul reissue vinyl is garbage not worth the shoddy materials it's apathetically pressed on. Look at the top selling titles, and then listen to the utter disdain for anyone who might care about the sound. But...for whatever reason - and I am gonna put this on the fans - jazz seems to be getting the royal treatment, the TLC, the "THIS is why people have nice stereos" quality control in the mastering and manufacture. Original tapes? Almost always. AAA mastering? Yep. Lengthy pages of reviews from the consumers who know and care? Check. Transparency in the descriptions of process? Damn straight! It thrills me to my bones that the goods are out there (even the covers are often manufactured with rarefied "period correct" materials and processes)...which has led to a "What am I curious about?" scouring of the various sales and discounts and so on (companies like VMP really incentivize collecting this shit). The only real negative to any of this is...with seemingly every promising title from the 50s/60s (Davis, Coltrane, Hancock, Coleman, Dolphy, Gordon, Byrd, Chet Baker, etc.) available brand new with assured "as great as it's ever gonna sound" QC (and, yes - they assuredly aren't GIVING them away, but...go ahead and look up a mint mono original of ANY of these titles online)...the eager consumer really has to be disciplined in their spending.
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fange
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Post by fange on Feb 12, 2024 12:07:50 GMT
Wonderful album.
Yeah, the reissues of some of the jazz classics can be VERY pricey, and sometimes there are problems with the vinyl/packaging that can cause all kinds of follow-up headaches... but the music is absolutely worth it.
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Post by fonz on Feb 12, 2024 23:31:18 GMT
The last couple of days have been all about Live-Evil, Dark Magus, and Agharta. There’s a time and a place, and I’m on holiday.
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