John Coltrane - Summertime (1/2)

[trumpetids]

I knew a guy who was friends with Lou Donaldson, he knew something about Charlie Parker you might all find intriguing. He said Parkers collection of music was mostly classical, interesting huh?

[Zheuliwyn]

Audace et virtuosité, cette version de Summertime est inoubliable.

[pianOracle]

I'm saying though... As much as Coltrane influenced my life, I can't forget how much I love that McCoy Tyner inspirational, still unfully transcribed piano solo. <------the pianOracle hast spoken.

[sabelsab]

Pas une ride, du grand Mr Coltrane !

[TheMichaelRock]

Tengent I know what you mean. One doesn't like jazz overnight. But the first time you hear it you don't get indiferent. And to like jazz you need to get used to how it sounds, so it's good to cling to that initial impression. Yeah jazz IS strange...

[donnyab]

the best thing about this is elvin jones

[72563bigeyedme]

This music caused me to lay my head down and listen for whatever reason and made tears run down my nose because of it's beauty. Never had music do that before.

[therunningpiano]

this is my favorite song to solo on piano.

[TrafficRiot911]

@cod4masterrpgn Clarinet?? Isn't he playing a soprano sax not a clarinet, i'm not trying to be rude but i think your mistaken, but then again so could i.

[jAyjOs27]

@cod4masterrpgn

I tought, he plays the tuba

[themanimal07]

I can't explain how much I enjoy this song.

[willisingo]

I think the most beautiful thing about this recording is how they only use the "su-mer-time" part of the melody for the motif and it appears through out in solos, comping, and the bass line. That's jazz.

[sneakydogz1]

one of the greatest songs ever written, one of the greatest performers. RIP George Gershwin and John Coltrane. Your legacy lives on

[Hansenpetra]

Great, greater, greatist !

[Glabat81]

who dislikes this? just who?



[yonatan484]

summer time the living is easy

[chinchinal]

FANTASTIC!!! My Joy cannot Be Contained ; ~ D

[DavidAKZ]

@chinchinal you mean Contrained ?

[surrealIdeal]

I like to add one more metaphor: Kenny G is Justin Bieber.

[Chocola127]

@PrinceOfRialtoo: I think at this point, John Coltrane turned it into a different song. Personally I like His version and Charlie Parker's but Miles Davis' is nice too.

[cgreenartpro1]

Damn, that was Good, he's a Bad ass Genius.

[JamKar1]

Is that McCoy Tyner on keys?

[Chocola127]

@1915sanderson Ellington is Bach, Bird is Mozart, Coltrane is Chopin, Davis is Bartok.

[PrinceOfRialtoo]

I like Miles Davis version better. You all?

[StonierWilliam]

@PrinceOfRialtoo I think I do. I think Miles' version reflects the tune more. They're both very beautiful and soulful.

[JazzyBlues420]

it sucks because the late 20s-40s is near to its extinction. maybe the 17-20 year old girls sometimes dress sophisticated with the red lipstick and pocka dot dress' with the hair all curled & dolled up. and some guys try and dress ol fashion and slick. theres the few that know, but most dont know anything about the music that surrounded the entire fashion that started sophistication and individuality. 30s-40s jazz were the prime days of jazz. todays youth dont know a thing about true originators

[kiasky1]

@JazzyBlues420 so true

[GreasemonkeyCGI]

@JazzyBlues420 They say that music reflects society.

[DAsaxPLAYA]

@Omnicron777 thats not even funny

[dtkollity]

Bird might be Mozart and Miles might be Bartók.

But Coltrane is most definitely Zappa...

[clix089]

@dtkollity lmfao

[ladykillertime]

@dtkollity Bird is Bird, Miles is Miles, Coltrane is Coltrane. In order for their musical genius individual or collective to be validated they need not to be compared to any other white musicians.

[1915sanderson]

@ladykillertime what has 'white' got to do with anything? let's leave that crap in the 20th century.

[Tengent]

@dtkollity Coltrane is Coltrane. Zappa is Zappa. Bach is Bach. Mozart is shit. Zappa blended an innumerable amount of unique ideas into rock music. He did something completely new. I'm not getting that from Coltrane, but I don't listen to a shit ton of jazz (most of it sounds the same to me).

[1915sanderson]

@Tengent If you respect musical ideas how can you say Mozart was shit?

[Tengent]

@1915sanderson I personally just don't care for his music.

[1915sanderson]

@Tengent neither do I. that doesn't make it shit.

[Tengent]

Why not? Yeah, there is no doubt Mozart impacted a LOT of composers that I actually do enjoy, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't call it shitty, if that's what I think it is. And if you like something I don't, great! A rather fitting quote: "The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty. The more your musical experience, the easier it is to define for yourself what you like and what you don't like." - Frank Zappa

[mussman717word]

@Tengent

Dude, if most jazz sounds the same to you, then you have no right to judge 'Trane, in any capacity. Just as I would have no right to judge Bach or Mozart. I'm not yet entirely schooled on the subject.

[Tengent]

@mussman717word Mmm you have a point. Maybe I should just leave. :p

[mussman717word]

@Tengent

Do what you like, but I'd say this.  Why leave when you can learn?

[Tengent]

@mussman717word Indeed. I'm listen to Bitche's Brew right now actually, I dig this kind of stuff as well as Charles Mingus and other out there sounding stuff. Jazz definitely requires a WHOLE lot of ability and practice, but aesthetically I don't like it. My main complaint I touched on before is that a lot of jazz utilizes so many chords in a single piece it seems like it's all the same and there isn't a lot of differentiation between pieces. I'm sure eventually I will appreciate jazz aesthetics

[donnyab]

@Tengent

know what you mean though I feel that way about classical, all of those chords and things and those damn instruments sound the same, I mean when you've heard one violin you've heard em all, fucking violin music over and over again

[riceloverkev209]

@donnyab I play the violin and piano, and I find what you said to be outlandishly offensive.

Music is to be enjoyed by all, and all should appreciate the various forms of music.

Also, you must understand that the techniques and styles created by composers in the Classical and Baroque periods played a large role in the establishment of jazz music.

[donnyab]

@riceloverkev209

I was being sarcastic with the original poster

[Tengent]

@mussman717word Right. I'm listen to Bitche's Brew right now actually, I dig this kind of stuff as well as Charles Mingus and other out there sounding stuff. Jazz definitely requires a WHOLE lot of ability and practice, but aesthetically I don't like it. My main complaint I touched on before is that a lot of jazz utilizes so many chords in a single piece it seems like it's all the same and there isn't a lot of differentiation between pieces. I'm sure eventually I will appreciate jazz aesthetics

[mussman717word]

@Tengent

That's good. It's a challenging artform, to be sure. The beauty of it is that Jazz rewards individual expression, which in turn leads to diversity. You may love Miles' smooth tones, but hate the sound of Monk's dissonance. Or vice versa. No matter what, the established "greats" are so because they have managed to create such unique sounds.

[DavidAKZ]

@Tengent Please don't Just learn something about music

[Tengent]

@DavidAKZ .... well, I went to a week-long jazz camp, that only strengthened my general dislike for jazz. But I love avant-jazz. You probably did not do this on purpose but it seems you're implying I don't know a lot about "music" in the first place - read my other comments.

[fighterdude83]

@dtkollity haha but no.. trane listened to bartok! you got it wrong.

[cominroitover80]

@dtkollity really? id think of Miles as zappa with all of his experimentation and his role in bringing kickass musicians into the limelight

[Orchidoclastie]

N'importe quoi, rien compris

[popboy0]

@dtkollity LOVE IT! would anyone disagree ? You gotta be youtube's Francis Davis......lol

[fyreeyez]

Jazz is for the soul as well as from the soul. The passion,intent and thought arived from it is in itself the journey and destination. There is no need to call these artist anything other than what they were and that's a master story teller.

[123must]

A colossus !

thanks

[ThePheonix133]

1 dislike. Suck on that Rebecca Black.

[vk342]

If classical music has its Mozart and Beethoven, Jazz has Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. This is the kind of music that grows on you the more you listen to it. It is timeless.

[clindt]

@vk342

Coltrane is Beethoven, that's right, but Miles Davis is Bach and Duke Ellington is Mozart. Somehow time got mixed up in the jazz era.

[1915sanderson]

@clindt Coltrane is Beethoven, Bird is definitely Mozart and Miles is Bartók. Bach is Bach.

[addeex1]

@1915sanderson I don't get it

[FinalTruthSage]

dwelling in the spirit! This is just great stuff

[boomerang905]

Oh man, do I still love you. Mr. Coltrane's music just evokes a lot of sentiment and beautiful memories.....I need a glass of wine now! ; )

[nadir6661]

majestick

[emmetouch]

Oh the piano in this is gooooood

[gr33nperson]

@mtarr42 not anymore :D

[ppoinha1]

Simplesmente sublime

[fatguyonpc]

how awesome is mccoy's solo?

[MemphisBlueAgain]

Summertime and the living's easy...well here you have nothing less than the finest example of stream of conscience in music though I prefer the original

[MsJoyce757]

I was stationed in Weisbaden Germany in 1967 when i heard Trane had died. The next nite we when to Frankfurt to a place called tjhe Jazz Kellar. There was a sign as we entered stating Trane is alive. The band was great and the German sax player sound so much like him and it was if you were really lisening to Trane. I will never forget that nite. Long live Trane.

[joeyunleashed13]

holy motherfuck.... this song is a complete and utter mind - fuck!

[donnyab]

@joeyunleashed13

isn't it just that - especially the drumming

[GEternalBraid]

Masterpiece!

[troxaris]

It is so funny how he plays the summertime phrase and then delves into his thing, smashing everything.

[Mulisharider09]

drugs

[lunasurface]

I was just listening to this on my mp3 player on the bus and I couldnt help but tap my toes and air drum on my knee with my fingers.

[smthaxter]

Does Elvin Jones swing on this cut or what.

[biggerturtle]

@smthaxter elvin's the man. No one better ; a few close

[battiemuddie]

@smthaxter good one man :)

[luis0283]

Good song! I love Coltrane, I could tell how to create videos from mp3 and image, I also want to upload music jazz. (Sorry for my English)

[adrianjavana]

La forma mas sencilla que podria recomendarte, a reserva de futuras respuestas, es que utilices el programa de movie maker, integrado con windows. Sorry for my spanish! LOL

[franca089]

tu español es muy bueno, gracias!!!!!!