It took be at least a decade to appreciate this solo. When I bought it in 1965, I was in Jr High and just wasn't ready for it. Fortunately, I had enough sense to buy every album that Coltrane put out (and back then albums were a $1.15-$2.25 ea). Anyway, his solo is off the F****** charts! To this day (8/17,2010) exactly 45 years and 2 months later, no one can touch the power and magnitude of this man's playing. When Coltrane played lived, he would sometimes solo for hours! This was just 10 mins.
@peppersax This album was my intro to Coltrane and jazz in 1970 when I was in college. He has one foot in the world and the rest in some spiritual realm. I heard this music and have never been the same. I agree that nobody touches him on sax.
@blackvitruvianman Elvin, McCoy, and Jimmy were never a "rhythm section" in the usually accepted sense of that term. They were integral components of a interactively improvising musical entity. The music the Coltrane Quartet created was not just Coltrane with backing, but the result of the Unity of those 4 geniuses of their respective instruments creating it together. This music would not have been created without them, and in that sense they were as important as Trane.
The tune uses notes from the phrygian mode, but I don't think there are any 'changes' as such. They are improvising freely around this mode. I always loved the intensity of this performance.
Its all around Dm11 , a lot of phrygian moves too
ZupraVisor 2 months ago
This head is a killer.
BashuUp 3 months ago
"transition" ~~~to change from one "state of being that",to another state of being something totally different
william52648 8 months ago
"free"...
william52648 8 months ago
1:15
wow
pongosgroove5 10 months ago
tha sound coltrane draws in dis masterpiece is the sound of God
ErmingSangala 10 months ago
hell of a tune
Jerkicus 11 months ago
peppersax > absolutely right on.
ramsvstigers63 1 year ago
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There is no changes... it's one key and whatever they want to do with it. add or take away.. so think Dmi... but then they do whatever with it
quinsanity 1 year ago
There is no changes... it's one key and whatever they want to do with it. add or take away.. so think Cmi... but then they do whatever with it
quinsanity 1 year ago
It took be at least a decade to appreciate this solo. When I bought it in 1965, I was in Jr High and just wasn't ready for it. Fortunately, I had enough sense to buy every album that Coltrane put out (and back then albums were a $1.15-$2.25 ea). Anyway, his solo is off the F****** charts! To this day (8/17,2010) exactly 45 years and 2 months later, no one can touch the power and magnitude of this man's playing. When Coltrane played lived, he would sometimes solo for hours! This was just 10 mins.
peppersax 1 year ago 10
@peppersax This album was my intro to Coltrane and jazz in 1970 when I was in college. He has one foot in the world and the rest in some spiritual realm. I heard this music and have never been the same. I agree that nobody touches him on sax.
LeoNobles 11 months ago 2
@peppersax this entire melody is built off of the phrygian scale, it is a very cool scale for modal playing, it works well of minor 7 flat fives also
andersonedward74 10 months ago
@andersonedward74 I know. It's a great scale:)
peppersax 10 months ago
Thanks, and long live Elvin.
DaleCredico 1 year ago
Excuse me. One of the greatest jazz QUINTETS that ever existed.
blackvitruvianman 1 year ago
Coltrane was on fire in this song!!!! Great rhythm section. One of the greatest jazz quartets that every existed.
blackvitruvianman 1 year ago
@blackvitruvianman Elvin, McCoy, and Jimmy were never a "rhythm section" in the usually accepted sense of that term. They were integral components of a interactively improvising musical entity. The music the Coltrane Quartet created was not just Coltrane with backing, but the result of the Unity of those 4 geniuses of their respective instruments creating it together. This music would not have been created without them, and in that sense they were as important as Trane.
kingpleasure 11 months ago 3
@kingpleasure Great point!!
blackvitruvianman 11 months ago
The tune uses notes from the phrygian mode, but I don't think there are any 'changes' as such. They are improvising freely around this mode. I always loved the intensity of this performance.
grahambop 1 year ago
Erg Goed!
peppersax 2 years ago
are these based on phrygian modes? if so, does anyone know the changes exactly?
1979saxman 2 years ago
@1979saxman Sounds modal to me. Concert D I believe (at least I hope my ears are right)
Bebopopotamus 1 year ago
@1979saxman not to be a stickler, Bebopopotamus , the phrygian scale, last time i looked, was a mode, then again
bebop players really didn't use that mode much, so i forgive you
1979saxman 1 year ago
@1979saxman
Bebop players play Phrygian scales all the time. Anytime a iii chord comes up in a standard.
themacintrasher 1 year ago
@themacintrasher that's true, i stand corrected. but they never would vamp on a phrygian chord to the extant that coltrane did with transitions.
1979saxman 1 year ago
just amazing...
4steva4 2 years ago
Agreed, Powerhouse50. This is intense. I need to start listening to Trane again. I would be the better for it.
escribirconcorazon 2 years ago
My favorite Coltrane song, and Coltrane is my musical heart. Thank you for uploading this.
powerhouse50 2 years ago
sekisimo coltrane, filete, grande maestrito
777Ahau77777 2 years ago 2