John Coltrane - Transition 1/2

John Coltrane - Transition. Transition, June 1965. Trane (sax); McCoy Tyner (p); Jimmy Garrison (b); Elvin Jones (d). 15 minutes approx.

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[peppersax]

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.

[kingpleasure]

@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.

[ZupraVisor]

Its all around Dm11 , a lot of phrygian moves too

[BashuUp]

This head is a killer.

[william52648]

"transition" ~~~to change from one "state of being that",to another state of being something totally different

[william52648]

"free"...

[pongosgroove5]

1:15

wow

[ErmingSangala]

tha sound coltrane draws in dis masterpiece is the sound of God

[peppersax]

@andersonedward74 I know. It's a great scale:)

[andersonedward74]

@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

[blackvitruvianman]

@kingpleasure Great point!!