John Coltrane on Alto

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John Coltrane playing an amazing solo on alto .
The Song is called " Groove Blues " from a Gene Ammons record .
I love this solo . Hope you enjoy this

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[peppersax]

F****** AMAZING! However, Coltrane could of played that solo on the Kazoo and I would have known that it was him. Unmistakeable sound......PERIOD!!!

[jamesjonesrocket]

i didn't know altos could do that lol

[markmarktarmann]

@shankbone01 thanks- words to live, and play by.

[shankbone01]

@shankbone01 woops i replied to the wrong guy, sorry!

[shankbone01]

@markmarktarmann to sound like these great artists shouldn't be the objective. every musician is born with something special, and if they can't recognize what it is, then they never reach their full potential. most musicians try too hard to sound like someone else. too many altoists mimic parker, and too many tenors mimic coltrane. parker said “Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." BE WHO YOU ARE, and you will be great.

[markmarktarmann]

@mspinkytee i agree. some very few are born with a kind of hand/ear coordination that allowed them, (like great athletes are born with hand or foot coordination . Pele, Jordan), with the right amount of practice, to achieve this level of mastery. a 3rd ingredient is the grit, the will to put up with all the bullshit in the marginal world of the jazz music biz, and stay with it til you've got it. dues. then, to be remembered, you have to be absolutely original, and the first out of the gate.

[terrryc]

nice overall sound. Reminded me a little of Sonny Stitt......

[sonwamac]

Shows you something..Which is even though Trane was synonomous with the tenor Gene Ammons whose date this was played such a phat, full, and commanding tenor sax that Trane probably figured "why not play alto on this track". In terms of SOUND Jug Ammons was The Man on Tenor...The Boss Tenor with The Big Sound...Trane was pretty good too (LOL)

[persevere4]

thank you for upload

[ebillyboi]

interesting has he sounds like his tenor!!

[walkgravy]

アルトになってもコルトレーンはコルトレーンだな。

[maiaihii1]

You can practice and obtain this skill, you just have to practice right. I mean, practice doesn't make perfect, but perfect practice makes permanent, and knowing all the changes and what to do with them is what made Parker and Rollins and Coltrane so amazing, they just knew exactly what to do with their changes.