John Coltrane - Autumn Leaves

John Coltrane - Autumn Leaves. From 'The Graz Concert 1962'. Trane (ss), Tyner (p), Garrison (b), Jones (d).

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• Autumn
• Leaves
• Graz
• Concert
• John
• Coltrane
• McCoy
• Tyner
• Jimmy
• Garrison
• Elvin
• Jones

[radiokid2]

It's amazing to hear how great McCoy is playing in this bebop-like solo before he ditched it and went to pentatonics and 4th stacks...

Some of this sounds like Jarrett did 20 years later with his standards trio. It's also odd to hear Trane keeping the time instead of Elvin who is doing lots of free washes of sound. Hmmm., I wonder if ELVIN influenced Trane to go totally free in the next couple of years?

[Praguedive]

@radiokid2 I don't think so. Elvin quit the band and was replaced by Rashied Ali because he didn't like Trane going 'totally free'. But of course he was one hell of a musician, whithout whom Trane's development probably wouldn't be so crazy fast, just getting better and better.

[jlhyz2]

@Praguedive Actually i think elvin Jones played on john Coltrane's Ascension album which is probably his most "free" album. I might be wrong though.

[Praguedive]

@jlhyz2 Yes, he did. However, I don't think Ascension is very noteworthy if you look at the direction Trane was going - after all, he quickly abandoned the big band idea and returned to a smaller one (4, 5 men). With that Late Quartet he played till his dead, and Elvin Jones was part of that no more.

[StevenCharlesJazz]

@Praguedive "Ascension not very noteworthy"? I don't quite understand that comment, I've not heard anything like it, before or after... Also, IMHO,I don't think Trane was pursuing plans of going in a big band direction, I think that performance/album was just something he wanted to do. Finally, most of the gigs he did later, were w/more than a quartet, & featured players like Pharoah Sanders, Eric Dolphy, his wife Alice, etc... (Tyner had left, too)

[Praguedive]

@StevenCharlesJazz You just said it yourself. If Ascension was just something he wanted to do, it's not very noteworthy in the greater scheme of his performances. When Ascension was done Trane quickly returned to his Quartet/later Quintet. Doesn't that show you he wasn't very comfortable with this big band idea or just thought it was a outright fail? If he thought it was his greatest accomplishment ever I'm sure he wouldn't hesitate to make more of these kind of albums.

[anthrax1218]

I was expecting a deep rich tenor, but I was blown a away by the soprano. Coltrane was a boss, is a boss and will always be the boss.

[Johnymo]

This is nothing like the Autumn Leaves most people know. It's better.

[YourFreeSelf]

@Praguedive Stop arguing with each other and listen to this amazing piece of music

[padleynj]

After listening for Coltrane for over forty years, I find this the most bold expression of a standard. Mcoy's opening really blew me away, especially with his searing up-tempo intro!

Another musician whom I've seen over the past twenty years, in our area (New York) Sal Giorgiani, smokes like Trane...is a wunderkind, worth listening to.

[mainstreamrevolution]

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[XspeakerXforXmarsX]

@LyricallyBlessedTV MINDOPENING O.O it's right up there with fantasia on my list of things to do when baked out ur mind.

[LyricallyBlessedTV]

@XspeakerXforXmarsX how was it?