John Coltrane, My Favorite Things, Village Vanguard Again 1/2

John Coltrane - My Favorite Things. Live at the Village Vanguard Again, May 28, 1966. Trane, Pharoah, Alice, Jimmy, Rashied and Emanuel Rahim (perc).

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[Miloshevits]

This isn't my favourite late Coltrane album, check out his version of My Favourite Things from his Live in Japan album. It includes a 14 minute bass solo to start off, and passionate playing from the entire band. They weren't aware that they were being recorded which would probably explain the songs being drawn out to almost an hour long.

[Praguedive]

@Miloshevits Yeah, Live in Japan is definitely Trane's best live album. Putting MFT aside it also contains the very well known songs Afro Blue and Crescent, as well as Leo (from the Meditations album) and two beautifil versions of Peace on Earth. Over 4 hours of some of the best Trane material. You can find almost the entire album here on Youtube. Please be sure to check it out!

[laker1516]

LSD FTW!

[mantaishere]

Wow.... there is something so majestic and beautifully macabre about Alice's accompaniment. I don't know if it's the position/inversion of the chords she's playing, especially in the chorus, but it's so dark and foreboding. Totally ambivalent about this one. It makes me feel frightened. And anxious. And helpless.

I love John Coltrane. I actually love him.

[pongosgroove5]

man how he comes in gets me every time, .. wow. the wisest cry there ever was

[tranesonic]

@UNKLEDD its part 1 of 2

[UNKLEDD]

yeah, the end is cut, bad work, man, ugly

[wk4max]

''Trane' stuck a vain laughter and pain adventures the mind could explore'' .....gil scott heron :is that jazz?

[bomberino76]

Si, si, tutto molto bello, il disco ce l'ho, adoro Coltrane che per me era un genio, però...in alcuni punti sembra che stiano sgozzando un maiale anziché suonare!

[cavaleer]

@mantaishere Haha, fair enough and good points.

[mantaishere]

@cavaleer Well that is a very good point, although I consider myself non-conformist. :) Yes, you could quite argue that these responses are the result of the subliminal effects of lifelong exposure to particular types of sound. That cannot be helped for many of us, and I guess one has to retrain his or her ears through exposure to that which is unknown. In saying that, THIS 'sound' is by far not everyone's cup of tea, so I'll take my brownie points thanks.

[cavaleer]

@mantaishere It's interesting when I hear people describe Coltrane's music the way you did. I remember back in '95 or so hearing a guy at the old landmark Tower Records store downtown, describe Coltrane's "Transition" as "angry." Yours is actually a very common interpretation of the minor blues and the minor key in general- "dark and foreboding", "frightened, helpess", "macabre"- as Hollywood has programmed the ears w/ musical scores. To me the minor key has always sounded "strong" and "deep"