Author: COLTRANE,JOHN

Brand: Verve Label Group

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Format: Best of

PartNumber: 1822103

Release Date: 07-11-2000

Details: Amazon.ca John Coltrane spent little more than a decade of his career in the public eye before his death in 1967, but during that time his work was in a state of constant, often turbulent change. In the process, he created one of the most influential bodies of work in jazz. Many of Coltrane's greatest recordings were long, and it's no easy task to create a single CD that reflects his creative range. However, this remarkably good selection manages to include several extended performances, as well as documenting moments both of profound meditative beauty and creative onslaught. On "Giant Steps", Coltrane pressed the boundaries of chordal improvisation, creating a high-speed maze of harmonic extensions. In perhaps his most famous vehicle, he recrafted "My Favourite Things" in the image of Indian music, spinning scalar improvisations on his soprano saxophone over a repeating piano figure and the molten drums of Elvin Jones. "Chasin' the Trane", from his great 1961 Village Vanguard recordings, uses a simple blues as the platform for an extended solo that tests the tenor's expressive limits. "Jupiter", a duet with drummer Rashied Ali recorded in the final months of Coltrane's life, finds the same intensity still burning within him, his tone compressed to a tight vibrato and his circular lines spinning in still fresh directions. Along the way are those serene islands that always marked Coltrane's work: he produced some of the most beautiful and direct ballad and blues playing in jazz, from his own "Naima" to an ethereal version of "In a Sentimental Mood" with its composer, Duke Ellington, at the piano. --Stuart Broomer Product Description Ten songs including "Naima," "My Favorite Things," "Afro Blue," "Alabama," "Acknowledgement."

UPC: 731454908320

EAN: 0731454908320

Model: 2140249

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

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