Tuesday August 19, 2008 at 21:54
John Coltrane is one of my favorite things. Dunno why, but I’ve liked jazz since I was a little kid. I guess it just speaks to my soul.
Reblogged - mills:
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961).
One of the first albums I can remember my father giving to me was “Ole,” by John Coltrane, which -perhaps because the tracks are all so long- hasn’t the popularity in his oeuvre that I feel it should.
Searching for clips of those songs on YouTube was fruitless (I’ve never even heard a live performance of them), so I settled for this excellent performance of “My Favorite Things,” which shares some harmonic elements with “Ole” and features some of the same personnel: Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman (but not Art Davis), and Elvin Jones.
(Apologies for so many posts in one night).
I love this record - bought it on vinyl some while ago. One of my favorites.
