Here are my thoughts on John Coltrane’s latest archival album and some of the hype surrounding it. (For the record, I’m talking about the 2-disc/streaming version.)
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A Love Supreme [Vinyl]
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Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
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Coltrane on Coltrane (Musicians in Their Own Words)
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Melon mentions Physical Graffiti <3
Good review, but you didn’t have to call Coltrane the N-word repeatedly for the last two minutes of the video
11386 was fire though
This reminds me of every new J. Dilla release. Just because its Dilla doesn’t make it a quality release.
Went to a Jazz festival in the UK last weekend, the genre is definitely still thriving. Nubya Garcia, Alfa Mist, Tom Misch, Yazz Ahmed, Portico Quartet are all brilliant new artists/ groups
Unpopular opinion:
Coltrane is overrated.
SHOUT OUT TO STANDING ON THE CORNER, IF U KNO, U KNO
hey melon, how about you shut up and do your research, could you give us some examples outside of sons of kemet, heaven and earth and r + r = now which are not underground or burgeoning at all, not to mention that this album is not a compilation, its an album just like any other coltrane album, thats what they went into the studio to do
Thoughts on Snarky Puppy and Cory Henry?
Hell no Kamasi Washington’s the Epic was far more important in the last decade to Jazz than this will ever be
Please review this album Anthony.
My Favorite Things is still my favorite
holy sheep
…The Soft One [Full Demo] …is jazzy
At the end of the day it’s JC playing the sax, Mr.Tyner playing the piano, Jimmy Garrison on the Bass and Elvin on the drums which is always a joy to listen to.
People would let past musical greatness go if we felt that the present was any good. I would love to put away my Ready To Die, Enter The 36th Chambers, ATLiens, A Love Supreme, Kind Of Blue, What’s Goin On, Innervisions etc in favor of newer music from those genres. But they have to come with it. Not on the level of those great albums I mentioned, just be good. I don’t think there are enough good albums from these genres that would merit me not looking to the past.
NO MENTION OF KAMAAL WILLIAMS.
Love u melhen
Kamasi Washington’s new album is, for me, practicly as good as The Epic
More life is the most important jazz album of the decade.
U should do a classic review of naked city self titled album
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1yczh15EvFv5QANSJGMJEt?si=1YHhPslcQqSZGa5aVFr05Q
i knew someone who kept complaining about jazz being dead, i later found out they never listened to any jazz past 1990. of course people think this is the holy grail, its old after all. ps i thought the album was neat
Drake’s Scoprion: Jazz Release of the Decade?
I will take this lost Coltrane album over Kamasi Washington literally any day. Kamasi is so fucking boring, he’s just discount Pharoah Sanders nearly 50 years too late. He’s terrible at his instrument, his compositions are stale and unimaginative and no one would care about him if he didn’t have the spiritual gimmick and excessively long albums. He’s not doing anything that wasn’t done a hundred times better decades and decades ago and he is the furthest thing from innovation in jazz