Results for "John Coltrane"

2015: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 4, 2016

The year 2015 was a curious blend of ups and downs, with glimmers of optimism offset by its losses. Venues opened to great fanfare, but others closed for a variety of reasons. UNESCO's International Jazz Day became firmly entrenched as the exclamation point on Jazz Appreciation Month activities in April. Daily arts journalism took a hit ...

So Many Things: The European Tour 1961

By John Coltrane

Label: Acrobat Music
Released: 2015
Track listing:
CD 1:
L'Olympia, Paris, November 18th 1961 (First House)
01. Blue Train; 02. I Want To Talk About You; 03. Impressions; 04. My Favourite Things.
L'Olympia, Paris, November 18th 1961 (Second House)
05. I Want To Talk About You; 06. Blue Train.

CD 2:
L'Olympia, Paris, November 18th 1961 (Second House, cont.)
01. My Favourite Things.
Falkconercentret, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 20th 1961
02. Announcement; 03. Delilah; 04. Everytime We Say Goodbye; 05. Impressions; 06. Naima.

CD 3:
Falkonercentret, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 20th 1961 (cont.)
01. My Favourite Things (false starts); 02. Announcement by John Coltrane; 03. My Favourite Things.
Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland, November 22nd 1961 (Second House)
04. Blue Train; 05. I Want To Talk About You; 06. Impressions; 07. My Favourite Things.

CD 4:
Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, November 23rd 1961 (First House)
01. Blue Train; 02. Naima; 03. Impressions; 04. My Favourite Things.
Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, November 23rd 1961 (Second House)
04. My Favourite Things.

A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters

By John Coltrane

Label: Impulse! Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: (CD1): Part I - Acknowledgment; Part II - Resolution; Part III - Pursuance; Part IV - Psalm; Part III - Pursuance (mono); Part IV - Psalm 9mono); (CD2): Part I - Acknowledgment (vocal overdub 2); Part I - Acknowledgment (vocal overdub 3); Part II - Resolution (take 4/alternate); Part II - Resolution (take 6/breakdown); Part IV - Psalm (undubbed version); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 1/alternate); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 2/alternate); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 3/breakdown with studio dialogue); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 4/alternate); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 5/false start); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 6/alternate); (CD3): Introduction by M.C. André Francis; Part I - Acknowledgment (live); Part II - Resolution (live); Part III - Pursuance (live); Part IV (live).

Free Jazz / Black Power

by Ian Patterson
December 27, 2015

Free Jazz / Black Power Philippe Carles and Jean-Louis Comolli 256 Pages ISBN: ISBN 978-1-62846-039-1 University Press of Mississippi 2015 Forty four years after its publication in French, Philippe Carles and Jean-Louis Comolli's thought-provoking, fiercely intellectual book Free Jazz/Black Power finally finds its way into English, ...

Oscar Perez: Prepare A Place For Me

by Mark Sullivan
December 27, 2015

The heart of this album is found in pianist/composer Oscar Perez's trio with bassist Thomson Kneeland and drummer Alvester Garnett. Their four tracks showcase the cohesive sound they have developed together, Perez's elegant pianism matched by his empathetic partners. It's a modern piano trio, with a conversational style and all members contributing. There's enough ...

Bobby Zankel Quartet at the Philadelphia Art Alliance

by Victor L. Schermer
December 25, 2015

Bobby Zankel/ Dave Burrell/ William Parker/ Andrew Cyrille QuartetPhiladelphia Art Alliance Ars Nova Workshop Philadelphia, PA December 18, 2015 When you bring together four of the most passionate avant-garde jazz musicians, something interesting is bound to occur. In this concert, the musicians were not only top shelf but, in ...

John Abercrombie on ECM - Part 1: Through the '80s

by Budd Kopman
December 23, 2015

Now that the The First Quartet set of recordings by guitarist/composer John Abercrombie from 1979-1981 has been released, it is as good a time as any to explore Abercrombie's career on ECM as a leader/co-leader, plus some his work as a sideman. There is a famous epithet from Bill Evans: “Jazz is not a ...

Nat Birchall: Invocations

by Phil Barnes
December 22, 2015

There is a feeling of a new beginning on this collection from Nat Birchall. Superficially the album is released on Henley-on-Thames' Jazzman records rather than Birchall's own Sound Soul and Spirit records, on which he released the wonderful World Without Form and classic Live in Larissa. More tangibly only Adam Fairhall on piano remains from those ...

Famed Bassist Chuck Israels Signs With Dot Time Records - New Release "Garden Of Delights"

December 18, 2015

Dot Time Records is excited to announce the signing of composer, arranger and bassist Chuck Israels. Best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio from 1961 through 1966, he is also recognized for his pioneering accomplishments in the Jazz Repertory as Director of the National Jazz Ensemble from 1973 to 1981. Chuck's first release ...

Sonny Sharrock: Ask the Ages

by C. Michael Bailey
December 17, 2015

Guitarist Sonny Sharrock had been recording since 1969, in a variety of formats. In 1991, he recorded his masterpiece, Ask the Ages for Axiom records. The recording was produced by Sharrock and MOD Technologies founder and bassist Bill Laswell. Axiom Records was a precursor to Laswell's MOD Technologies. It is fitting that Laswell resurrect Sharrock's magnum ...