Guy Berger Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I think this review is pretty stupid. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 It seems as if Mr. Fleming is upset! Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Looks stupid to me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 (edited) I don't think he enjoyed it much. (Neither did I, but I fear it's more my failing than Coltrane's.) Edited July 12, 2004 by RDK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Well, this music is not for enjoying, I reckon .... One might wonder wether this man has listened to any post-1965 Coltrane at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I liked the review of this CD which likened Pharogh's playing thereon to "a cow being tortured, but in a good way..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 The disc has been out for at least two years -- what's the point of reviewing it now? Note in the fine print that it comes from that bastion of excellent, trustworthy and knowledgeable jazz writing, Goldmine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I liked the review of this CD which likened Pharogh's playing thereon to "a cow being tortured, but in a good way..." LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkertown Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Ok guys, yeah yeah yeah. Who's gonna start defending this recording? I don't find this an easy listen, either. I'm gonna sell mine. Who's gonna talk me out of it? What should I be hearing that I'm not? And I love Coltrane. I enjoy listening to a lot of his free/late period stuff. But not this one... This is music to play if you wanna get divorced, okay? (According to my wife, ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Not easy to listen to at all, I'll not deny that, and I can sure understand living without it. But I like to hear it now and then (and will bring it out again soon as the stereo is sounding great these days and that HELPS believe it or not). Man, Pharoah. . . it's just the energy that he unleashes, the feeling in his sound just washes into me and it's very catharctic! That's the main thing I have this one for. . . Pharoah and the cleansing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Oh yes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Who's gonna start defending this recording? I would, but there's nothing to defend as far as I'm concerned. It is what it is, and you like it or dislike it based on that, same as anything else. Is it "easy" music? That depends, I suppose. For me, this was the kind of stuff that first drew me into jazz. It seemed like a logical step from Hendrix into this, Ayler, etc. So, musically, I find it quite to be quite "easy". I know that I'm probably not even close to being "the norm" in this regard, but I'm not the Lone Ranger either, trust me. As for the "sound quality", hell, it's a 35+ year old homemade recording. It's going to be "like that". That bothers some people, and doesn't others. Put me in the latter camp. Actually, I find the amateurishness of the recording revealing, in that it gives a different emphasis to Rashied and Jimmy - they're a lot more "up front" than on "official" recordings, and what a lot of times is felt more than heard is here heard quite clearly. I dig that. I'd even go so far as to call it "instructive" for anybody who cared about stuff like that. Not for "beginners", sure, and definitely not for those who get off the Trane no later than, say QUARTET PLAYS. But like a buddy of mine used to say, "There it is if you like it, there it is if you don't like it." I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave9199 Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 (edited) I "remastered" mine on my computer. All they had to do was pull down the mids a bit and it's not as hard to listen to. How come I had the idea & not the record company? It seems they stuck to the sound too truthfully. Edited July 14, 2004 by dave9199 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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