Guy Berger Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I think this is all amazing music -- my favorite period from this group. A Love Supreme probably belongs on this list stylistically (rather than with the earlier stuff) but I thought including it would distort the poll results. I also didn't include some of the unofficial recordings from the Half Note (coming out soon, I hope!) or Europe -- these are great, you can vote for them on "other" if you prefer. (Yeah, I know "Nature Boy" (on Quartet Plays) is a quintet.) Anyway, my favorite is Sun Ship. The most focused and intense -- this is where it all came together, a blueprint for a certain kind of playing, a group that went about as far as it could go and it was pretty damn far. It's hard for me to put some of the May and June stuff without thinking that I should be listening to this instead. I'll post more thoughts later if they come to me. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave9199 Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I voted other because I love them all and don't really differentiate between them. If Ascension was listed, I would've picked that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjazzman Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 if you had asked me in '65 i probably could have given you an answer, or if you had included '63 or '64. imo the avant-garde section of his discography does not hold up today(although I got hooked on jazz by the promise and afro blue from "Live AT Birdland"). Today I prefer Blue Trane, A Love Supreme, Crescent, Giant Steps and The Bethlehem Years and his sideman work with miles over the avant garde stuff.............mrjazzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEK Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 "First Meditations" is my choice for sure. I've connected with it very strongly since I first bought the LP back in 1979; it's been right up there with "A Love Supreme" for me. I think it's a mellower meditation than Trane's better known "Meditations", and I prefer the experience. "Sun Ship" is my other favorite on this list. "Kulu Se Mama" and "Interstellar Space" are the only other Trane recordings from after this that I often listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 (edited) "First Meditations" is my choice for sure. I've connected with it very strongly since I first bought the LP back in 1979; it's been right up there with "A Love Supreme" for me. I think it's a mellower meditation than Trane's better known "Meditations", and I prefer the experience. "Serenity" is heaaaaaaaaaaaaaavy on the quartet version... incredible. Guy Edited June 21, 2005 by Guy Berger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 "John Coltrane Quartet plays", for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 "John Coltrane Quartet plays", for me. ← Voted for that one too. I like his earlier impulse! and Atlantic recordings lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 For some reason I've passed on "First Meditatons," and I don't know why. Now maybe I shouldn't. Still, my favorite Trane from this period falls with Ascension and the stuff he did on the West Coast with Pharaoh, Donald Garrett et al. The tracks from New Thing at Newport and The New Wave in Jazz are great, but with both albums the spotlight appears to be on the other groups... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I went with First Meditations, though it just barely edged out Sun Ship. Sun Ship hits my head hard, First Meditations hits my heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Transition (as originally issued), for purely personal reasons. That album changed my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Stream Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I voted Newport because I really dig One Up One Down on that recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I was about to vote for 'Meditations' then I remembered the number of times I got kicks out of 'John Coltrane Plays'. It got my vote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Mine too. It doesn't get enough props, but it's a great record! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 First Meditations got my vote. One of coltrane's best sessions ever, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I voted for Sun Ship with First Meditations a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 if you had asked me in '65 i probably could have given you an answer ← Probably not, unless you're clairvoyant -- with the exception of (maybe) Quartet Plays), none of these records were out in '65. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 First Meditations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Amazing, brilliant music, every one of it! Picked transitions though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 i can't vote cuz i haven't heard any of those cds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Went with "Sun Ship" - that was maybe the first ever "free jazz" disc I "got", and I still love it today! What a beautiful album! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinger Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 First Meditations. I just love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Of course, there's the Half Note broadcasts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 i can't vote cuz i haven't heard any of those cds ← I'm embarrassed to say I'm in the same boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 '65 Trane, especially the live stuff, is in some ways the "ultimate". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.L.M Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 FIRST MEDITATIONS with close second SUN SHIP and LOVE SUPREME ANTIBES LIVE VERSION. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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