Coltrane At The Half Note

[Chuck Nessa]

I loved Ascension at first listen! But then again, it was 1974 & I was only 18, so what did I know?

I was confused. I was even more confused when I played another copy of the record and discovered the "other version".

Edited February 3, 2006 by Chuck Nessa

[JSngry]

I think you have to be a musician, or someone deeply interested in how musicians think & develop their music, to have a love of late Trane. Or else be some kid who simply enjoys getting his mind blown.

People who don't like getting their "mind blown" in some form or fashion (and I mean that metaphorically - JUST SAY KNOW) are the enablers of What's Wrong With The World Today! I think it's high time we stop enabling them by cutting them so much slack!

A question never confronted is knowledge never gained.

[Chuck Nessa]

A question never confronted is knowledge never gained.

Just weight and burns.

[Matthew]

I'm really late to this party but Down One, Up One is just great playing by a master. Interesting comments regarding time, rythmn, and all kinds of stuff in this thread. I want to thank everyone for making this one of the most interesting and annoying threads in the history of Organissimo. Going have to listen, experience and think over the music here for a long time.

[B. Clugston]

"One Up, One Down," "One Up and One Down" and now "Down One, Up One." "One Down, One Up" may well be the most mistitled song in jazz.

[Matthew]

One of my projects today has been to compare One Down, One Up & Chasin' the Trane (Thursday, November 2, 1961 VV) and it's been very interesting listen. Intense music, to say the least.

Edited August 9, 2006 by Matthew

[Late]

Almost 15 years later, and still good reading in this thread.

I really, really wish the complete Half Note sessions could have been released. Or, at the very least, add "Creation" to the 2-disc set we have. For me, that's Coltrane's finest solo (of those I've heard).

Edited April 30, 2021 by Late
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