Elvin Jones was really something special. No other drummer ever played quite the way he did. Everything was syncopated and he was active, never dull or predictable.
Imagine this being played along with images of rocket launches. Coltrane soars like a rocket and Elvin Jones' thunderous drumming reminds me of meteor storms. McCoy Tyner's piano playing is the cosmic calm, while Jimmy Garrison keeps the universe in place with his bass line. Truly out of this world!
What Coltrane does with this song is amazing. He deconstructs the melody, in much the same way as he did "My Favorite Things", and reinterprets it with a dark edginess.
I've never understood why so many people say that Coltrane's tone is angry and hard. He has a powerful tone not an angry one, and it's quite beautiful.
There were jazz critics during the time this composition was recorded who said Coltrane was anti-jazz. Coltrane helped open doors that the critics never knew existed. His ability to reinterpret jazz standards and popular songs was incredible.
Maybe some feel this way (angry) and is listening to Trane in this state! I agree: Not only is Coltrane's tone is powerful, it is bright... Coltrane is the sole reason why I play saxophone. 🎷
I began on my journey on learning to play the Tenor Sax in 1968, a late starter on the instrument at 17 yrs young. Bought a La Monte Saxophone, a student model horn to make sure I would continue learning on the instrument. One of my first instructors on the sax when I lived in Spanish Harlem where I grew up was Herman Saldan'a. Herman introduced Coltrane to me in 1969, and suggested that I listen to this great player, and that I would be perplex by what he would be expressing on the album... Giant Steps, so I went out bought the album, placed it on the turn table, placed the needle on the record and indeed my first thoughts were, this man is crazy, as I was baffled and confused. I referred to the liner notes, and began to understand the madness, or was it really a creative set of recordings that would change on how the jazz saxophone could be played. Coltrane simply would take a chord and play the chord in as many different ways possible in a harmonic controlled timing of what he expressed on many of his recordings. I became a fan as I attempted to emulate and try to follow what Coltrane was playing. The end result, I became a more rounded and open musician, realizing that there are thousands upon thousands of variations to play a chord in the progressions Coltrane had written in that he took different flavors of sounds and tone, and embellishments from other cultures and weaved them all so carefully into his creations. Nevertheless, the out come of practicing for 6 hours a day or whenever I could place my mouth piece in my mouth and just play. In 1969, I worked at the Post Office at Grand Central Station at a summer school work program and was able to purchase my first pro horn, a 1964 Selmer Paris French Mark VI, serial number 114XXX, still with me today, and in 8 months I found myself on stage with my first professional Latin Band, The Le'Bron Brother's from Brooklyn. Herman also played with the band and continued to be an influence on my playing, but Coltrane became the next step to expressing my creativity that was with-in the inner parts of my existence. After some time working on Giant Steps, I began branching out to other of Coltrane recording dates... A Love Supreme rocks me to the core of my soul with Resolution, opening up the spiritual aspect in my heart and brings me closer to God, as did the reading and studying the Holy Scriptures at Bible College. Now I'm finding the connection that music was not invented here on earth by man, but, always existed in God's heavenly realm. I was devastated when I wanted to go hear Coltrane in concert, only to find that he had died a few years earlier. I'm 66 yrs young and continue to try to understand Coltrane's playing and could almost play the Giant Steps recording as well as A Love Supreme, Crescent, Transition, Blue Train, Coltrane and Hartman Session, Meditations, My Favorite Things, and many others that I continue to play till this day. I hope that my comments will help others understand the influence Coltrane had on many of us as we strive forward to connect with this genius. I now play spiritual inspired music at the Lord's Temple, and sometimes met with much indifference, but the saints have not a clue of the talent that God has given to me and what I'm playing are inspirations to the Lord, including the standard hymns brought forth by generations before us which are more accepted. To God Jehovah be all the Praise and Glory, through our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit which are A Love Supreme as written in John 3:16.
Well said. Needless to say he wrote the vocabulary for many sax players. Joe Henderson is a good post Trane style. Not to diminish Joe. So many great players. I like R&B Sax too. Trane had a lot of blues in his early style
Recorded @ Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on 19 June 1962. Producer is Bob Thiele. Coltrane (ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Jimmy Garrison (b), Elvin Jones (d). Master# 10980. Originally released in USA the same year on LP as "Coltrane" (Impulse! AS-21). Reissued in 1998 on CD as "The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings" (IMPD8-280).
This is my favorite piece to recommend to someone who doesn't know Coltrane's power. It runs its way through you like nothing I've ever felt. It compresses all of the feels of A Love Supreme (if you call 14 minutes compressed!) into an intense joyride. Bravo indeed.
In particular at around nine minutes when Coltrane reenters after the piano solo. This whole phrase especially the ending is fantastic. Then all the 'chunking' and finally the return to the main theme. Stunning. Just stunning.
@@spensert4933 Coltrane takes his quartet and the listener clear out of the solar system and into the vast reaches of intergalactic space, on a breathtaking tour of other stars and other planets, boldly going where no saxophonists have gone before. This is the feeling I get when I hear him in this tune---goosebumps galore and a tremendous sense of---I can't explain it, but this is how his playing has always affected me. He has opened my mind and expanded my horizons and made me aware of capabilities I never suspected I had, and as a now-retired musician I appreciate this all the more.
I cannot understand why this is never spoken of much like e.g. Love Supreme, its up there as well! I love its gait, the solos are well-measured and the whole is complete - thanx for posting ❤
John Coltrane is like listening to advice from your parents... doesn't make sense at the time but travels with you and sooner or later you understand some of it but not all.
Reminds me of leaving JFK going to Paris to study a year at the Sorbonne. John Coltrane has always made music to think - travel of the mind. Plalying Coltrane is excellent for writing or solving very difficult math problems. The sound he is able to create opens the cosmos! Yes! Long live John Coltrane! A Genius! Great pictures too.
When I need to cleanse the Dust on my mind,from Life's crap.Out of this World.The Power and Ferocity of expression in any kind of art.John Coltrane Telling his critics,ruining jazz,wait until they get a taste of this.Long live John Coltrane.
This makes everyone around at the time sound like a imatation when someone dares to compare its so perfect...its like this is.. THE STANDARD REFERENCE OF ALL JAZZ
When I was a teen I was in the very lucky position to really come to understand a bit about the old school pre-60s post swing musicians aesthetic. Without mentioning any names there was great respect for swinging smart logical melodic lines over a set of challenging or blusey changes. Really it's a pretty "elegant" strictly musical set of standards in spite of all the talk about who's got "balls" etc. Coletrane was kinda circumventing (after proving he could address) those standards. I love Trane I am deeply influenced by Trane and I am also re-exploring the 50s early 60s with a new more mature apreciation. I understand those old objections to the "new thing", hell, the last "new thing" had barely been assimilated. It really happened so fast. We should be glad we hit a wall so now there can be many regroupings re-evaluations and reconjugations of what's possible and relevant.
Yes, interesting. Have been listening to Coltrane these past 40 years. Awesome commitment to his music and his instrument here - the self-belief that a pathfinder must have. Surprisingly never came across this one despite having heard much of his output. This sounds like early 60's Coltrane, - maybe '62? Wise One similarities? You get the feeling that he could go all day on this one. There seems to be no end to the ideas and recapitulations. Great stuff!!
This was recorded in 1962. It was an ABC Impulse studio recording. It was different from many albums of that time because there were no liner notes, just photos of the members of the quartet, a listing of the compositions, who owned the rights to them, and their time in minutes and seconds. It was first released as a four-panel album cover, e.g., outer front, inner left, inner right, and outer back. Bob Thiele helped oversee the production.
I got to see him once on his birthday in 1966. Alice on piano. T MONK Was there and Pharoah Sanders, in SF. He was already looking not good, had gained some weight from hepatitus. The jazz Workshop was packed. It was a small club.
One of Trane and Elvin's best! However, I don't believe this is what the great Harold Arlen had in mind when he wrote it! I read once when Coltrane recorded, "My Favorite Things", one of the composers, re: R. Rodgers and O. Hammerstein, forget which one, but one of them wanted to stop the release and wanted to sue Trane, but the other one calmed him down when he showed him how much money he would make! It was obvious that one of the songwriting genius's did not care for modern jazz, and one did...wish I remember which one!
I talked to McCoy Tyner once. He was nice to me. I once read he was driving a cab for a while. Can you ffffing believe it? Of course you understand the economics, but it's not fair...
When I first started listening to the great Coltrane quartet on record as a kid, I thought Tyner was clunky and dull. It took me a long while and a lot of growng up to realise that he is the perfect foil to Coltrane. What a fabulous meeting of skills and vision.
Thank You:) This tune has that unique character which is giving to know, that not only Coltrane's sensitivity was involved to create it. This is the sound of these four guys. It is unique, one of a kind sound.
Benjamin Max Definitely. If you're a fan of their work, you should check out Illumination! It's an album by the elvin jones & jimmy garisson sextet and has a really cool hard bop sound to it.
yes! they always played like it was the end of the world, if they couldn't get this out they would DIE! what alleged musician todayhas the backbone to live on the precipice of the abyss today?
Elvin Jones was really something special. No other drummer ever played quite the way he did. Everything was syncopated and he was active, never dull or predictable.
You know, you almost HAVE to be of a certain mind set to even LISTEN to John Coltrane. As far as horn playing goes, he is without peer.
Imagine this being played along with images of rocket launches. Coltrane soars like a rocket and Elvin Jones' thunderous drumming reminds me of meteor storms. McCoy Tyner's piano playing is the cosmic calm, while Jimmy Garrison keeps the universe in place with his bass line. Truly out of this world!
John Coltrane was definitely out of this world.
What Coltrane does with this song is amazing. He deconstructs the melody, in much the same way as he did "My Favorite Things", and reinterprets it with a dark edginess.
True :)
I've never understood why so many people say that Coltrane's tone is angry and hard. He has a powerful tone not an angry one, and it's quite beautiful.
There were jazz critics during the time this composition was recorded who said Coltrane was anti-jazz. Coltrane helped open doors that the critics never knew existed. His ability to reinterpret jazz standards and popular songs was incredible.
True.
Same here :)
Spot on, sir!
Maybe some feel this way (angry) and is listening to Trane in this state! I agree: Not only is Coltrane's tone is powerful, it is bright... Coltrane is the sole reason why I play saxophone. 🎷
I began on my journey on learning to play the Tenor Sax in 1968, a late starter on the instrument at 17 yrs young. Bought a La Monte Saxophone, a student model horn to make sure I would continue learning on the instrument. One of my first instructors on the sax when I lived in Spanish Harlem where I grew up was Herman Saldan'a. Herman introduced Coltrane to me in 1969, and suggested that I listen to this great player, and that I would be perplex by what he would be expressing on the album... Giant Steps, so I went out bought the album, placed it on the turn table, placed the needle on the record and indeed my first thoughts were, this man is crazy, as I was baffled and confused. I referred to the liner notes, and began to understand the madness, or was it really a creative set of recordings that would change on how the jazz saxophone could be played. Coltrane simply would take a chord and play the chord in as many different ways possible in a harmonic controlled timing of what he expressed on many of his recordings. I became a fan as I attempted to emulate and try to follow what Coltrane was playing. The end result, I became a more rounded and open musician, realizing that there are thousands upon thousands of variations to play a chord in the progressions Coltrane had written in that he took different flavors of sounds and tone, and embellishments from other cultures and weaved them all so carefully into his creations. Nevertheless, the out come of practicing for 6 hours a day or whenever I could place my mouth piece in my mouth and just play. In 1969, I worked at the Post Office at Grand Central Station at a summer school work program and was able to purchase my first pro horn, a 1964 Selmer Paris French Mark VI, serial number 114XXX, still with me today, and in 8 months I found myself on stage with my first professional Latin Band, The Le'Bron Brother's from Brooklyn. Herman also played with the band and continued to be an influence on my playing, but Coltrane became the next step to expressing my creativity that was with-in the inner parts of my existence. After some time working on Giant Steps, I began branching out to other of Coltrane recording dates... A Love Supreme rocks me to the core of my soul with Resolution, opening up the spiritual aspect in my heart and brings me closer to God, as did the reading and studying the Holy Scriptures at Bible College. Now I'm finding the connection that music was not invented here on earth by man, but, always existed in God's heavenly realm. I was devastated when I wanted to go hear Coltrane in concert, only to find that he had died a few years earlier. I'm 66 yrs young and continue to try to understand Coltrane's playing and could almost play the Giant Steps recording as well as A Love Supreme, Crescent, Transition, Blue Train, Coltrane and Hartman Session, Meditations, My Favorite Things, and many others that I continue to play till this day. I hope that my comments will help others understand the influence Coltrane had on many of us as we strive forward to connect with this genius. I now play spiritual inspired music at the Lord's Temple, and sometimes met with much indifference, but the saints have not a clue of the talent that God has given to me and what I'm playing are inspirations to the Lord, including the standard hymns brought forth by generations before us which are more accepted. To God Jehovah be all the Praise and Glory, through our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit which are A Love Supreme as written in John 3:16.
Well said. Needless to say he wrote the vocabulary for many sax players. Joe Henderson is a good post Trane style. Not to diminish Joe. So many great players. I like R&B Sax too. Trane had a lot of blues in his early style
SPIRITUAL MUSIC.....John was a angel on earth
I actually dreamed about attending a concert last night. Very, very similar to this. Thnx!
Recorded @ Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on 19 June 1962. Producer is Bob Thiele.
Coltrane (ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Jimmy Garrison (b), Elvin Jones (d).
Master# 10980. Originally released in USA the same year on LP as "Coltrane" (Impulse! AS-21). Reissued in 1998 on CD as "The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings" (IMPD8-280).
John Coltrane is to jazz what Gustav Mahler was to classical music, a creative genius
ugh. That saxophone. Makes love to my ears every time.
The great Coltrane sound 👌
This is my favorite piece to recommend to someone who doesn't know Coltrane's power. It runs its way through you like nothing I've ever felt. It compresses all of the feels of A Love Supreme (if you call 14 minutes compressed!) into an intense joyride. Bravo indeed.
In particular at around nine minutes when Coltrane reenters after the piano solo. This whole phrase especially the ending is fantastic. Then all the 'chunking' and finally the return to the main theme. Stunning. Just stunning.
well put! i didn't know others liked this one so much, in that way. and the title...
This is my daughter's birthsong and it's a stellar connection
@@spensert4933 Coltrane takes his quartet and the listener clear out of the solar system and into the vast reaches of intergalactic space, on a breathtaking tour of other stars and other planets, boldly going where no saxophonists have gone before. This is the feeling I get when I hear him in this tune---goosebumps galore and a tremendous sense of---I can't explain it, but this is how his playing has always affected me. He has opened my mind and expanded my horizons and made me aware of capabilities I never suspected I had, and as a now-retired musician I appreciate this all the more.
This is the personification of excellence.
Thanks so much for posting - Coltrane and shots from planes go very well together. I have not heard this for decades, but love it still.
This is also one of my favorites from the greatest tenor sax men ever hands down the best
He was great at his time, loved his work.
Totally unique sound, like no other, ultra high bandwidth spiritual music. Cool photos too.
I cannot understand why this is never spoken of much like e.g. Love Supreme, its up there as well! I love its gait, the solos are well-measured and the whole is complete - thanx for posting ❤
omg the drums are amazing!! I am totally learning this!!
Comme lors de ma première écoute à l'âge de mes 15 ans, Coltrane m'emporte délicieusement...
This is most times my 1st tune out of the box when I come to listen to jazz on youtube. Volume up of course.
John Coltrane is like listening to advice from your parents... doesn't make sense at the time but travels with you and sooner or later you understand some of it but not all.
You got it brother, I can listen to this art work, and get a little, and then some, and some again.
Reminds me of leaving JFK going to Paris to study a year at the Sorbonne. John Coltrane has always made music to think - travel of the mind. Plalying Coltrane is excellent for writing or solving very difficult math problems. The sound he is able to create opens the cosmos! Yes! Long live John Coltrane! A Genius! Great pictures too.
He truly was an hero
Absolutely Out of this world !!...yet & Still... ALL ABOUT THE WORLD !...all @ the same time ! i Love This !!!
: )
When I need to cleanse the Dust on my mind,from Life's crap.Out of this World.The Power and Ferocity of expression in any kind of art.John Coltrane Telling his critics,ruining jazz,wait until they get a taste of this.Long live John Coltrane.
greatest musician ever.
Yes
Yes
My head is still bopping. Thanks for the upload. Excellent song.
Love him and his music. One can really fly high with his exquisite performance.
Congratulations for posting this video, one of the most exciting performances of Coltrane
You surely get the idea...
Always had that feeling too.. Goosebumps only when I hear "John Coltrane Quartet" WOW
This makes everyone around at the time sound like a imatation when someone dares to compare its so perfect...its like this is..
THE STANDARD REFERENCE OF ALL JAZZ
Superb. Thanks for the upload and the montage is perfect background for Coltrane.
When I was a teen I was in the very lucky position to really come to understand a bit about the old school pre-60s post swing musicians aesthetic. Without mentioning any names there was great respect for swinging smart logical melodic lines over a set of challenging or blusey changes. Really it's a pretty "elegant" strictly musical set of standards in spite of all the talk about who's got "balls" etc. Coletrane was kinda circumventing (after proving he could address) those standards. I love Trane I am deeply influenced by Trane and I am also re-exploring the 50s early 60s with a new more mature apreciation. I understand those old objections to the "new thing", hell, the last "new thing" had barely been assimilated. It really happened so fast. We should be glad we hit a wall so now there can be many regroupings re-evaluations and reconjugations of what's possible and relevant.
Just Beautiful!
Yes, interesting. Have been listening to Coltrane these past 40 years. Awesome commitment to his music and his instrument here - the self-belief that a pathfinder must have. Surprisingly never came across this one despite having heard much of his output. This sounds like early 60's Coltrane, - maybe '62? Wise One similarities? You get the feeling that he could go all day on this one. There seems to be no end to the ideas and recapitulations. Great stuff!!
This was recorded in 1962. It was an ABC Impulse studio recording. It was different from many albums of that time because there were no liner notes, just photos of the members of the quartet, a listing of the compositions, who owned the rights to them, and their time in minutes and seconds.
It was first released as a four-panel album cover, e.g., outer front, inner left, inner right, and outer back. Bob Thiele helped oversee the production.
it is on the album "Coltrane" released in 1962
Recorded in 62. Well played.
This guy totally gets this music.
Paplo this is....SO GREAT
THANKS THANKS
“The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it. ( Orlando Strong )
mizpahboy Thanks for this statement.it INSPIRED ME to do MORE..
très belle contribution de cet ange parti trop tôt, John Coltrane
Thanks for great pics and Movie. meshed perfect-What most of these commenters have not realized perhaps is they have Arrived.
I feel you on this one Kwabsi. Thanks for the vid!
Jhon Coltrane .....fantastico e immortale.
Complete - wow! Volume a bit low, but thanks, kwabsl. Impulse 21 has a special place in my memories.
I can hear "Bahiaaaaaaaaaaaa, que não sai do meu pensamento.... (Ary Barroso , Brazilian composer, - Theme, Bahia) - Anyway, great, superb playing.
WOW!!!! SOOOOOO DEEP!!!
I got to see him once on his birthday in 1966. Alice on piano. T MONK Was there and Pharoah Sanders, in SF. He was already looking not good, had gained some weight from hepatitus. The jazz Workshop was packed. It was a small club.
Tyner is the scribe , John tells the story...Elvin is the fermament and Jimi feeds the gang
Profound assessment!
It's always about the musical conversation...
Incrível
base bossa bas blue …..brilliant
I would say there's beauty in his anger.
Theme: Bahia, Brazil - Composer: Ari Barroso, Brazilian. -- Coltrane renamed it and played just wonderfully.
it is similar but not the same in my opinion..you do know that he recorded Bahia on the album of the same name?
Gracias !
Elvin is just great on this cut...
😀💙🌸🌱
..enlightenment
One of Trane and Elvin's best! However, I don't believe this is what the great Harold Arlen had in mind when he wrote it! I read once when Coltrane recorded, "My Favorite Things", one of the composers, re: R. Rodgers and O. Hammerstein, forget which one, but one of them wanted to stop the release and wanted to sue Trane, but the other one calmed him down when he showed him how much money he would make! It was obvious that one of the songwriting genius's did not care for modern jazz, and one did...wish I remember which one!
I talked to McCoy Tyner once. He was nice to me. I once read he was driving a cab for a while. Can you ffffing believe it? Of course you understand the economics, but it's not fair...
America has a history of treating jazz geniuses poorly. Charles Mingus was once evicted from his Manhattan apartment.
When I first started listening to the great Coltrane quartet on record as a kid, I thought Tyner was clunky and dull. It took me a long while and a lot of growng up to realise that he is the perfect foil to Coltrane. What a fabulous meeting of skills and vision.
.....Indeed it is
Ho Merci !
Sky church music!
trane,mon maitre!
Who is featuring? Tyner, Jones and Garrison?
exactly correct!
Thank You:)
This tune has that unique character which is giving to know, that not only Coltrane's sensitivity was involved to create it. This is the sound of these four guys. It is unique, one of a kind sound.
Benjamin Max
Definitely. If you're a fan of their work, you should check out Illumination! It's an album by the elvin jones & jimmy garisson sextet and has a really cool hard bop sound to it.
+Benjamin Max Absolutely!!
+Benjamin Max A once in a lifetime experience!!
Do you thing "Trane" needs your pics to flight us?
02:40 levanta a pleno el solo. Que animal por favor!!!!
I fly upside down too...
You see a bit of his precepts of this world, je was of this world but insired from a much higher place...
yes! they always played like it was the end of the world, if they couldn't get this out they would DIE! what alleged musician todayhas the backbone to live on the precipice of the abyss today?
far away!!!
Turning on ads for this is unfair.
get an adblocker..quit whining
is this a new release
I believe this was recorded in 1962. It coincided with the early space launches of the US and Soviet Union.
TRANCE
Mcoy, rigth?
+Jozue Coronel , yes, The Classic Quartet - McCoy Tyner - piano
Jimmy Garrison - bass
Elvin Jones - drums and Trane of course
I just can't help feeling the auxilary verb is missing in the title. I wonder why that is.
did you just call me Coltrane?
is your name a play on the band Animal Collective? If so, isnt that something teenage girls listen to?
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