John Coltrane kicks ass.

[NoodleBoy]

seriously, I've never really listened to his stuff much, but an assignment in my jazz history class is to go to his website and write about one of his songs.

damn. I NEED this.

[AgadorSparticus]

1. how exciting for you to discover him for the first time. his stuff is

amazing. i remember when i first heard him and fell in love. Check out Miles Davis & Thelonius Monk too.

[NNadir]

2. Man, I remember the first time I heard "My favorite things."

I listened to that because it was familiar, but I realized then I'd never heard that piece of music before.

Next was "Alabama." Next I heard "Africa."

It changed my life.

Congratulations on discovering Coltrane. Check out his work with Miles; check out "Kind of Blue."

[NoodleBoy]

4. I'vegot kind of blue...

but now I'm going to pay much more attention to it.

"a love supreme" is just amazing.

[frylock]

3. 'trane is freakin' amazing..

if you really want to impress your instructor, you should check out some of Horace Silver's work. The Stylings of Silver and Songs for My Father are both excellent LP's. His Doin' the Thing, which is a live recording at The Village Gate, just positively swings!

[Tom Kitten]

5. "India"...

Check it out...

[NoodleBoy]

6. next paycheck, just one week away.

[Tom Kitten]

7. It's worth the wait.

Few musicians inspire ecstacy...Coltrane was one of them and India was the apex of his career...It sends me...