Jazz for aficionados

@frogman,

When I was a kid and had an opportunity to hear A Love Supreme I just didn't get it. Now that I'm older and after the youtube algorithm sent me this live jam session of the John Coltrane Quartet - Impressions - 'Live' I was stunned by the sheer scope of talent by just four men. In fact on this piece in particular it seems John Coltrane is not the most talented musician of the quartet! Elvin Jones:Drums and especially Jimmy Garrison:Bass with McCoy Tyner:Piano stand out to me, the most! Go figure!? 

Thanks for the great Patrick Bartley music! I had not heard of him. I have a little Emmet Cohen and he is on one record a little, but had never chased down the alto player. 

I have found this vocalist I had not heard of till recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVmyDA8QrfY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioZtTKDt5xo&list=RDioZtTKDt5xo&start_radio=1

Thanks for that, acman3.   Loved it.  Probably the most unusual (and really good) version of Giant Steps I’ve heard.  Glad to get to know this interesting new singe.  A nod to Stevie Wonder on the ballad singing and one can tell that he is a piano player on his scatting.  Most Jazz singers, even the ones who scat, would be lost with the Giant Steps changes.  Pretty impressive.  

https://youtu.be/zlgwk3SdBa8?si=ohJ_9SIpuwaL4je_

@tyray , wow, that’s guide a spread Lew Tabackin and Ralph Towner.  Tabacking the traditiinalist to Towner who is anything but.  Love.it.

You make an interesting comment about the rhythm section on “”Impressions”.  While I’m not prepared to say Coltrane is the least talented, it’s a testament to the greatness of that trio that not only can they can play on the level of Coltrane, but “greater than the sum of the parts”.

@frogman,

Just curious, why do you use the moniker frogman? 

tyray