Jazz for aficionados

When People think of John Coltrane, they seldom think of his sentimental side;

"Coltrane for Lovers" exposes a side of "Trane" that's rarely explored.



All tracks have John Coltrane playing tenor saxophone.


1. "My One and Only Love"
2. "Too Young to Go Steady"  
3. "In a Sentimental Mood"  
4. "It's Easy to Remember"  
5. "Dedicated to You"    
6. "You Don't Know What Love Is"
7. "After the Rain"  
8. "My Little Brown Book"
9. "Soul Eyes" Mal Waldron
10. "They Say It's Wonderful"
11. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)

The recordings compiled for Coltrane for Lovers initially received criticism for Coltrane's stylistic move from complex jazz compositions of the free jazz form to a simplistic formula of ballads and blues. Following the initial controversy, the album's recordings gained a legacy as one of Coltrane's most popular recordings and significant in the genre of romantic jazz.


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r594pxUjcz4



        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrwSuy6ZBjI


Here we have "In a Sentimental Mood" and "You Don't Know What Love Is"




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Frogman (an others?), I just played a 'Latin Jazz' recording that I thought you might enjoy if you haven't already heard it. On the down side it did win a Grammy and it is relatively recent. Charlie Haden's (an excellent bassist IMHO) recording on Verve "Land of the Sun". Gonzalo Rubalcaba plays the piano. Outstanding late night romantic jazz, I think. The devil made me do it! :-)

"Outstanding late night romantic jazz", that's a perfect description; right now the sun is shining very bright, and it's a long time since I've been in a romantic mood. After it gets dark, if I can find anyone to get in a romantic mood with, that just might work; but seriously, I checked a few cuts, and I think it's a nice album.



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Learsfool (and others), I was playing a disc the other night and I though of you - not your horn but I'm sort of indiscriminate (so I'm told). Andre Previn and Thomas Stevens play a classic american songbook on DRG. This may not be more than some beautiful dinner jazz, but for me anyway that's enough.

Makes me think more about the evolution of jazz and its 'apparent' demise to many after Miles Davis came along and did his thing. I didn't really gain interest in jazz until the late 80's. My interest then was an intellectual thing . I really didn't have a musical connection to the jazz of the 50's and 60's. When I investigated the recommendations from jazz enthusiasts most of the music was from the 50's and 60's and, to me anyway, much was inaccessible. A lot of disconnected notes. Like Berg and Schoenberg in modern classical music, aka just 'noise'.  Getting into this jazz was hard work! Almost too hard.

I didn't start to appreciate jazz after until I heard the 'dinner jazz' (a softer jazz perhaps) of musicians such as Previn,  Person, Ron Carter, Byrd, Pass, and Peplowski, just to name a few. For me this was a pre-coital  kiss. The rest came more naturally after this adaptation. 

I don't know if my experience has any universality but if it does could not the frequent whine of the demise of jazz actually have more to do with it than the actual, and continuing natural evolution of a music form? 

This thinking thing is too hard - I'm glad that unlike you and Frogman I don't have to do it for a living. :-)

I was perusing through an old "Stereophile" for music reviews when I ran across this:

"Moanin" was a swinging 1958 session featuring Lee Morgan and Benny Golson who put his mark on the band by composing three long time standards for it's book- the title track "Along Came Betty" and "Blues March". They go on to speak of how good the rest of the musicians are, except "Bobby Timmons" , quote: "It sounds as if Timmons is playing a less than stellar piano" then they go on to gush over everybody else on that album.


There ought to be a law against "Stereophile" ever writing a review on another jazz record.

First, they give "Bobby Timmons" tune "Moanin" to Benny Golson, and next they say he's playing less than stellar piano, when every time he strikes a piano key on this album, perfect jazz come out. It's for sure there are no "jazz aficionado's" at "Stereophile"



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