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    Posted: 25 Apr 2011 at 9:54am
Yes its one of those albums you really need to listen as whole piece. 
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 ^ I don't know if I'd say there's a best song per se, it's more of a totality
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Giant Steps certainly is gaining a reputation here. I must check it out - whats the best song from it really?
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might review GS soon, quite a challenge me thinks
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This  is my fav Coltrane  i just love it for some reason reminds me of Gong  , over the last 18 month or so i have immersed  myself in every thing Coltrane  cant get enough of his wonderful music  and yep Giant Steps is another wonderful album


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is that Julie Newmar?  Lookin' hot !
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My favorite JC album is My Favorite Things.

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So far, my favorite's Ascension, but I have quite a lot to hear.  A Love Supreme is right up there with it, followed by Giant Steps and Blue Trane. 
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Im thinking about throwing GS on right now.

Ok now im doing it
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Originally posted by Abraxas Abraxas wrote:

^like I said, I'm with you, I'm no avant-garde/free jazz fan either, just a couple of stuff that really isn't "free". Say those samples I passed you from Archie Shepp or mostly Pharoah Sanders which is amazing for me.
After Hearing that Archie Shepp one when I was ordering Hiromi there was one from Archie which I ordered as well. Thought why not, liked that tune heaps you put up 
 
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^like I said, I'm with you, I'm no avant-garde/free jazz fan either, just a couple of stuff that really isn't "free". Say those samples I passed you from Archie Shepp or mostly Pharoah Sanders which is amazing for me.
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Originally posted by Matt Matt wrote:

Blue Train for me.  My Favourite Things next.  I don't like his later ones much like Ascension, Transition etc. I love his quartet or quintet stuff from Impulse the best. Live at the Vanguard, Africa, Chim Chim Cheree, Crescent, up to Sunship.

Yeah me too. There's the ocassional surprisingly good album from the free era, say 'First Meditations' is very restrained from squealings and pure chatoic moments, unlike the original 'Meditations'. 
'Stellar Regions' and 'Expressions' also have some pleasant moments, even a track with Coltrane on flute all through.

After getting Ascension Pablo that was it. I have kept away from his last stuff. I have listened to samples from the later Avante ones but just not me. I either love an Avante style album or it is the exact opposite. Like Threadgill, Don Cherry. Chicago Art  Ensemble but Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor drive me nuts. They have to keep that thread of structure at least.
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Originally posted by Matt Matt wrote:

Blue Train for me.  My Favourite Things next.  I don't like his later ones much like Ascension, Transition etc. I love his quartet or quintet stuff from Impulse the best. Live at the Vanguard, Africa, Chim Chim Cheree, Crescent, up to Sunship.

Yeah me too. There's the ocassional surprisingly good album from the free era, say 'First Meditations' is very restrained from squealings and pure chatoic moments, unlike the original 'Meditations'. 
'Stellar Regions' and 'Expressions' also have some pleasant moments, even a track with Coltrane on flute all through.
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Blue Train for me.  My Favourite Things next.  I don't like his later ones much like Ascension, Transition etc. I love his quartet or quintet stuff from Impulse the best. Live at the Vanguard, Africa, Chim Chim Cheree, Crescent, up to Sunship.
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Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

I still have yet to listen to a couple of them (Dakar, Africa/Brass).  Thought Ascension was pure brilliance, which shouldn't come as a shock to those that even somewhat know my tastes.  Need more listens to all of it to form a good opinion.

I see, you might be interested in checking out stuff like Interstellar Space which is only drums and sax, just imagine it haha.

You know I'm not a fan of free jazz/avant garde, so I'm more fond of his pre-65 stuff in general. 
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I still have yet to listen to a couple of them (Dakar, Africa/Brass).  Thought Ascension was pure brilliance, which shouldn't come as a shock to those that even somewhat know my tastes.  Need more listens to all of it to form a good opinion.
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Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Thanks to David/Atavachron for some recs, my current Coltrane collection is as follows:

A Love Supreme
Ascension
Dakar
Giant Steps
The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions



Care to point out which one you liked best, and if you didn't like one of those at all. 
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Thanks to David/Atavachron for some recs, my current Coltrane collection is as follows:

A Love Supreme
Ascension
Dakar
Giant Steps
The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions
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Giant Steps is one of my fave Trane albums, no doubt.
 
Besides A Love Supreme, I'd say My Favorite Things is my other absolute fave, the title track is one of the most brilliant music ever delivered. But it's tough though, most of his 57-65 period is pure gold.
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ah another jazz masterpiece recorded in 1959 (but released 1960)

Giant Steps might be my favorite, but i havent listened to the man's music in a good while. I'll be back
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