Btw ppl don't realize how ADVANCED he was for 1961 ! Jazz bands were still playing slows Latin lounge sets at the copa when he made this ....John was ahead of his time man ....Alice was too ....awesome team ...
c'est juste spirituel, je ne peux pas croire que ces musiciens ne pensent pas à quelque chose de loin et grand, une sorte de (D)ieu à qui ils font ce jeu de musique incroyable....improbable...
This was so ahead of it's time. You could almost say it was one of the original psychedelic jams. It's dark and chaotic, yet it synchronizes perfectly and just takes you to a whole other world. This is the song that got me into Coltrane.
There's a reason why there is a heaven But on the flip side There is a reason why the soul Never Dies The answer to these two reasons are two words JOHN COLTRANE 🖤🕊🦅🙏🔥
Eric was such a tragic early loss, his playing flute, alto, bass clarinet made him perfect the foil for john nevermind both seemed literally from time machine so progressive was their playing and sound. Their VV recordings are just gorgeous Naima , spiritual ,whole collection. Just eric's rendition of God bless the child on Bass Clarinet in 63 I think is still studied and revered today by music students ,he employed instruments in a way still exciting fresh 60 years later....both truly timeless sounds and talents, as is tris band in quartet form or larger, they were tapped in to the well no question true innovators. Doesn't get heavier or more spiritual imo
Chaque jour, j'écoute ce chef d'oeuvre, et chaque jour il devient plus magique. Pour moi, il s'agit d'une création surhumaine, toujours en évolution et destinée à enchanter le futur. Ô merveille !
Almost 60 years later, the sense of exploration, discovery remains so palpable. It is his unquenchable thirst for new modes of expression that provokes my admiration for Trane & his music.
I thought I knew all the great albums , but I overlooked this. When the rhythm sectioned is locked , then john is released it is devastating. You can just listen , to McCoy , jimmy and elvin, for hours. Trance like playing
this is is by far the best thing ever to be recorded on earth. it marks the soul of a generation all across the world, border free...it transcend even time, feeling fresh even in 2014... it is a such a great inspiration.
13:49 to infinity ....maybe I'm compulsive but I listen to this song every single night before I go to sleep . It just transcends me into another realm . I can actually see the the music waves transform from the heavens into majestic artistry ....#librapower
I agree, except that I could never fall asleep to this song. I can't keep still, my body is dancing inside and outside. There's just too much rhythmic energy!
"It's only four songs, but each one is just a mindblower. The title track ("Ole") is crazy good. I remember listening to it with my then girlfriend (now my wife) and she said, "What's this cacaphony?" To this day I still harbor a bit of resentment towards her for saying that because to me that piece of music just pulls out all the stops and makes you realize that Coltrane was no ordinary composer...no ordinary musician...no ordinary human being. Here was a man that had a thumb on the pulse of his own soul. Here was a man that could translate the sounds, the squeals, and the squalls of the angels. This CD belongs to every music fan's collection. This is not just for diehard jazz fans, this is for music lovers everywhere. Love yourself a little more and buy this CD. It's flippin' fantastic!” - Amazon reviewer
Exactly! This is why it's why it's my favorite Coltrane album. From Olè to To Her Ladyship everything is just perfect. The arrangements are just perfect. It's truly a masterpiece.
This just shows you that you're going to have bite your tongue once in a while. My then girlfriend, now wife has a similar appreciation of jazz. Great review by the way.
I find aura of this tune haunting. McCoy's piano sets the mood the giants lay out just amazing solos. Just brilliant playing all around. One of my favorite Coltrane recordings. The man was just a saint!
Is there anything more Majestic than Coltrane right here, in the "sweet spot" of his artistic career; a towering, imperious Giant... (all 5-foot 9-inches of him) This is... Life.
a year after the album was out I got it and have heard it... don't remember how many times and it is still fresh.. so so ahead of it's time..seventy stars
I've turned so many non jazz folks onto this I've lost count. Each time there is the same reaction : Mind blowing looks , then the question, WHO IS THIS?
I had to look and McCoy Tyner BOOM, the candle is lit! He has to be one of my most favorite jazz pianists of all time. John Coltrane Sorprano Sax, Eric Dolphy flute, Freddie Hubbard Trumpet, Reggie Workman Bass, Art Davis Bass, Elvin Jones Drums; all these kids looking for my favorite things are missing out on this; its awesome and gorgeous, coletrane at his finest.
I used to have this album, back in the day. Yet: On a very good set and speakers up in the Santa Cruz redwoods I am hearing this album like never before, and I cannot get enuf of it. Maybe it is becoming my fav Coltrane. All I gotta say, it deserves to be really heard, as if they are playing right next, full volume. These are masters, each one, synching and pure. Just fabulous.
Absolutely. I remember hearing this for the first time. is that two basses...? fuck it is, and listening again and again to that part. Grinding out those notes.
We had a much worse racial problem then you did in the UK and people were expressing their pain there's the old line music is the language of the soul and the soul of the black man was threatened by a resurgence in white supremacy it's like the Civil War never was fought down South around 1900 people went back to dividing the country by color they put up statues of traitorous Robert E. Lee type soldiers so if you were a black man with not a lot of money and you had something to say it might sound like this. That's funny I'm having a discussion now with an English literary type who doesn't like Coltrane and doesn't understand why is there so much pain being expressed but then hes a dilettante. Right now the music of John Coltrane is immediately appropriate Vote remove Trump Save the environment
The first album I ever bought...1961...and one of my all time favorites!! Along with Pharoah Sanders (who I was fortunate to see live at a "Left Bank Jazz performance in 1966) ... Archie Shepp!!! and Eric Dolphy!!! Beautiful!!! I STILL get chills listening to this!!!
Music it IS at the SUPERMOST BEST - PERIOD! It transcends ethnicity, colours, anger, hunger and thirst. After all, herein are adorned the SOULS of 'Trane, Dolphy, Tyner, Hubbard, Jones and ... way out yonder in the effervescent glory of God and the "Easterners" of the Orient. Yeah!
