Thursday, November 20, 2008

Christian Scott -Live At Newport

ConcordRelease date: November 4th 2008Recorded live at the JVC Jazz Festival, Newport RI, August 9th, 2008 Availability: CD+DVD, MP3 Download, iTunesRecorded almost fifty years to the day that Miles Davis scored his Newport Jazz Festival triumph, Christian Scott should win almost equal acclaim for this fine live set at the August 2008 event.The core of the band is the same as that for the

Sunday, November 9, 2008

November 2008: Feature on John Coltrane

In the month that we add "Blue Train" to our listing of the 100 Greatest Jazz albums, it is a good time to round up the coverage of John Coltrane's music Four entries feature in our selection of the 100 greatest jazz albums of all time:"Blue Train""The Heavyweight Champion""The Classic Quartet""The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings""One Down One Up""Settin' The Pace"John Coltrane also

Saturday, November 8, 2008

John Coltrane - Blue Train

Blue Note

Recording date: September 15th, 1957 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

RVG Remaster (with alternate takes): 1997

Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes, Vinyl LP



Personnel:

John Coltrane (tenor saxophone)
Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Curtis Fuller (trombone)
Kenny Drew (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Philly Joe Jones (drums)

Tracks:
Blue Train; Moment's Notice; Locomotion; I'm