Recorded in Atlantic Studios in the winter of 1960, Central Park West perfectly encapsulates a lazy meditative walk through Manhattan’s garden retreat. Coltrane’s saxophone slides sweetly through the accompaniment as if in birdsong, his melody a gentle caress on the ears. What strikes me most about Coltrane is his astounding musical intellect. This deceivingly simple song uses a modulatory cycle of ascending thirds – a technically complex structure that perfectly aids his poetic expression.
John Coltrane – Central Park West
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Tags: Atlantic Studios, Central Park, Central Park West, Jazz, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, New York NYC
Categories : Jazz, Music
Miles Davis – So What
26 02 2013A live performance of ‘So What’, the opening track on the 1959 album Kind of Blue, widely considered one of the greatest jazz LPs of all time. It features the unbeatable combination of Miles Davis on trumpet, John Coltrane on sax, Bill Evans on piano, Jimmy Cobb on drums and Paul Chambers on bass.
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Tags: Blue Note, Jazz, John Coltrane, Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
Categories : Jazz, Music