I Don't Understand Why This Is So Loved

I have to disagree with the majority of folks here who consider this cd the jazz end all. I find it grating, and darn near unlistenable. I have built a small but quality jazz library the last few months. Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Wes Montgomery, Bill Evans and Thelonius Monk to name a few. This guy is by far my least favorite. His playing on Miles Davis cd's I have and with Monk is largely enjoyable and I know he's a giant. But this stuff?. The live recording on disc two was so grating I couldn't make it through. It sounded to me like a bunch of Geese being slaughtered. Give me the other guys anytime.

The 1960s album that changed jazz forever

It had been some time since I listened to this album but, it dawned on me when I did recently that this might be the best album to represent the changes in America in the 1960s. A lot of groups are credited with writing music that captured the tension of the time, particularly that found in the civil rights struggle.

Coltrane is Supreme

Any critic that sits down and attempts to name the ten most influencial artists of America would have to stumble upon John Coltrane.