wow, this, after Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

And you gotta love the album cover. 

What the hell is he thinking?   And he looks like a bad ass.   "You talking to me?"

 cvandoren wrote:

Maybe try this: when you listen to this, imagine you can fly and zoom up down, near the ground to see blades of grass . Up to touch clouds. 

Zoom and spin at crazy speeds, in between trees and buildings but with collision avoidance.  And  you are making inflection points everywhere. Parabolas. Then  stop in mid air to look around. 

Things just fly by but you see everything at once. Time is irrelevant, but this song does end. But you are in different state of mind. 

I think, nay...bet that Stanley Kubrick was much influenced by Coltrane's later albums in directing the 2001 movie.

And was probably listening to the early Coltrane stuff for directing Dr. Strangelove. Just play his "Favorite Things" and watch the last 1/3 of the 2001 movie. 
You will see. 

  
   

 aspicer wrote:

I love the classic Jazz they play on RP and  hope to hear more.

 cvandoren wrote: Agreed. This is Free Jazz and definitely not general appeal stuff. I personally prefer the Cool genre. 

It’s a story best shared over a beer…but Coltrane reigns.  That is all.  

Good Gawd, what an era!
Coltrane, Miles, Monk, and on and on.
We'll never see it again.

That opening saxophone riff makes me stop what I'm doing every time!

By the time he did this album, he was into a whole different world. 

He was seeing music as a spiritual expression. 

This basic tonal repetition is like meditative chanting.  It's kind of freaky.  
 

Love Coltrane and have many of his albums.  But I really don't enjoy the free form Jazz here, if that is the right name for it.  It's just not musical to me.

There should be an 11 for Supreme.  

PERFECTION! One of my very favorite jazz songs and albums to put on and bliss out to... Meditation Music! This record, Coltrane Plays the Blues, Miles' Kind of Blue, Art Blakey's Night in Tunisia, and Giants of Jazz are among the very best Desert Island records for me... I never could have gotten through a single Rainy Season in Japan, let alone 20 of them, without this essential, foundational masterpiece from a true Genius of Jazz...

 aspicer wrote:


What a treat indeed. I stopped everything I was doing to give this my undivided attention. One of the greatest jazz albums from one of the greatest sax players.  The impact on music from this man was indeed profound. Easy 10.

WOW...?! This has not been played before on RP - what a treat today! One of my all time favorites. Thanks William, and keep the classic jazz coming. Some Miles Bitches Brew would also slide in nicely. 

This is a whole plea and exploration on the vicissitudes of love and relationships - sit back and FEEL it.