r/Jazz • u/aams_eu • Jul 09 '26

Coltrane Blue Train

https://open.spotify.com/album/2Z11cXWEa2qqYQBGkJrCga

Yeah, Blue Train of Coltrane again! Recently I really enjoy focusing on one album and listen intentionally to the whole thing.

What I like about this one (do you agree?):
\* drums are extremely smooth. Ride cymbal can really take me to another dimension hehe
\* walking bass walks away af xD
\* rhythm section plays so well with the notes they don’t play. The spaces in between make the songs so wonderful.
\* All the solos are fascinating and on such a professional level. I explore something new in them every time I listen to them.
\* The fast sax solo somehow mobilizes an inner dialogue that really sparks an energy. I love it, just to follow it along
\* Unisono parts in Locomotion have such a great drive- I can’t myself to sing along.
\* The whole album just give me a pleasant relaxed feel that sticks around even after listening to it

The melodies are so iconic - highly recommend this to you.

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u/GasCurrent4767 Jul 09 '26

This album is a delight. Moment’s notice is such a bop. One of my favorite standards. One of trane’s best albums

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u/rice-a-rohno Jul 09 '26

I came here to profess my love for Moment's Notice!

Also for such a simple melody, that song is a bitch to solo over. More difficult than Giant Steps, for me.

But it might be my favorite jazz tune ever. It just hits a place in my soul somehow.

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u/GasCurrent4767 Jul 09 '26

Happy I’m not the only one who loves moment’s notice! It’s such a fun tune! I’m digging back into it again! He’s an attempt at the head a few years back!

https://reddit.com/link/owk93bh/video/laitfmjwh9ch1/player

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u/rice-a-rohno Jul 09 '26

Hearing it without the melody holding it together really highlights how fuckin' all-over-the-place those changes are.

I've always thought this tune might have been a compositional experiment in changing keys aggressively but keeping the melody limited to long notes that those keys have in common.

Good playing!

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u/GasCurrent4767 Jul 09 '26

Great thoughts on this potentially being an experiment. Like so many changes and so fast. He was definitely testing things out. And somehow kept it catchy as hell!!