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07/09/2020

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane recorded on September 26, 1962, and released in February 1963 on Impulse! Records.
During the final decade and a half of Duke Ellington’s life, he become more and more creatively productive. One of the key elements of this was showcasing the progression of his own personal compositional stamp-evolving elements of it to adapt to the new sounds of the decade in which he was creating.
Part of this involved willing collaborations with some of the newest musical innovators in jazz. And few were making more abrupt innovations in their instrumental approach to playing in the early 60’s than John Coltrane.
This album was one of Ellington’s many collaborations in the early 1960s with musicians such as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus, and placed him with a quartet, rather than a big band. The quartet was filled out by the bassist and drummer from either of their bands.
With Elvin Jones and Sam Woodyard doubling up on drums with Jimmy Garrison and Aaron Bell doing the same on bass this album proved that Ellington’s interest in recording with Coltrane was in fact ingenious.
Coltrane said:
“I was really honoured to have the opportunity of working with Duke. It was a wonderful experience. He has set standards I haven’t caught up with yet. I would have liked to have worked over all those numbers again, but then I guess the performances wouldn’t have had the same spontaneity. And they mightn’t have been any better!”
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07/09/2020

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Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane recorded on September 26, 1962, and released in February 1963 on Impulse! Records.

During the final decade and a half of Duke Ellington’s life, he become more and more creatively productive. One of the key elements of this was showcasing the progression of his own personal compositional stamp-evolving elements of it to adapt to the new sounds of the decade in which he was creating.

Part of this involved willing collaborations with some of the newest musical innovators in jazz. And few were making more abrupt innovations in their instrumental approach to playing in the early 60’s than John Coltrane.

This album was one of Ellington’s many collaborations in the early 1960s with musicians such as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus, and placed him with a quartet, rather than a big band. The quartet was filled out by the bassist and drummer from either of their bands.

With Elvin Jones and Sam Woodyard doubling up on drums with Jimmy Garrison and Aaron Bell doing the same on bass this album proved that Ellington’s interest in recording with Coltrane was in fact ingenious.

Coltrane said:

“I was really honoured to have the opportunity of working with Duke. It was a wonderful experience. He has set standards I haven’t caught up with yet. I would have liked to have worked over all those numbers again, but then I guess the performances wouldn’t have had the same spontaneity. And they mightn’t have been any better!”

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a jazz album recorded on September 26, 1962, and released in February 1963 on Impulse! Records.

01/09/2020

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If you know and love Miles Davis from the late 1950s period, you’re likely to appreciate Somethin’ Else. Album by alto saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, his only album on the Blue Note label, released in 1958.

Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley was a member of Davis’ group at the time this album was recorded.

Indeed, Davis plays several of the first solos, composed the bluesy title track and, according to the liner notes, chose most of the material. For instance, Autumn Leaves would remain in the Davis book, and Love for Sale would be recorded by the Davis Sextet a little over two months later.

In conclusion this is an indispensable jazz classic which stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the best of Miles, Trane or Charlie Parker.

If you know and love Miles Davis from the late 1950s Kind of Blue period, you're likely to love and appreciate Somethin' Else.

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