September 25, 2019 Playlist

"Giant Steps" by John Coltrane (1960)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
John Coltrane "Giant Steps"  1960 (USA) 
John Coltrane's 93rd birthday was this week. When I first began to listen to jazz music, there were two artists who served as my portal to entry: one was Thelonious Monk, whose songs and piano style are so bizarre, yet utterly musical, that it was hard not to recognize his genius. The other was John Coltrane, in particular this week's CAOTW. I got into Miles via Coltrane too, since Trane played with Miles in the 50's. For those who lived through the real world chronology, of course it went the other way: people found out about Trane because he was Miles' #1 sideman during one of his most brilliant and popular periods. Though Coltrane had released a handful of records under his own name in the 1950's, Giant Steps was the record where he went from being a famous sideman to a giant in his own right. He wrote all the songs on this album, and they are a remarkable collection of tunes. If you want to get into the technical aspects of his music, it's -- well, extremely technical. In terms of his saxophone playing, I think of Trane as being very much the Jimi Hendrix of his day (and he was probably one of Jimi's main inspirations). Just as Hendrix became famous for using volume effects and feedback to extend the range of musical sounds an electric guitar can make, Coltrane did the same at the beginning of the decade by taking Charlie Parker's innovations and extending the range of his instrument through overblowing and harmonics to make the horn honk and squeal in ways the inventor of the instrument never intended. As the sixties went on, Trane's music kept getting farther and farther out until his untimely death in 1967.
Also - this week I saw BABYMETAL on their Metal Galaxy World Tour!
(N) = New Release
   
Artist Song Album Year Country
Blue CheerParchment Farm (Mose Allison)Vincebus Eruptum1968USA
The Human InstinctJug-A-Jug SongStoned Guitar1970New Zealand
Redd Kross The Party UndergroundBeyond The Door (N)2019 (Merge)USA
Melvinsamazon
   / AMAZON		The Maggot1999USA
 
 
BABYMETALRoad Of ResistanceMetal Resistance2016Japan
BABYMETAL featuring F.Hero Pa Pa Ya!!Metal Galaxy (N - forthcoming album)2019 (Toy's Factory)Japan/Thailand
Dempagumi.incChururi Chururi RaWWDD2015Japan
Charisma.comClassic GlassesNot Not Me2017Japan
Clinic Rubber BulletsWheeltappers And Shunters (N)2019 (Domino)UK
Tropical Fuck Storm BraindropsBraindrops (N)2019 (Joyful Noise)Australia
   
 
Oh Sees Scutum & ScorpiusFace Stabber (N)2019 (Castle Face)USA
Cass McCombs RounderTip Of The Sphere (N)2019 (Anti-)USA
   
 
Fat White Family FeetSerf's Up! (N)2019 (Domino)UK
Chris Forsyth Techno TopAll Time Present (N)2019 (No Quarter)USA
Beyond Captain Orca! The Unelusive Strikes Again2019/05/31 - Royal Room #2 (N)2019 (self release)USA
Miles Davis (with John Coltrane)Straight, No Chaser (Thelonious Monk - live)'58 Milesrec. 1958USA
   
 
John ColtraneGiant StepsGiant Steps
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1960USA
John ColtraneSpiralGiant Steps
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1960USA
John ColtraneImpressions (live)Impressions1963USA
John ColtraneNaimaGiant Steps
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1960USA
   
 
Archie SheppSyeeda's Song Flute (John Coltrane)Four For Trane1964USA
      
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