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| 4.4 superb | Erwann S. STAFF | May 9th 23 |
Coltrane & Dolphy: Act II. Trane provides the "Africa" part by making African percussions the rhythmic basis, while the "Brass" part gets featured through the record's orchestral aspect. It makes for the first truly "spiritual" Trane tune, one whose repetitions became mantras coming from Trane's mind and soul - his solos are especially poignant here. The other two tracks aren't too shabby either, focusing more on the banging big band approach than a spiritual one, and are some of the best "non-major" Trane tunes.
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| 3.5 great | GamamJ | November 15th 20 |
Awesome album centered around improv with African folk elements.
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| 4.5 superb | Bedex | July 19th 20 |
I haven't crushed this hard on a jazz album in a long, long time. In many ways this marks a massive change in Coltrane's discog: this one is more adventurous, the instrumentation is much wider, and the influences range wider. 1 is one of his most daring compositions at that point with lots of little tasteful dissonances, a weird intro that I love, and somehow Rite of Spring vibes that I got goodness knows why. The track is full of depth, with lots of solos that flow very well into one another, including an uncompromising drum solo, and by the midtrack I already knew this would sit in 4.5 tier. 2 expands a famous traditional melody into a more relaxed jazz track with fewer 'experimental' elements, which is a good idea after the wild ride that 1 was. Then finally, the last track is a colourful, kaleidoscopic fresque of fun dancy jazz where Coltrane goes wild over super fun big band goodness. At the start the track wasn't my fave, but it rapidly became so fun that it raised this yet another point. The sound on this record is fantastic (at least in the spotify version) if it weren't for the excessive panning especially noticeable early on, which is perhaps my only complaint here. A masterclass. 4.6
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| 5.0 classic | bSmith | May 14th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ben STAFF | March 26th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Above | December 8th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rodrigo | December 20th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | nash1311 | September 25th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | MvdW | September 19th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | yinei007 | September 14th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Bren80 | August 23rd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | ZIG | February 19th 22 |
| 3.5 great | sevhar | January 5th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | rajtako | January 27th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | KuyJuk | July 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Khattak | June 16th 20 |
| 3.5 great | remi | June 1st 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | July 4th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | July 2nd 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Onater | April 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoeFar | December 3rd 18 |
| 2.0 poor | NateMa | March 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | solrage | October 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | March 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | rrodf | March 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | November 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Henry | September 8th 16 |
| 3.5 great | loulou | March 11th 16 |
| 2.5 average | dosia | March 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Behexen | October 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | rjk | August 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fellow | July 18th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | gelud | April 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | cuki92 | April 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mendigo | March 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timon87 | November 16th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Skipdog | September 21st 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Lions | June 21st 11 |
| 4.5 superb | ONI65 | May 11th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | liledman | November 18th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | NoiseIP | February 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ferrum | November 6th 09 |
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