John Coltrane Ascension
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porcupinetheater
February 25th 2021


11027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Demon, you can’t just *listen* to Ascension

































First, you must answer these riddles three

Demon of the Fall
February 25th 2021


33634 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I already messed up by checking Blue Train/Giant Steps anyway, so my opportunity to rebel against the system has therefore passed.

porcupinetheater
February 25th 2021


11027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

And A Love Supreme in your recent rates, shame, no one has any *conviction* these days





Demon of the Fall
February 25th 2021


33634 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I’d heard that one before, must’ve forgotten to rate it or something. From memory I didn’t actually connect with it all that well the first time around, so perhaps decided not to rate it (knowing I wouldn’t forget to revisit such an obvious classic).



On my initial foray into jazz I preferred a couple of the Mingus’ classics (Black Saint/Ah Um) + ‘Kind of Blue’.

DaveTrane
February 27th 2021


642 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This makes me want to dive right in as an act of defiance, guess I’m just one of those people. Saying you ‘can’t’ seems absurd to me, maybe it isn’t the optimum way of appreciating his evolution, but everyone is different.



Yeah, your right.

For me, back then, when I knew nothing about Coltrane and I briefly listened to Ascension, it was impossible understand anything.

That's why it was helpful for me to get a closer look at his musical evolution.

Orb
June 11th 2021


9341 Comments


This album is both a hard 1 and a hard 5 in my brain. I just can't.

Ryus
June 11th 2021


36628 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

best jazz recording ever prob

Ryus
September 19th 2021


36628 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

beginning gives me goosebumps every time

FadedSun
September 19th 2021


3196 Comments


Let's get Sput on that jazz kick. So much to explore.

Ryus
September 19th 2021


36628 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

word

im disappointed with how little i've explored because i love a lot of what i've heard

parksungjoon
September 19th 2021


47231 Comments


good lads

CottonSalad
September 19th 2021


2467 Comments


Roscoe Mitchell - Songs in the Wind (good companion/chaser to this…)

FadedSun
September 19th 2021


3196 Comments


@Ryus, and to anyone else getting into jazz, here are some essentials to get you started. Can't go wrong with any of these.

Wayne Shorter: Night Dreamer, Juju, Speak No Evil
Cannonball Adderley: Somethin' Else
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Moanin', Just Coolin'
Freddie Hubbard: Ready for Freddie, Open Sesame
Sonny Clark: Cool Struttin'
Charles Mingus: Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Lee Morgan: The Cooker
Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth
Yusef Lateef: The Blue, Eastern Sounds

parksungjoon
September 19th 2021


47231 Comments


max roach

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
September 19th 2021


27409 Comments


Ryus check Schoof’s European Echoes

Get Low
September 19th 2021


14197 Comments


need 2 check

porcupinetheater
September 19th 2021


11027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

European Echoes is bonkers, leave it to the Germans to systematically strip jazz of anything that sounds human

Trifolium
September 19th 2021


38887 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Jazz is 😍🌈

parksungjoon
June 10th 2022


47231 Comments


review is just pleb filter apologia neg'd

Sabrutin
July 8th 2022


9646 Comments


Forgive me papaColtrane but I think I may prefer edition 1 over 2



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