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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | March 11th 16 |
John Coltrane was at an impasse after The Miles Davis Quartet broke apart, due in no small part to his crippling heroin addiction. He was instrumental in creating some wonderful jazz records, not only with Davis, but with Thelonius Monk as well. Thus, he decided to go on as a leader, releasing his debut on Atlantic records. It was, in retrospect, an excellent choice, as Coltrane features some truly mesmerizing and encompassing hard bop, not unlike the works he helped accomplished on 'Round About Midnight. "Bakai" is lively and seriously catchy, while the mellow "Violets For Your Furs" is rich with subtleties. Mostly, though, it's just Coltrane playing the sax in a fluid and flowing way, occasionally doing wild, unmatchable solos, almost as if in celebration of his newfound leader status. Overall, a very swell hard bop record, and debut, from one of jazz's greatest men.
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| 3.0 good | GamamJ | July 7th 20 |
When thee first track hits you with odd metres, you know it'll be good. An enjoyable record overall, if not among Coltrane's best.
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | April 23rd 20 |
An okay debut that I sadly feels isn't too memorable or marking. In fact the single most memorable thing here is the 'hook' or whatever you want to call it that features on 1 starting from the very intro, and boasts a farty brass instrument that I can't quite identify and that breaks an otherwise nice smooth jazz tracks as soon as it pops up. For the rest, this is all very nice, but not hugely marking jazz, 2 being smooth and mellow with tasty piano, 3 being nice and dancier but with a bass solo I'm not too convinced by, 4 which offers more of the same with the occasional return of the farty brass, 5 with a slightly more interesting, mysterious, playfuk, pink panthery almost vibe to it but that looses interest as it goes, and 6 which is more of the unremarkable same. A nice debut with hardly a faux pas, but not really a Coltrane album I'd come back to. 3.6
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| 3.0 good | AngryNeighbor | October 25th 14 |
Agreed on statement about "Violets For Your Furs".
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| 3.0 good | rjk | April 13th 12 |
"Violets For Your Furs" is outstanding track
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| 3.5 great | Bren80 | July 29th 22 |
| 3.0 good | remi | May 31st 20 |
| 3.5 great | Onater | April 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Handers | February 15th 18 |
| 3.5 great | El Olam | December 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | aguzman | March 12th 14 |
| 3.5 great | boleyn2 | December 21st 12 |
| 3.0 good | cuki92 | April 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Treska | November 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | October 7th 10 |
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