Your top 5 John Coltrane albums (in no order)

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Studio or live

Come on, jazz cats or not, most of us have five - don't we....?




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[Nervous Ned]

Africa/Brass
Olé Coltrane
Live at the Village Vanguard
Blue Trane
Plays the Blues

[C]

Africa/Brass
Olé Coltrane
Live at the Village Vanguard
Blue Trane
Plays the Blues

Nice choices

Live at the Village Vanguard is a blast!

Plays the Blues is oft overlooked [Elvin Jones on tubs]




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[mudshark]

Love Supreme
Blue Trane
Giant Steps
Ole
Village Vanguard
Live at Birdland

Yes, that's six. Bite me.

[C]

Love Supreme
Blue Trane
Giant Steps
Ole
Village Vanguard
Live at Birdland

Yes, that's six. Bite me.

It’s ok. You’re foreign- we can make allowances



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[Nervous Ned]

[quote="C"][quote="Nervous Ned"]Africa/Brass
Olé Coltrane
Live at the Village Vanguard
Blue Trane
Plays the Blues[/quote]

Nice choices

[i]Live at the Village Vanguard[/i] is a blast!

[i]Plays the Blues[/i] is oft overlooked [Elvin Jones on tubs]


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I would say that Coltrane's entire Atlantic releases are often overlooked. I could have added Coltrane's Jazz, Coltrane Sound and of course Giant Steps and My Favourite Things to my list.
I'm not a wholesale fan of his Impulse! era. I find it hit or miss. Neither Stellar Regions or Ascension get much play in NN towers. A Love Supreme is without a doubt extraordinary ... but do I enjoy it much? The subject matter is a big barrier to my enjoyment; Contrane essentially playing a prayer to god through his sax is not the reason I listen to jazz.
That said I have the (ridiculously metal bound) box set of the classic quartet and that's great.
I remember reading a quote from Elvin Jones (?) Where, towards the end of his life, Coltrane expressed his fears that he was running out of new ground to explore. I agree.
... and of course I still play the 'difficult' albums hoping to hear what he was striving for ... and maybe that's the point.

[mudshark]

If I had to put his albums in order, Love Supreme would be No. 1 with a bullet. Wouldn't like to live without it. But I agree with NN: the
Impulse recordings are hit and miss. I can't stand Expression, Meditations and Kulu Se Mama, to name a few. I sold these albums last month. The cancer destroyed his liver and his creativity.

[C]

But I agree with NN: the
Impulse recordings are hit and miss. I can't stand Expression, Meditations and Kulu Se Mama, to name a few. I sold these albums last month. The cancer destroyed his liver and his creativity.

I generally agree but of course Love Supreme is on that label as is the excellent 1962 album Coltrane with McCoy and Elvin on tubs

My five:

Soultrane
Blue Train
Giant Steps
Ole Coltrane
Coltrane Plays the Blues

A Love Supreme (bubbling under)



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[mudshark]

But I agree with NN: the
Impulse recordings are hit and miss. I can't stand Expression, Meditations and Kulu Se Mama, to name a few. I sold these albums last month. The cancer destroyed his liver and his creativity.

I generally agree but of course Love Supreme is on that label as is the excellent 1962 album Coltrane with McCoy and Elvin on tubs

My five:

Soultrane
Blue Train
Giant Steps
Ole Coltrane
Coltrane Plays the Blues

A Love Supreme (bubbling under)



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Well, those are the HITS, my friend. Solid hits.
Others, some of which I mentioned, are blatant misses. His AVG is below .300 when he batted for Impulse.

[pcqgod]

Blue Train
Soultrane
A Love Supreme
Coltrane
Giant Steps

[Jimbly]

A Love Supreme
Africa Brass
Coltrane's Sounds
Giant Steps
My Favourite Things

[LMG]

Love Supreme
Africa/Brass
My Favorite Things
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
Village Vanguard

I like all his stuff. With Miles, his Blue Note albums, the later experimental and free stuff with Alice.

I just like the (mostly) classic quartet albums I list above best.

[Darkness_Fish]

Ascension
Giant Steps
Ole
A Love Supreme
Interstellar Space

[robertff]

As with Miles, I don't know the music well enough to give you a top five, I'll just let you have a look at what I've got:

Blue Train
A Love Supreme
Giant Steps
Coltrane Jazz
Coltrane
Live at the Village Vanguard
and this one





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[The Slider]

Blue Train
Soultrane
A Love Supreme
Coltrane
Giant Steps

These are the five I'd pick too
I would have My Favourite Things in there in place of Souls Trane if he was using a proper instrument instead of playing John the Baptist to Kenny G
I do not like soprano sax at all.

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I do not like soprano sax at all.

Jethro Tull's A Passion Play....?




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[The Slider]

exactly

Stop fucking about and play your flute.