John Coltrane : Live At The Village Vanguard

John Coltrane is a towering figure in the world of jazz, having made a name early on with Miles Davis and laid the groundwork for hard bop. He was kicked out of Davis’ quintet for his heroin use but returned a year later clean and made some of the most quintessential jazz records of that […]

John Coltrane : A Love Supreme : Live In Seattle

John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme is an all-out jazz masterpiece. It defines the freedom of expression in jazz music of the 1960s, as well as being Coltrane’s definitive work. A record built on an artist’s love for his Maker; a love letter to God in the form of four pieces of music flowing from arguably […]

McCoy Tyner : 1938-2020

The first jazz album that really re-wired my brain was McCoy Tyner’s The Real McCoy. I’d been listening to jazz here and there over the years, but it wasn’t till 2008 when I bought my turntable that I’d made a concerted effort to really dive deep into records by Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Thelonious Monk […]

John Coltrane’s Unreleased ‘Blue World’ Drops September 27th; Listen To Title Track

Since John Coltrane’s untimely death in 1967 we’ve been given a plethora of unreleased music by the jazz master and innovator. With all of the sessions Coltrane had recorded throughout the 50s and 60s there was bound to be some things that never saw the light of day. The amount of records released by John […]

F*&#$!g Epic

So I’ve been nibbling here and there on Kamasi Washington’s The Epic for close to a year now. It’s one of those albums that I think you have to take in a little at a time, otherwise you’ll get that heavy musical bloat and maybe not go back to it for fear of feeling uneasy […]

A Love Supreme/John Coltrane : The Complete Masters

Music shouldn’t be easy to understand. You have to come to the music yourself, gradually. Not everything must be received with open arms. – John Coltrane, 1963 This is a sentiment that I can wholeheartedly agree with. There have been many instances over the years that I’ve come at an album and couldn’t find […]

Friday Night Jazz

It’s back. What’s that? Well Friday night, that’s what. Strange how five days goes by quicker than four. I worked all week with no days off and it seemed to fly by in comparison to last week(I was off last Tuesday with a sick kid.) Still, I welcome thee Friday evening. I’m always glad to […]

Ole. Okay?

Technically my week-long sabbatical from work is over. It’s Friday evening, 6:38pm to be exact, and this would now be considered just another Friday night. But fear not, I’m not letting technicalities bring me down. No way, pal. The big cold shoulder from Mother Nature is on it’s way, and she’s making it extra cold. […]

Giants on my front porch

When I got home from work I saw a couple square packages waiting on the front porch. Oh boy! My recent Discogs purchases arrived! As you may or may not recall, I’ve been on a real jazz kick lately. I’ve been perusing back catalogs of some of my favorite guys; Davis, Coltrane, Monk, Winklehammer. So […]

Drift Away

So I’m in a ramblin’ kind of mood this evening. The kids are at their perspective pals abodes, my wife is at work earning some dough, and White Hills’ Stolen Stars Left For No One is spinning at the moment. I gotta say, that was the best $13 I’ve spent in a long time(well, the […]