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February 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Chasin’ The Trane

If I could curl up anywhere for some peace and quiet it would be inside Chasin’ The Trane, the side-long third cut on John Coltrane’s Live At The Village Vanguard album. Coltrane’s tenor sounds like it’s being chased by Jimmy Garrison’s bass. Elvin Jones, again, beatin’ those drums like they owe him money – and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged a part of the regular quartet, Again, beatin’ those drums like they owe him money – and they did. Just this trio – McCoy Tyner perhaps beat me to it, Chasin' The Trane, If I could curl up anywhere for some peace and quiet it would be inside Chasin’ The Trane, John Coltrane, Live At The Village Vanguard, maybe he’s curled up deep inside there already. For you just sorta feel his presence, Short Story, Short Story: Chasin’ The Trane, the side-long third cut on John Coltrane’s Live At The Village Vanguard album. Coltrane’s tenor sounds like it’s being chased by Jimmy Garrison’s bass. Elvin Jones ·

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August 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 522

John Coltrane, Live at The Village Vanguard (1962) One of my all-time favourite albums – one of my favourite John Coltrane albums, from a killer-period with that legendary quartet; I had two copies of this on CD – because I would regularly loan one out and had to have a copy with me at all […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1962, Bonus, Bonus Track, Chasin' The Trane, Coltrane, JC, John Coltrane, Live, Live At The Village Vanguard, LP, Original Album, Record, Reissue, Sheets of Sound, The Vinyl Countdown # 522, Vinyl ·

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June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening

I know I’ve written about live albums before – several times, and I always will, I love live albums! – but I thought I’d give you a list of the ten live albums that I consider the most important. That is to say important to me, these lists are a chance for me to remind […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening, Absolutely Live, B.B. King, Big Swing Face, Bill Withers, Buddy Rich, Concert, Cook County Jail, Erykah Badu, Frampton Comes Alive, Got Live Cos I Want It, Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening, Jay-Z, Live, Live Album, Live At Carnegie Hall, Live At Leeds, Live At The Regal, Live At The Village Vanguard, Live In Concert, Live In Cook County Jail, Live Magic, Peter Frampton, Queen, The Buddy Rich Big Band, The Doors, The Roots, The Who, Wynton Marsalis ·

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June 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Marc Ribot Trio: Live at The Village Vanguard

Marc Ribot Trio Live At The Village Vanguard Pi. Recordings Recently celebrating his 60th birthday, Marc Ribot continues to play with the vim and vigour of a man half his age; or half that – he continues to find in his guitar new sounds, and in himself new ways to coax and conjure those sounds. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bass, Chad Taylor, Drums, Guitar, Henry Grimes, Jazz, Live At The Village Vanguard, Marc Ribot, Marc Ribot Trio ·

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November 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Enrico Pieranunzi: Live at the Village Vanguard

Enrico Pieranunzi Live at the Village Vanguard Cam Jazz Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi here offers a live set that was recorded in 2011 – a new release for 2013; it’s unclear why it’s taken so long to see the light of day but it’s a special set, not least of all for capturing one of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bill Evans, Enrico Pieranunzi, Jazz, Jazz Trio, Live At The Village Vanguard, Marc Johnson, Paul Motian, Piano Trio ·

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