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RE: Little help here, please

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In Reply to: RE: Little help here, please posted by Mike K on January 08, 2023 at 09:33:19

Nobody can hear jazz though your ears except you!
I find this track beautiful, but that's just because I like the music. No point in explaining it - it speaks for itself.
But check out the version with Roy Haynes as well.
Coltrane/Roy Haynes - My Favourite Things (Open in New Window)

Edits: 01/08/23

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RE: Little help here, please - Cpwill 15:59:21 01/09/23 (6)
I start my radio program with a different version of Coltrane doing My Favorite Things, every Thursday at 5:00 am Eastern time. I have nearly 3 dozen versions. Original studio versions in both mono and stereo mixes, 3 different Newport gigs, various NYC clubs, various universities, more than a dozen European dates from tours in '61 and '62 and live in Japan. Some are melodic; others frenetic. Shortest just under 10 minutes; longest nearly an hour. Some with classic quintet; some with Dolphy; some with Sanders; some with Workmam; some with Haynes; some with Alice; some with Rasheed Ali; and others with miscellaneous other players. I enjoy them all and marvel at the differences. I agree with Andy Evans. The music speak for itself. You either get it or you don't get it.

Coltrane recorded it in 1960 (released March 1961) shortly after My Fair Lady hit Broadway. It became an almost instant Jazz standard. It has been covered over 600 times - some vocals/some instrumentals - albeit not all in the Jazz idiom. Some covers lean toward the original show tune interpretations; other clearly show the influence of Trane.

Ciao,

"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." - Lou Reed

Cpwill
- What's it got to do with My Fair Lady? (nt) - Dave Pogue 08:19:47 01/13/23 (1)
  nt
  - A Brain Fart on My Part - Cpwill 14:18:50 01/13/23 (0)
    The Sound of Music. Or was it The Lion King? Cats, anyone?
    
    Ciao,
    
    "One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." - Lou Reed
    
    Cpwill
- Always liked this version... - musetap 21:38:41 01/09/23 (3)
  though haven't listened to it in... ages.
  
  Liked most everything on this series AAMOF.
  
  And yes, you either get it or not.
  
  If so, cool, if not there's some million other things that might become a favorite.
  
  "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
  - RE: Always liked this version... - Cpwill 04:11:02 01/10/23 (2)
    I think I have that performance in a two CD set titled Live in France July 27/28 1965. What is the date and length of your version?
    
    TIA.
    
    Ciao,
    
    "One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." - Lou Reed
    
    Cpwill
    - Found Another - Cpwill 06:00:59 01/10/23 (1)
      Comblain-La-Tour Belgium 1 August 1965. CD on OlkMen Records (OMR-007, 1998) seems unobtainium, but there is a DVD and it's on YouTube.
      "One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." - Lou Reed
      
      Cpwill
      My Favorite Things Comblain-La-Tour 1/8/65 (Open in New Window)
      - RE: Found Another - fantja 18:30:49 01/11/23 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Found Another posted by Cpwill on January 10, 2023 at 06:00:59
        
        All excellent selections.

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