Live at the Half Note [Live]

1. Stompin' at the Savoy

2. Swing Spring

3. What's New?

4. I Want to Be Happy

5. I'm Getting Sentimental over You

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As Is...Live at the Blue Note Avishai Cohen Manufacturer: Half Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Continuo Pilgrimage At Home Metheny Mehldau Quartet Dear Miles ASIN: B000OCY6WM Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. Smash
2. Elli
3. Etude
4. Bass Suite #1
5. Feediop
6. Remembering
7. Caravan

Customer Reviews:

In Person.......2007-06-19

Avishai Cohen is a person I would love to see in perform live. This DVD/CD combo features some of my favorite tunes by the group as well as the live DVD presentation. Wonderful combination for someone with the longing to see them

Average customer rating: Classic quartet on fire Music for musicians Disappointed with the announcer and tunes cut off Hard work but worth it. classic 'trane

One Down, One Up: Live at the Half Note John Coltrane Manufacturer: Impulse Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Impulse | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945 Live at the House of Tribes The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 ASIN: B000B0QOJA Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

1. Introduction And Announcements
2. One Down, One Up
3. Announcements
4. Afro-Blue

Tracks:

1. Introduction And Announcements
2. Song Of Praise
3. Announcements
4. My Favorite Things

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Having recharged his legendary status on 2005's spectacular Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall, a previously unheard "lost" recording from 1957, the late John Coltrane solidifies his refreshed standing with a new generation of jazz fans with this exciting discovery by his own quartet. Recorded in 1965 at New York's Half Note club, One Down, One Up isn't as stunning a find as the Monk album. Its recorded sound, taken from a radio broadcast, is pretty raw and, whereas the Monk album represents a rare meeting of these giants, there are other live albums from the mid-'60s by the Coltrane four. None, however, are as good as this one, which finds the tenor and soprano saxophonist making magnificent mountains out of modal molehills through his relentless surrounding and reshaping of notes, never coming up for air. You don't listen to epic performances like the 28-minute title track, 23-minute rendition of "My Favorite Things" (his bread and butter tune) and 20-minute "Song of Praise" so much as immerse yourself in them. You simply need to experience them for their rising intensity and spiritual weight, for their earthy beauty, for the band's locking gears: pianist McCoy Tyner's ferocious hammered notes, drummer Elvin Jones' whirlwind figures, bassist Jimmy Garrison's eloquent lines. Thriving on melody, which he would abandon in the sonically assault live final phase of his sadly shortened career, Coltrane keeps listeners in the palm of his hand even as he pushes into unchartered territory. --Lloyd Sachs

Album Description

Coltrane and his legendary band--McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums--regularly played at downtown New York's Half Note in the mid 1960s. The group used the club's flexible set times to accommodate Coltrane's musical suites and far-reaching improvisations. As Half Note founder Mike Canterino said, "I just wanted the music and to let the guys go ahead and do what they want to do."

The importance of these influential performances has grown throughout the years as musicians--especially saxophone players--passed around bootleg and lo-fi copies taken from the 1965 radio broadcast. It was a time when Coltrane was pushing his musical boundaries, and one can hear the evolution of his style on these recordings. As his son Ravi Coltrane says, "You can hear everything that came before and begin to hear where the music was going."

The music captured on One Down, One Up: Live at the Half Note features the songs "One Down, One Up" (perhaps the highlight of the collection), "Afro Blue," "Song of Praise," and "My Favorite Things." The unparalleled performances showcase a band filled with fiery passion and a master at the crossroads of his musical path.

One Down, One Up: Live at the Half Note features liner notes from journalist and author Ashley Kahn, who wrote A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album as well as the upcoming The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records. Also included is an essay by the CD's producer, Ravi Coltrane.

Customer Reviews:

Classic quartet on fire.......2007-04-14

If you are new to Trane this might not be the place to start but then again, understanding the enormity of his musicianship is part of the essence of knowing Coltrane's music. Personally, I have beeen listening to Coltrane since he was alive and thriving and pushing the limits of jazz. What you will find on this gem is exactly that, pushing the music, jazz music specifically, beyond the usual perceptions. His legendary solos are captured here and one highlight of this disc is the extended version of the lovely and unique interpretation of "My Favorite Things." Coming in at over 22 minutes this beautiful song allows Trane to express the things he couldn't on his album of the same name. The driving drum beats pounded by Elvin Jones, the extended solos and lingering piano work of McCoy Tyner and thumping, solid bass of Jimmy Garrison are perfect companions to the relentless notes coming out of Trane's horn. His improvisation is a lesson in the technique of going out there and bringing it all back home. Melodic yet challenging, Trane's vision is never more eloquent than on this song. Your jaw will drop. The grunts and groans of the musicians, the silence of the crowd probaly from being in awe in the presence of greatness and the erruption of fans apreciation will put you in the Half Note some forty-three years ago. This is the classic quartet at it's height. The extreme "One up ,One Down" opens with Garrison reaching out for your ear as the quartet slowly fills in and goes beyond the limits of comprehension as to how long a song can be stretched. Coming in at nearly 28 minutes any musician can benefit from listening and a casual or rabid jazz can only marvel at the stamina, endurance and intensity of Trane's classic quartet and omnipotent horn. The spiritual quality of Trane's music is expressed in "Song of Praise", which is about as intense as it can get. I can only imagine the concentration, admire the effort from afar, many years since that night in New York but I can feel his energy anew with the release recently of this priceless masterpiece from the vaults. The individual songs each have their own attraction but the complete performance is the way the disc should be appreciated; it is a study in the complex world of jazz outside the paradigm. The announcers voice and breaking up of the music offers a glimpse into the real world of performance where the breaks are barely long enough to wipe the sweat from one's brow; Trane and his quartet must have been sweating profusly and barely had enough time to quench their thirst before entertaining again. If you are a jazz fan you will love this disc. If you are a Trane fan you will experience nirvana listening to him blow again. This is recommended for any serious music fans collection; Trane lives on as his legacy continues to grow.It doesn't get much better than this.

Music for musicians.......2006-12-07

I personally like this tipe of jazz. I enjoy hearing endless variations that are accompanied by some kind of joy de vivre, when one almost feels the energy and music booming from speakers, moving your whole mind and body in the rhytm. After the song is over, you are often lost and it takes some time to regain ones composure. On the other hand, there are people who find this kind of music particularily nagging and painful. They are not willing to give any chance to artist or the song involved, and music just flows past them without touching them.

But something bothers me with this record. It feels like Coltrane is somwhere else, although his instrument is still there and plying. For me, it's like hearing perfectly performed practice for fingering, perfect but still somehow rutinely done. There are flashes, where you can hear Coltrane snap into it, and music becomes more powerfull and gains colour, but this is over in such a short time that this feeling of non-existance remains. Like it has never been there.

Bear in mind that this is the record which you will have to grow into. For which you will have to learn how to like it. It will go one piece at a time, but if you grasp the sense, then the full enjoyment will be prsent, and you'll return over and over again.

Disappointed with the announcer and tunes cut off .......2006-10-29

I was really annoyed by the announcer stepping all over the best parts of some of the solos but even more annoyed that the best tunes are cut off probably only half-way into the tunes. Just when Trane starts stretching out, the announcer comes in and the songs are cut. Get the Village Vanguard recordings first. I saw Pharoah Sanders do a version of My Favorite Things at Blues Alley for over an hour and it was a spiritual experience that will never be equalled. I hate to think of what I missed with these recordings... it's depressing.

Hard work but worth it........2006-08-22

If you like the later, freer, more open works of John Coltrane then you will absolutely love this album. It is hard work though, and not for the uninitiated. It requires a decision to engage oneself with this incredible musician, to open your spirit and allow his music to effect, move and change you. If you are jumping in to John Coltrane for the first time, I do not suggest that you start here. May I suggest earlier works like 'Soultane' or 'Bluetrane' as jumping in points.

classic 'trane.......2006-08-07

the sessions at the half note present the classic coltrane quartet at the height of its powers. this version of afro blue rivals the cut on "live at birdland."

Average customer rating: OOP but Available on ITunes A must have Up there with collectable Konitz Well worth aquiring if you are interested in Konitz or Marsh Five strong personalities

Live at the Half Note Lee Konitz Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Motion Right Combination The Way It Was Dusk Way Out West ASIN: B0000046TF Release Date: 1994-08-23

Tracks:

1. Palo Alto
2. How About You?
3. My Melancholy Baby
4. Scrapple From The Apple
5. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
6. 317 E 32nd

Tracks:

1. April
2. It's You Or No One
3. Just Friends
4. Baby, Baby All The Time
5. Lennie-Bird
6. Subconscious-Lee

Customer Reviews:

OOP but Available on ITunes.......2006-01-12

Super Bill Evans - even if only filling in - session is on ITUNES

A must have .......2005-09-22

This is a great must have. Team from west coast playing with team from new-york. The rhythm section (Bill Evans on piano, Jimmy Garrison on doublebass, Paul MOtian on drums) is fantastic. Garrison is the right man. Bill plays memorable solos. Motian is stunning. Marsh and Konitz seem to me in better form than on the disc they recorded in studio for Atlantic.

Up there with collectable Konitz.......2003-10-08

Ninety-Six minutes is a lot of music but there is a consistent high quality of performance of 12 tracks over two CD's. Mr Konitz doesn't falter and the interchanges between him and Mr Marsh are as satisfying as ever.
The rhythm section is a meeting of legends and the music is good enough for one not to notice occasional recording irregularities. One to own.

Well worth aquiring if you are interested in Konitz or Marsh.......2001-02-02

A very nice set, and one well worth aquiring if you are interested in Konitz or Marsh. The music itself is excellent and is in the Lennie Tristano style of long, sinewy, and complex new melodies over standard changes. All the playing is great -- Konitz and Marsh are a study in contrasts, both melodic and timbral. One only wishes that Bill Evans' presence was more felt -- he lays out quite a lot while the saxes solo and mostly takes very short solos himself. Sounds like he isn't very comfortable in this situation. In Evans' defense this wasn't a regular gig for him -- he was "sitting in" for Tristano, who was teaching the night this was recorded.

The recording quality is mostly fine, the saxophones sound very present and full and the contrast in timbre between Konitz and Marsh is a delight. There is some strange panning that occurs during many of the cuts -- often the horns start out on the right side of the soundstage, then shift to the center when soloing. Also during piano solos the ride cymbal starts on the left and moves right -- strage and probably done at the time of the actual recording, not the remastering (what mastering engineer would do this?)

Five strong personalities.......2001-02-01

This is an invaluable club recording of an unusual lineup: the two Tristanoite saxophonists Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh, the great pianist Bill Evans, the bassist Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian on drums. The gig was in fact Tristano's, but because he taught Tuesday nights Evans was asked to fill in. The recording is an amateur one, but a good one: its only oddity is that in the absence of multiple mikes, the mike is physically shifted between the saxophones and piano before & after Evans' solos, the aural effect being rather like walking around the side of the bandstand. On the other hand, the recording superbly captures Garrison & Motian, who are both in incredibly good form--rarely has a professional live recording from the 1950s caught the bass so prominently.

The music here is all mid- to up-tempo, with blistering takes on Tristano-school favourites like "You Stepped Out of a Dream" & "Lennie-Bird", as well as a few unusual choices ("Baby, Baby All the Time"!?). Part of the attraction of these discs is the palpable tension on the stand. Konitz is very clearly heading away from Tristano's influence: his tone is unpredictably smooth or rough, & his lines rhythmically uneven, punctuated by silences. It's far from the smooth, endlessly unspooling melodies he'd earlier favoured on recordings like the _Intuition_ sessions. It's perhaps because of this that Bill Evans seems uncomfortable with Konitz's approach: he doesn't comp behind Konitz on solos except on the final track, & generally Evans has a quiet night of it, perhaps feeling a bit of an intruder in what wasn't his gig. Marsh is in typically inventive form, & the heart of this disc isn't so much the solos (good as they are) as the rousing simultaneous improvisations by the two saxophonists--these sometimes go on for several choruses.

This 2CD set is an ideal place to start for those who've yet to investigate the Tristanoite school of players: it's a great listen. This music is released here in this form for the first time (a severely edited form was released on a small label years ago--Tristano objected to Konitz's solos & edited them out!). It's a privilege to discover, years after, that this casual gig, recorded informally, is one of the great live discs of the 1950s.

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Complete Live at the Half Note Kelly Wynton , and Wes Montgomery Manufacturer: Lonehill Jazz Spain ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Wynton Kelly Trio: Complete Recordings Complete Live in Paris 1965 Complete Blue Note Trio Sessions Complete Live at Jorgies Kelly Blue ASIN: B0007Q189Y Release Date: 2005-02-21

Tracks:

1. No Blues - Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery
2. If You Could See Me Now - Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery
3. Willow Weep for Me - Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery
4. Impressions - Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery
5. Portrait of Jennie - Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery
6. Surrey With the Fringe on Top - Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery
7. Oh, You Crazy Moon - Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery
8. Four on Six - Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery
9. Misty - Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery

Tracks:

1. Blues on Purpose - Wynton Kelly Trio
2. If You Could See Me Now - Wynton Kelly Trio
3. Somebody's Blues - Wynton Kelly Trio
4. Another Blues - Wynton Kelly Trio
5. Old Folks - Wynton Kelly Trio
6. Milestones - Wynton Kelly Trio

Album Description

Early R&B pianist who recorded 14 titles for Blue Note. He also recording such albums with Miles on Kind of Blue. 2 CD set.

Album Details

This Two CD Set Includes the First Ever Compilation of all of the Wynton Kelly Trio's Live Recordings at New York's Half Note Club. Not Only Does it Include all of the Celebrated Live Sessions with Wes Montgomery, that were Disseminated Over Several Different Albums Forcing the Collector to Buy Numerous LPs Prior to this Edition to Get the Complete Set, but it also Includes the Wynton Kelly Trio's More Difficult to Find Recordings at the Club. In the Past this Material was Only Released on Xanadu and Has Been Out of Print for 15 Years.

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Live at the Half Note Art Farmer Quartet with Jim Hall Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002JLP Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Stompin' At The Savoy
2. Swing Spring
3. What's New
4. I Want To Be Happy
5. I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You

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John Coltrane Quartet: Live at the Half Note (February 23rd, 1963) John Coltrane Manufacturer: ©1992 Black Label, Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000ZW5 Release Date: 1992-08-03

Tracks:

1. I Want to Talk About You
2. Brazilia
3. Song of Praise
4. One Up, One Down

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To Sweden with Love/Live at the Half Note Art Farmer Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Interaction/Sing Me Softly of the Blues Complete Studio Recordings Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B00069FK5U Release Date: 2004-12-07

Tracks:

1. Va Da Du? (Was It You?)
2. De Salde Sina Hemman (They Sold Their Homestead)
3. Den Mostravige Brudgummen (The Reluctant Groom)
4. Och Hor Du Unga Dora (And Listen Young Dora)
5. Kristallen Den Fina [The Fine Crystal]
6. Visa Vid Midsommartid (Midsummer Song)
7. Stompin' at the Savoy [Live]
8. Swing Spring [Live]
9. What's New? [Live]
10. I Want to Be Happy [Live]
11. I'm Getting Sentimental over You [Live]

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Live at the Half Note John Coltrane Manufacturer: Passport ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Coltrane Live in Paris Newport '63 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Ballads ASIN: B000BJS4D0 Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. I Want to Talk About You
2. Brazilia
3. Song of Praise
4. One Up, One Down

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Live at the Half Note Lee Konitz Manufacturer: Universal Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000QUCXRW Release Date: 2007-07-26

Tracks:

1. Palo Alto
2. How About You?
3. My Melancholy Baby
4. Scrapple from the Apple
5. You Stepped Out of a Dream
6. 317 East 32nd Street

Tracks:

1. April
2. It's You or No One
3. Just Friends
4. Baby, Baby All the Time
5. Lennie-Bird
6. Subconscious Lee

Album Description

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

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Complete Live at the Half Note ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000AA4I94 Release Date: 2005-07-26

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1. Live at the Olde Mill [Live]
2. Lover Man [Import]
3. Maiden Voyage
4. Mu, First Part
5. My Destination
6. My Life More Than It Is, Not Just The Blues
7. Najee's Theme
8. Nino
9. Nirvana
10. Opus de Bop [Original recording remastered]

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