John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (repost)

My Favorite Things is a 1960 jazz album by John Coltrane. It is considered by many jazz critics to be another landmark session recorded by Coltrane on the Atlantic label, the first to introduce his new quartet featuring McCoy Tyner (Piano), Elvin Jones (Drums) and Steve Davis (Bass) - neither Jimmy Garrison nor Reggie Workman featured as yet.

It is classed as another album in which Coltrane made a break free of bop, introducing complex harmonic reworkings of such songs as "My Favorite Things", and "But Not For Me". Additionally, at a time when the soprano saxophone was considered obsolete, it demonstrated Coltrane's further investigation of the instrument's capabilities in a jazz idiom.

The standard "Summertime" is notable for its upbeat, searching feel, a demonstration of Coltrane's 'sheets of sound', a stark antithesis to Miles Davis's melancholy, lyrical version on Porgy and Bess.

The title track is a modal rendition of a song from The Sound of Music. In the documentary The World According to John Coltrane, narrator Ed Wheeler remarks:

"In 1960, Coltrane left Miles [Davis] and formed his own quartet to further explore modal playing, freer directions, and a growing Indian influence. They transformed "My Favorite Things", the cheerful populist song from 'The Sound of Music,' into a hypnotic eastern dervish dance. The recording was a hit and became Coltrane's most requested tune—an abridged broad public acceptance."


Personnel:

John Coltrane soprano & tenor saxophones
McCoy Tyner piano
Steve Davis bass
Elvin Jones drums


Tracklist:

1. My Favorite Things
2. Every Time We Say Goodbye
3. Summertime
4. But Not For Me
5. My Favorite Things (Part 1) - (single version, bonus track)
6. My Favorite Things (Part 2) - (single version, bonus track)

Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York, New York on October 21, 24 & 26, 1960.

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