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Thrillho:
I've had A Love Supreme for aaaaages, it being one of THE jazz albums you have to own, and even thought it took me a lot (a LOT) of listens to get into but I finally did, and it's a very beautiful, honest piece of work. Not one that I listen to much, however.

Today I bought Blue Train for £1.50 (I think that's about $3.50 these days?) from Borders, and I'm only on the first listen and already I like it more. This might be because it's a more accessible album; whatever. I just know I flat out enjoy listening to this one more. What's the next port of call? I'm guessing Giant Steps?

And what do YOU guys think of Coltrane, ehhhhh?

Thrillho:
I planned on getting Kind Of Blue eventually.

Joseph:
He also made an excellent record with Don Cherry titled The Avant Garde.  If you find you enjoy his later records, definitely check it out.  I'm a big fan of Meditations for the later stuff, but I am also just a sucker for Pharoah Sanders.

Johnny C:
Next thing you know, we'll have a thread about the Beatles.

Bastardous Bassist:
Giant Steps is great, but 'Trane was kind of a dick to Tommy Flanagan involving the title track.  It sucks because 'Trane was actually a really nice guy, apparently.  Other than that, Giant Steps pretty much has all of my favorite 'Trane tunes.

I think Contrane's avant garde work is fairly terrible.  He was great at playing so inside all the time that his work playing outside never really made much sense to me.  As far as avant garde playing, Anthony Braxton is the guy to go to for that sort of thing.  Of course, none of this stuff is really avant garde any more.

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