John Coltrane - Four Tenors (DVD)

John Coltrane

Advantages: One of the most talented jazz saxophonists ever!
Disadvantages: Towards the end of his life, his work got more "way out"

John Coltrane is definitely one of the greatest tenor and soprano saxophonists ever, having also written many jazz standards, such as Blue Trane and Impressions. At first, Coltrane started out as a clarinettist, and horn player, but at school he was influenced by hearing players including Lester Young and Johnny Hodges, causing him to switch to alto sax before switching to tenor sax after doing military service during world war two and playing in the U.S. Navy Band. Throughout his life, Coltrane was an alcoholic, and a heroin addict (finally dieing from liver cancer in 1967), but he managed to overcome this, and it was during overcoming his heroin addiction that he wrote perhaps his most important and prolific work - A Love Supreme - a four part work in which Coltrane tried to express his love for and worship of God, with Coltrane ...

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Coltrane is the man.

Advantages: Some of the all time best jazz saxophone ever.
Disadvantages: Some ommissions.

The Very Best of John Coltrane Some folks in commenting on a previous review wanted me to review some 'hard jazz'; well here goes. This was just one of the 'best of' or 'greatest hits' type albums, of several that have been issues since the great mans death at the tender age of 41. It seems that the saxophone 'greats' die young and tragically; Charlie Parker, Albert Ayler. Although primarily a tenor player, he also played an awful lot of soprano (as on much of this album) and occasionally alto and clarinet, though I've not heard much of this. He was an absolute giant amongst jazz saxophonists, and along with Parker, probably (though in different ways) the most influential saxophonist ever. He played with many of the greats too, in fact some of his collaborations with Miles Davies (trumpet) such as Bye Bye Blackbird, have ...

paulhanton 29.06.2008 · Read full review
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Fantastic Four

Advantages: good action film, special effects
Disadvantages: purists maybe upset

for a scene in the movie 'Fantastic Four - Casting Session': A collection of audition sessions involving each of the final cast members shot during pre-production of the film *** Theatrical teaser trailer. *** *** Theatrical trailer. *** *** TV spots. *** Disc 2 subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Russian Review Equipment: Harman Kardon AVR7300 Amplifier Harman Kardon DVD 22 Multi Region DVD Player KEF PSW2500 Sub-woofer (maple) KEF Q4 front and surround speakers (maple) KEF Q6 centre speaker (maple) Phillips 30" 30PF9975 LCD TV © Also published under the name stevepeto on Dooyoo and also under sjp1966 on the Digital Lard website to which I am a contributor, 2008 ...

sjp1966 30.04.2008 · Read full review
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