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Countdown - John Coltrane (53.4 KiB, 258 hits)
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Tag: John Coltrane
Posts on John Coltrane’s improvisation approaches, Coltrane Changes, and some improvisation ideas
Dear Jazz-Saxists,
Greetings~
Not long ago, I began to write some casual posts relating to Jazz improvisation ideas and approaches, about Coltrane Changes, John Coltrane, and some off-the-cuff ramblings in my little site at www.jkchang.com. These posts, collected in the “Dialogue” series, were really fun to write (and I hope they are also fun to read as well~), including:
Incorporating the Sound of Nicolas Slonimsky’s Pattern no. 626 in Jazz Improvisation
-Some ideas and approaches in creating “pure” or “quasi”of Nicolas Slonimsky’s Pattern No. 626 sound. These ideas are less “analytical”…more like my own ways (aka shortcuts) to manage Slonimsky’s materials in his Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns
-listening/compiling Coltrane’s employments of “The Bebop Lick” in his Giant Steps & Countdown to list few manageable variant.
Beyond Patterns: Sculpting Jazz Improvisation Lines with the Diminished Scale
-discussing few approaches and ideas to create Diminished Scale sound….for example, using layer approach…etc….to provide few ways, in addition to the usual “here’s your scale”, to execute this wonderful symmetrical scale.
Incorporating Motives of Super Mario Bros. “Underground” Theme in Jazz Improvisation
-a personal post about getting some improvisational ideas from Super Mario Bros.’s “Underground” theme…(although it might appear to be an “Ode to an-incredibly-horrible-gamer”….)
-a personal favorite! This post is about using Coltrane’s improvisational line as a phrasing model to handle lots of sequential patterns in a single improvised line.
Incorporating Dissonance in Jazz Improvisation
-few general ideas on spicing up our improvisations with some juicy dissonances.
-ramblings on Coltrane Changes.
Have fun reading them~ and please let me know what you think~
Regards,
JK
John Coltrane Reference Book
Here is a review of the forementioned John Coltrane Reference Book.
Porter combines meticulous scholarship with an eye for telling details, the revealing and necessary details about Coltrane’s life and music that constantly open up new perspectives. There is no gratuitous quoting of literary figures irrelevant to Coltrane, or bizarre factoids (the attendance at a New York Museum of Modern Art Chagall show the year Coltrane’s classic quartet recorded at The Village Vanguard (see page 69 in Ratliff).
Though the price is still daunting……$150
The John Coltrane Reference
There is a new Coltrane book out by Lewis Porter, Chris DeVito, David Wild, Yasuhiro Fujioka, and Wolf Schmaler.
Few jazz musicians have had the lasting influence or attracted as much scholarly study as John Coltrane. Yet, despite dozens of books, hundreds of articles, and his own recorded legacy, the “facts” about Coltrane’s life and work have never been definitely established. Well-known Coltrane biographer and jazz educator Lewis Porter has assembled an international team of scholars to write The John Coltrane Reference, an indispensable guide to the life and music of John Coltrane.
The John Coltrane Reference features a a day-by-day chronology, which extends from 1926-1967, detailing Coltrane’s early years and every live performance given by Coltrane as either a sideman or leader, and a discography offering full session information from the first year of recordings, 1946, to the last, 1967. The appendices list every film and television appearance, as well as every recorded interview. Richly illustrated with over 250 album covers and photos from the collection of Yasuhiro Fujioka, The John Coltrane Reference will find a place in every major library supporting a jazz studies program, as well as John Coltrane enthusiasts.
At a whopping $150 for 608 pages, is this a must own for Coltrane nuts?
Giant Steps – John Coltrane
Here is a transcription of Giant Steps I did a LONG TIME AGO…
Giant Steps - John Coltrane (Bb Tenor) (310.6 KiB, 332 hits)
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Giant Steps - John Coltrane (Eb Alto) (72.8 KiB, 662 hits)
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