(TV) Re: coltrane sun ship & louis armstrong hot 5's & 7's

["sam matthews" <fangsdaddy@hotmail.com>]

At 8:17 PM +0000 3/12/01, Eric Veillette wrote:
> >btw, how's john coltrane's Sun Ship?
& maurice wrote: Dunno.  All I've heard of the later period Coltrane is from 
the
> Impulse 2-CD compilation.  Anyone?
"sun ship" is a "great quartet" disc, the last one, i believe. it can be 
quite noisy in my opinion, verging on free. sort of in the same territory as 
"meditations." and like "meditations", i find i have to be in the mood for 
it. (which is rare for me---i have about 75% of 'tranes official output.) it 
just doesn't fade in the backgound. it demands your attention. sometimes i 
put it on at work just to keep my coworkers out of my office.

if you're going to buy the louis armstrong hot five's & seven's box (which 
i'd strongly recommend, by the way, because it shreds in so many more ways 
than i can describe) look for the 4 disc box on jsp. better pressings than 
anything columbia has done & a heck of a lot cheaper. bought mine locally, 
new, for about $22. but the jsp liner notes suck---so then spend another $16 
on laurence bergman's great armstrong bio. (it mostly focuses on the period 
from birth to the '50's) this entire package is still cheaper than the 
recent columbia box.

sam matthews
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