Tag Archives: John Coltrane

Elvin’s North Texas Jazz Lecture 1984

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: North Texas State University offers this one-hour Elvin Jones jazz lecture online. I started watching from the beginning and couldn’t stop until I had watched the entire 60-minute video. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to promote the … Continue reading →

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Newly Released Coltrane-Dolphy at Village Gate 1961

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: What a great way to end a day. Reading just before bed I came across this news report of a soon to be released, for the first time, a John Coltrane/Eric Dolphy live date at the Village Gate. … Continue reading →

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Music – A Beautiful Universe

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: In the summer of 1961, multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy joined John Coltrane’s great quartet with Elvin Jones (drums), McCoy Tyler (piano), and Jimmy Garrison (bass), for a summer tour The groups’s “Complete 1961 Copenhagen Concert” album offers us a … Continue reading →

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Newly Released – ‘A Love Supreme’ Live in Seattle

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Elvin Jones is the sole drummer on this date. Not to look this gift horse in the mouth, but I’m a bit disappointed this date is the Coltrane Quartet expanded. Keeping an open mind and ears and looking … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Ed Blackwell

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: More than 50 years later I still can’t believe there are no outtakes to the 1966 album, The Avant Garde, by John Coltrane and Don Cherry. This album, which I picked up as a cut-out, was my introduction … Continue reading →

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