John Coltrane: Live At The Village Vanguard Again! LP ETJS-16 Ol’ Man Mose 3:51

Ol’ Man Mose 3:51

One of the enduring mysteries of Blue Note history is that superb sessions such as Dexter Gordon's Clubhouse (recorded in 1965) remained unreleased in the vault until the late 1970s

A hip-hop sub-context lies just beneath the surface in the album’s skittering beats

On 1964’s Into Somethin’—his first album for Blue Note—Larry Young made it abundantly clear that he had his own unique approach to the Hammond B-3 organ

My Secret Passion

John Coltrane: Live At The Village Vanguard Again! LP ETJS-16 Ol’ Man Mose 3:51Impulse!, 1966 With this album, Coltrane announced the completion of his fearless journey into the avant garde. The two tracks it contains Naima and My Favorite Things had been in his repertoire for years but, here, emerge utterly transformed, showing just how far hed travelled. Rashied Alis omni directional drums and Alice Coltranes oceanic piano provide a wide open palette over which Coltrane blows intense, frenzied yet always lyrical extrapolations