Retrospective
By Bob. Monday, 7. January 2008, 00:32:58
Looking back over the posts, this blog has come along pretty well. Although, in my mind, the posts had been disjointed and sporadic, they seem to flow pretty seamlessly on review. I am still disappointed that more people haven't posted and renew my call for all of the members to post at least once, if only to list a couple of favorite albums.
As with anyone, my musical tastes have changed dramatically over the years, leading me from classic rock to classic country to jazz among other pitstops over the years. Even since beginning this blog, I note that I have refined my views. My original post lauded the concept of discussing favorite jazz music/musicians and getting advice from others on where to go. I still embrace this concept, yet as stated above, await the collaboration of the blog members. Among other things, I see that my original post was a little unenthusiastic about Davis and Coltrane. Since that post, I have come to really appreciate Trane much more, led there by the somewhat recently released Monk/Trane at Carnegie album, which has the best sound of any live album I've heard in the last couple of years. That album led me back to my own Coltrane collection and from there to A Love Supreme. I am happy to reevaluate my opinion on Coltrane and am happy to revisit others. At this point, I'm still not a Miles fan, but feel free to attempt to persuade me.
Last, I'd like to mention a great disc I've owned for a few years but never really given a lot of credit to: Ben Webster meets the Oscar Peterson trio. I usually have my iPod on jazz shuffle at work and became aware that I was consistently looking over to see who was playing when one of the songs on this album came up. Webster is smooth and haunting and the Peterson Trio is great, as usual. Anyway, I highly recommend it.
As with anyone, my musical tastes have changed dramatically over the years, leading me from classic rock to classic country to jazz among other pitstops over the years. Even since beginning this blog, I note that I have refined my views. My original post lauded the concept of discussing favorite jazz music/musicians and getting advice from others on where to go. I still embrace this concept, yet as stated above, await the collaboration of the blog members. Among other things, I see that my original post was a little unenthusiastic about Davis and Coltrane. Since that post, I have come to really appreciate Trane much more, led there by the somewhat recently released Monk/Trane at Carnegie album, which has the best sound of any live album I've heard in the last couple of years. That album led me back to my own Coltrane collection and from there to A Love Supreme. I am happy to reevaluate my opinion on Coltrane and am happy to revisit others. At this point, I'm still not a Miles fan, but feel free to attempt to persuade me.
Last, I'd like to mention a great disc I've owned for a few years but never really given a lot of credit to: Ben Webster meets the Oscar Peterson trio. I usually have my iPod on jazz shuffle at work and became aware that I was consistently looking over to see who was playing when one of the songs on this album came up. Webster is smooth and haunting and the Peterson Trio is great, as usual. Anyway, I highly recommend it.
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