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Surveying the soundscape.
The recent Prestige Profiles series of CDs merits a strong recommendation and a minor warning. Taking the latter first, you should know that these compilations are exactly the same as the corresponding "Best Of" CDs that came out in 2004.
Apparently, the first time these collections hit the market, they didn't get a lot of attention. The official explanation is bad timing. Fantasy Records turned them out during the period that Concord Music Group was acquiring Fantasy and thus the series "fell through the cracks on the retail front."
I'll expand on that hypothesis. Of the original batch of 18 Best Of compilations, only the ones that drew exclusively from ...
- John Coltrane: His Life and Music.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Notes Granat, Zbigniew December 1, 1998 700+ words
...Yasuhiro Fujioka on the definitive discography of John Coltrane (John Coltrane: A Discography and Musical Biography [Metuchen...under review, the most exhaustive account of John Coltrane's life and music to date. Porter's book...
- John Coltrane
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1996 700+ words
Archive Photos 01-01-1996 John Coltrane Tenor saxophone player and jazz composer John Coltrane influenced countless younger musicians...entertainers. performers. stars. John Coltrane. Coltrane. jazz musicians. composers...
- FRANCE. Paris. July 28th, 1965. JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET. The American jazz...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1965 700+ words
...FRANCE. Paris. July 28th, 1965. JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET. The American jazz musician John COLTRANE (saxophones). Keywords: african...famous person famous people fra. paris. john coltrane quartet. france. paris. july 28th...
- FRANCE. Paris. July 28th, 1965. JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET. The American saxophone...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1965 700+ words
...FRANCE. Paris. July 28th, 1965. JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET. The American saxophone player John COLTRANE. Keywords: african american people...person famous people fra. paris. john coltrane quartet. france. paris. july 28th...
- From left to right the Americans saxophonist John COLTRANE, bassist Jimmy...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1965 700+ words
...right the Americans saxophonist John COLTRANE, bassist Jimmy GARRISSON and drummer Elvin JONES performing in John Coltrane Quartet with the American Mac...person famous people fra. paris. john coltrane quartet. from left to right the...
- Living with the spirit and legacy of John Coltrane.
- Magazine article from: Ebony Donloe, Darlene March 1, 1989 700+ words
...Living With The Spirit And Legacy Of JOHN COLTRANE THE white brick ranch-styled house...husband, the legendary saxophonist, John Coltrane. It's been more than 20 years since...He's here. I feel him here." John Coltrane, long considered ahead of his time...
- FRANCE. Paris. Olympia concert hall. November 17th, 1962. JOHN COLTRANE...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1962 700+ words
...concert hall. November 17th, 1962. JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET. The American jazz musician John COLTRANE (tenor and soprano saxophones). Keywords...famous people france. paris. olympia. john coltrane quartet. france. paris. olympia concert...
- John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDCD 731).(Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Nehring, Karl W. April 1, 1999 700+ words
John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads (Mobile Fidelity...UDCD 731) For the truly hard-core John Coltrane fans who are also hard-core audiophiles...Ballads presents the softer side of John Coltrane, which for most audiophiles is much...