Comments for Coltrane, John, My Favorite Things

Perhaps the album that made John Coltrane well known, providing a bridge between and be-bop and adding some. A good introduction though other works are more indicative and challenging

Great album, but I think the real highlight is McCoy Tyner's playing. "Favorite Things" is the best known track on here but my own favorite is "But Not For Me." Took me a while to get the idea behind "Summertime," but I ended up borrowing some of that hard-bop groove for one of my own arrangements.

In my opinion, John Coltrane was the best tenor sax player that ever lived. His music built a path which all jazz musicians past ans present have tried to follow. I am a really big Coltrane fan. Is there any information on John Coltrane that you may send me. Thank you.

My Favorite Things is one of the rare works of art that truly transcends the normally indestructible boundary of time. It seems to become more powerful and relevant with each listening especially in relation to the many forms of contemporary music. Its nearest competition, in my opinion, are only a few venerable classical pieces. In 100 or 200 years from now, the majesty of Coltrane and specifically his signature, "My Favorite Things" will be singularly evident. Call me biased...

Current rating 7.8??!! This is far a more important record than that. Trane continues the modal revolution with some great tunes. Listen to "Live in Japan" to see how he would later rework one of his signature tunes, "My Favorite Things".

This was the record that turned me on to Jazz. " My Favourite Things" itself is absolutely haunting and I still listen to it twenty years later.. stately is a good word for it. The point in "Summertime" where Elvin Jones and Steve Davis come together is stunning. Coltrane on this record and others took popular material ( The Sound of Music, or songs written by Henry VIII ! ) and turned it into something quite out of this world.. My copy was bought from a public library in Warwick, and was almost worn out then... My other favourites are "A Love Supreme", which makes me shiver every time I hear it (it is so close to the edge), and his collaborations with Eric Dolphy. What is that feeling you get from top class jazz ? The feeling that you might faint, or fall - that there is a big empty space beneath you and it''s only a thread of music that holds you out of it. Intensely private, but in all probability a very common experience. This record has it in abundance.