Rowhouse Logic - Breathtaking Inanity

Ok, after tonight there will be no more Coltrane on this site for a little while - I promise. Tonight’s track is Blues Minor which was recorded by on June 17, 1961 and is most recently released on the two disk set The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions. The personnel are John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, McCoy Tyner of piano, Reggie Workman on bass and Elvin Jones on drums, with Eric Dolphy conducting the orchestra. I’ve spent the last few days offering up tracks which convey loss and introspection, so I though I ought to switch things up a little. The tune itself, as the title suggests, is a minor blues (actualy a simplified modal minor blues) and is stunning from beginning to end. If you have the ears to hear, the emotion of this track can be overwhelming, but in a very different way than the other Trane tracks I’ve featured over the last few days.

As always, I encourage you to buy the Album if you like the tune. I’ve heard Alice Coltrane has a very good lawyer.

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