Album Review: John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
Sunday, February 8th, 2009Classical music afficionados have Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Rock fans have The Beatles’ White Album. Jazz fans have A Love Supreme. If you’ve read my post about essential jazz recordings, you know that I ranked this album as #1. John Coltrane’s masterpiece is a winner on so many different levels. Let’s take a closer look. The [...]
What Am I listening to Today?
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009Howdy everyone, I think it might be fun to chime in from time to time to share what music I am listening to. Here goes… In the Car: I am enjoying John Coltrane’s “Lush Life”, which was the first album he released as a bandleader. On the iPod: I have enjoyed a few albums so [...]
Alan’s Essential Jazz Recordings Part 1
Friday, July 18th, 2008Jazz is one of those topics that people are either completely ambivalent about, or completely passionate about. Even if you’re one of those ambivalent types towards jazz, there are so many great recordings out there. These are recordings that have inspired newer music from genres as varied as hip hip to rock music. In fact, [...]

