#modal jazz

Source: I Love Jazz And Jazz Loves Me by Jon Sotiropoulos

Miles Davis “Prince of Darkness”

Tracklist:

Dèwèl • Yèkèrmo Sèw • Gubèlyé • Amarina • Yèkatit • Nètsanèt • Tezetayé Antchi LiDJ • Sabyé • Ené Alantchi Alnorem

happy anniversary to the first recording session (of two) of this fucking masterpiece, recorded in NYC on this day in 1959, to all who celebrate

John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1960)

Genre: jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, post-bop

Length: 37:03

This is the first jazz album I'm reviewing for this page, and it's killer. One of the first jazz albums I had ever heard, John Coltrane's buttery saxophone on Giant Steps gets you dancing right away with a bundle of sway and class.

Difficult to describe the bustling everydayness of the opening song and how perfectly it leads into the rest of the album, Giant Steps – it's more something that ought to be experienced for itself. Preferably at a café or on your way to an airport, perhaps. Between this song and Mr. P.C., the other business-y bop song at the end, the listener is gifted with a legendary array of jazz songs delivered by a master. My favorite song on this is Naima, a delightfully lovely song John Coltrane wrote for his wife.