My Favorite Things (album)
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| My Favorite Things | ||
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| Studio album by John Coltrane | ||
| Released | 1961 | |
| Recorded | October 24 - October 26, 1960 | |
| Genre | Jazz, Modal Jazz | |
| Length | 40:42 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Nesuhi Ertegun | |
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| John Coltrane chronology | ||
| Giant Steps (1959) | My Favorite Things (1960) | Coltrane's Sound (1960)
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My Favorite Things is a 1960 jazz album by John Coltrane. It is considered by many jazz critics to be another landmark session recorded by Coltrane on the Atlantic label, the first to introduce his new quartet featuring McCoy Tyner (Piano), Elvin Jones (Drums) and Steve Davis (Bass) - neither Jimmy Garrison nor Reggie Workman featured as yet.
It is classed as another album in which Coltrane made a break free of bop, introducing complex harmonic reworkings of such songs as "My Favorite Things", and "But Not For Me". Additionally, at a time when the soprano saxophone was considered obsolete, it demonstrated Coltrane's further investigation of the instrument's capabilities in a jazz idiom.
The standard "Summertime" is notable for its upbeat, searching feel, a demonstration of Coltrane's 'sheets of sound', a stark antithesis to Miles Davis's melancholy, lyrical version on Porgy and Bess.
The title track is a modal rendition of a song from The Sound of Music. In the documentary The World According to John Coltrane, narrator Ed Wheeler remarks:
"In 1960, Coltrane left Miles [Davis] and formed his own quartet to further explore modal playing, freer directions, and a growing Indian influence. They transformed "My Favorite Things", the cheerful populist song from 'The Sound of Music,' into a hypnotic eastern dervish dance. The recording was a hit and became Coltrane's most requested tune—an abridged broad public acceptance."
A cover of the title track appeared on the OutKast album The Love Below.
[edit] Track listing
- "My Favorite Things" (Rodgers and Hammerstein) – 13:47
- "Everytime We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 5:54
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin/DuBose Heyward) – 11:37
- "But Not for Me" (Gershwin) – 9:35
[edit] External link
- "John Coltrane, Avant Garde Jazz, and the Evolution of "My Favorite Things" - A thesis paper with musical analysis
