Comments on: Free Collectible Time: My Favorite Things (Really)

By: My Favorite Things: The Winner Is . . . | jazzcollector.com

My Favorite Things: The Winner Is . . . | jazzcollector.com — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:34:57 +0000

[…] great and it’s one of the classics, despite the surprising criticisms from some of our favorite commentators. For me, this is a real favorite and one of the first records I fell in love with when I fell in […]

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Today at Jazz Collector: Trane Reigns | jazzcollector.com — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:26:46 +0000

[…] is now more than $200; later today we will be announcing the winner of our contest to win a copy of My Favorite Things; and we are closing our last auctions for a couple of weeks, as we head off for a brief holiday. […]

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:43:39 +0000

Columbia Records Jazz LP Cover Mystery

Does anyone out there know what those little numbers printed on the back cover (bottom right) of most late 50’s Columbia Jazz LP’s mean ??? If you take a look at the back of an early press of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue or Dave Brubeck’s Time Out for example, you will notice there is a small single digit number stamped down in the bottom right corner. It usually ranges between the numbers 1 through 6, perhaps more.

As it stands, this phenomenon remains unexplained. Could it be as obvious as a simple indication of the actual pressing ?

By: Hyder

Hyder — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:14:28 +0000

greetings from Singapore!
i love jazz and Coltrane is up there among the other guru’s.
His modal style, either one love it or hate it. Me? I love it!
cheers

By: Rudolf A. Flinterman

Rudolf A. Flinterman — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:56:27 +0000

bethellodge, you said it better than I could. I just listened after 3 decades to “My favourite things” and there is no reason o change from what I said above. Coltrane’s reading of “Every time we say good bye”, by the way, is more mature and equilibrated.
Agree on your appreciation of Wayne Shorter, the best tenor to emerge in the sixties. Wonderful coposer and arranger too.

By: bethellodge

bethellodge — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:47:27 +0000

I too have been a skeptic when it comes to Coltrane… I have said (half seeking a rise, knowing full well that it amounts to blasphemy) that My Favorite Things would have been a fantastic trio record – ie without the irritating nasal soprano over top of an otherwise great groove.

I’ve also decided recently to face Coltrane head on… (I’m a major Shorter fan and he’s so often described as a follower). Don’t mistake my opinion for conservatism, I can really get into avant garde stuff, (Dolphy for example) but Coltrane’s sound has always just sounded bad to me.

This contest is timely – I just finished Ben Ratliff’s book on Coltrane, about two days ago, as a way to begin to face my demon(s), and I’ve begun to gather up some of his music . So Jazz Collector, make a convert out of me.

But, I know others out there would appreciate it more…and I’ve already won a nice prize here,

By: Rudolf A. Flinterman

Rudolf A. Flinterman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:44:00 +0000

Al’s original question was, how this record impressed us upon its issue. Well, I must say, it did not impress me at all. I found “My favourite things” boring, highly repetitive. I don’t like Trane’s sound of the soprano sax. The only soprano I dig is Steve Lacy’s. His is a pure sound on his 2 Prestige albums. So, I played my “Favourite Things” maybe 3 times since 1962 when I bought it.
I must admit that I had the same prejudice against “OLE”, untill Al used it in his quiz. I played it and it was better than I thought. I will try out “Favourite Things” to see if my prejudice after 45 years still stands.

By: Doug Droese

Doug Droese — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:53:35 +0000

Well, how could one top a portable turntable, a glass of crisp Vermentino, a Guild guitar (sorry I’m a Richie Havens addict), and a view of the Berkshires…may Mr. and Mrs Jazz Collector have a wonderful time.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:23:29 +0000

Yes, it is. You should have My Favorite Things, eventually, either here or somewhere. Hopefully a free copy from Jazz Collector. — al

By: maarten kools

maarten kools — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:39:44 +0000

certainly you must have a copy in your bathroom..but a mono pressing ofcourse..
I have some 400 jazz records now but no favorite things.. always kept on the easy side of coltrane
(soultrane,blue trane etc)… but i’m missing out here i understand.. well ,mayby i’m lucky

is the cover the same as the 1 st mono pressing?