Stormy Mondays: Well, It’s Close Enough
Since Monday’s often thought of as the beginning of the week, we sat on this for an extra 24 hours to publish it at the beginning of what promises to be another fine year.
To usher us into this revolution, this week’s offering is from the world of John Coltrane, bright joyful music. I can think of no better way to welcome an end and ring in a beginning. The opening Spiritual, from 1961 with Eric Dolphy in the band, is one of my all-time favorite performances from the band, dramatic and sweeping. The following cut is from Amiri Baraka and Air Koeln in 1984, a hot little spoken word tribute to the sax man. And to close it out, we’ve got a long, wondrous version of My Favorite Things. This shit’s guaranteed to cure a hangover. Happy New Year, and as always, enjoy!
Let’s also get down with a couple of bonus Trane vids this fine morning…
Above: Naimi from 1965; Below: My Favorite Things from 1965
My hangover ain’t cured, you flippin’ liar…but that’s a great first download of the year — thanks, Dan.
My Favorite Things is such an ill and often overlooked jam. I dig that Mr. Derek Trucks has added a Coltrane style version to his repertoire. We should also be sure to not overlook Alice Coltrane’s version of this tune from her album World Galaxy.
[...] and, the star of the night, poet Amiri Baraka (incidentally, check out the Baraka piece on the Coltrane Stormy Monday from New Year’s Day). A little old man, he scrambled up to the stage from the audience, all [...]