John Coltrane

My Favorite Things
$11.98
Coltrane is awesome as always. This melodic jazz album goes down smooth. Great for jazz fans but may not be the most accessible to the uninitiated. "My Favorite Things" is pretty accessible to everyone though since it is such a famous song.

Blue Train
$11.94
The cover of the 1997-edition enhanced CD says it needs Windows 3.1 or mac7.1. In some quick tests on a couple of Macs, full install of the the enhanced content required OS9 (OSX10.4), but the video and audio files played fine with current QuickTime (QT7.6/OSX10.5). I don't know what happens on PCs, but I'd guess it's a similar situation (files play but full content won't).

Jazz Icons: John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65
$21.98
This is a very well-done DVD with three different groups led by Coltrane, including the classic Trane/Tyner/Garrison/Jones group that broke new ground in jazz. Material ranges from Miles-era Green Dolphin Street and Monk's Hackensack from concerts in Germany in 1960 and 1961 to Vigil, Naima and My Favorite Things in 1965 -- and you can hear the progression in harmonic complexity from the more traditional sound of the Wynton Kelly/Paul Chambers/Jimmy Cobb group of 1961 to the incredible Tyner/Garrison/Jones group.

Highlights: Everytime We Say Goodbye, Naima; great sound quality.

If you're a Coltrane fan, you'll want this DVD

A Love Supreme
$11.98
Coltrane's, "A Love Supreme", is more than a jazz album its a spiritual journey or as Coltrane had said, " A Love Supreme is a gift to God". There are only four tracks, "Acknowledgement" ,"Reseloution", "Pursuance", and "Pslam". The album is only 32 minutes but is still a timeless classic that can be listened to over and over and over again and it still will captivate and influence you. Being for its short length, "A Love Supreme", allows you to hear John Coltranes spiritual journey and lets you hear his gift to God. A Love Supreme was and still is pure genius and was a jazz album that was way ahead of its time and it still is ahead of its time, never has there been a jazz album realesed that has sounded remotely close to the pieces heard on this album. Also its influence has been widespread not just to the jazz community but also to rock muscians like, Carlos Santana, and Bono of U2. Sadly though we never did get to hear Coltrane make more albums like this as he died of liver cancer at the age of 40 with plans of becoming a monk. A Love Supreme is classic, beautiful, definitive, spiritual, timeless, and did I mention pure genius. A Love Supreme is an essential album for anyone who likes to listen to music to listen too on the face of this planet. So what are you waiting for go out an pick up this album and blast this album and let it change your life.