The Most Groundbreaking Modern Jazz Albums of the 1950’s and 1960’s
November 10, 2015 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
Since 1955 An impossible task trying to come up with a list as subjective as the greatest modern jazz albums of all-time. I decided to limit this list to “modern jazz” after 1955; I know this eliminates the be-bop era
John Coltrane’s Alabama Elegy
April 22, 2015 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
Saxophone sermon from on high John Coltrane (1926-1967) was the greatest saxophonist who ever lived, only Charlie Parker comes close. To say Coltrane is God’s saxophonist would not be hyperbole at all in my mind. Something about his tenor sax
A Love Supreme: An Unlikely Platinum Jazz Record From John Coltrane
October 14, 2014 | Posted in JAZZ, MUSIC | By Jason Sositko
A Love Supreme is not smooth jazz Did you know A Love Supreme from John Coltrane is the second best-selling modern jazz record of all time? Only Kind of Blue from Miles Davis has sold more. A Love Supreme released