#modal jazz

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J o h n C o l t r a n e

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Herbie Hancock & Miles Davis in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 1967.

Source: I Love Jazz And Jazz Loves Me by Jon Sotiropoulos

Photo by Jan Persson

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Miles Davis

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Miles Davis “Prince of Darkness”

by. Irving Penn (1986)

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Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent (United Artists, 1962) Genre: Cool Jazz, Modal Jazz Artwork: Toni Frissell

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Tracklist:

Dèwèl • Yèkèrmo Sèw • Gubèlyé • Amarina • Yèkatit • Nètsanèt • Tezetayé Antchi LiDJ • Sabyé • Ené Alantchi Alnorem

Have you listened to የካተት Yèkatit: Ethio Jazz by Mulatu Astatke featuring Fekade Amde Maskal (1974)?

Yes, the entire album!

Partially, some but not all songs

No, but familiar with it

Haven't heard of it before

Voting ended onJul 19, 2025

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Kind of Blue

happy anniversary to the first recording session (of two) of this fucking masterpiece, recorded in NYC on this day in 1959, to all who celebrate

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John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1960)

Genre: jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, post-bop

Length: 37:03

This is the first jazz album I'm reviewing for this page, and it's killer. One of the first jazz albums I had ever heard, John Coltrane's buttery saxophone on Giant Steps gets you dancing right away with a bundle of sway and class.

Difficult to describe the bustling everydayness of the opening song and how perfectly it leads into the rest of the album, Giant Steps – it's more something that ought to be experienced for itself. Preferably at a café or on your way to an airport, perhaps. Between this song and Mr. P.C., the other business-y bop song at the end, the listener is gifted with a legendary array of jazz songs delivered by a master. My favorite song on this is Naima, a delightfully lovely song John Coltrane wrote for his wife.

Links: YouTube | Spotify