OK, I know this is heresy for you jazz aficionados but I can’t listen to any of this guy’s stuff. It’s fingernails on chalkboard to me. Maybe it gets better after a minute or so. I wouldn’t know; I’ve never stuck with it for that long.
“fingernails on chalkboard”
That’s me, too.
I have friends who are accomplished musicians and who like a lot of the same music that I do. They tell me that Coltrane and maybe Frank Zappa are musical giants but it’s totally lost on me. I’m with the rubes who don’t get it.
I love it. But I get your point about some of his stuff, which as a sax player, doesn't appeal to me.
But really, "Ballads" is different, and quite beautiful.
Especially this one "Say it" which is the opening song of the album:
Click to play: "Ballads-"Say it"
I played this one often when courting my wife...:)
It’s an acquired taste.
Lots of people only really start to appreciate Trane if they have the opportunity to listen while following along with the chart, especially from this era, even now, 60 years later.
Worth the effort, IMHO.
In other words, Kenny G fans.
8~)