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check out My Favorite Things
listen to the the quartet's version of the title track.
McCoy Tyner's solo (3:59) as well Coltrane's insane interval leaps (10:16)
will make you smile. gorgeousness.
also, check out Coltrane's stuff with my main man Thelonious Monk ('Monk's Music' and 'Thelonious Monk with Coltrane' and of course 'Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall') recorded when Coltrane was no longer in Miles' group, kicked out supposedly for his drug dependence and unreliability. Monk said, "Man, you don't need that kind of abuse," and Coltrane joined. They ended up playing the successful Five Spot run that spring and summer in 1957. Monk wanted Sonny Rollins at first, but Coltrane was the one available, etc etc. Many great recordings. Coltrane learned a lot from being in Monk's group.
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