John Coltrane - Impressions (Complete)

Artist: John Coltrane Quartet. Album: Impressions. Year: 1961
Credits: John Coltrane (Sax), Elvin Jones (Drums), McCoy Tyner (Piano), Jimmy Garrison (Bass)
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[@KingCrimson250]

I love this song. It's as though after playing on So What, Trane thought "That's a great song, but it's way too cool. We need to light some heat under it." And what he came up with was HOT!

[@alhudson]

Exactly ! ! ! :)

[@providenceb]

People like John Coltrane planted seeds and left trees in the music industry to grow and pollinate. We must not live in the pass, but use the tools from the pass in order to learn to make the new. One love to John and his music.

[@rillloudmother]

and joe pass

[@donsimons9810]

and Pastorius

[@pigbagable]

Extraordinary piece of music - I think it will stand the test of time and be of great value 200 years from now. It is a great regret of mine that I passed up on the opportunity to meet Elvin Jones in the 1980's. I was not well at the time but mainly just young and stupid for not realising what I missed.

[@robertvonbargenididtooandi3060]

back around the time this quartet was busy, I sat in the waiting room of a doctor in South Central. I realized that the two men sitting with me were Garrison and Tyner and were having a conversation about music when the door to the examination room swung open and out strode a big guy...the third member of this rhythm section. I never met Coltrane, although I had seen him play in Germany with Miles and the rest of the "So What" band, in 1960.

[@abdulahbesirevic4466]

Elvin Jones is absolutely cookin here

[@dino1981able]

im big fun of metal and rock,realy big fun,but when i hear jazz is like a train hit me.thank God for all this brilliant musicians for bring to us those amazing sounds!!!!!!!!

[@moinjay3274]

COL 'TRANE'!

[@robertvonbargen6836]

Back around 1963, I shared a waiting room in a doctor's office on West Jefferson in LA with Jimmy and McCoy while they waited for Elvin to be treated. When he came out, he filled the doorway. A gentle giant. This is the kind of rhythm section that could drive Trane to "play so long" as Miles put it.

[@robotzs3811]

+Robert VON BARGEN You never listen them live?

[@theMad_Artist]

Wow... that must have been an absolutely amazing experience. Shame that they aren't here anymore to sit in more waiting rooms with us haha

[@porterhall27]

@@theMad_Artist McCoy Tyner is still alive

[@theMad_Artist]

@@porterhall27 true

[@dylangatenby9928]

Good ol Elvin on drums!! Coltrane just never gets old. Great jazz like this is timeless.

[@reginaldreid7654]

That's my boy on Bass Jimmy Garrison.

[@JR-bz7ov]

Elvin Jones really shines on this one

[@alhudson]

WORD

[@VikingStormtrooper]

If you manage to keep your feet stationary when listening to this record, you are not a human being.

[@kennyc388]

My entire body was NOT stationary!!!

[@alzdroid]

AMEN!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!

[@billstrohler]

Haha. I was tapping both my feet when I read your comment. :)

[@ethanhill9460]

I'm inhuman and digging IT.

[@billstrohler]

@@grecofolkesson6924 Even more weird than you would think :)

[@charlesbarry6730]

One of the great innovators of Jazz: John Coltrane.

[@三四郎-o8p]

Always this makes me in high spirits. これを聞くと気分が高まる、何か成し遂げるぞ、と思う。

[@FCntertainr]

This tune is written containing 2 modal scales! Like Miles So what they come from a harmonic chordal concept that's where all those notes come from. Miles resurrected a style that Europeans used early. This type of playing from these masters is remarkable. Elvin Jones is amazing supporting this music! Never too much harmony

[@evangelhogelho]

Not at all

[@pleximanic]

You must first understand all about harmony melody and rhythm, then forget all about it, then and only then you can play for real!

[@fabioche8091]

This is so true

[@Unmoved12345]

One of the most important pieces in the history of jazz. And, for my money, this is the best version.

[@jean-lucbersou758]

I do like Wes Montgomery on this too .

[@betsywiesendanger680]

@@jean-lucbersou758 Agreed. That is a smokin version

[@alhudson]

Elvin Ray is on FIYERRRRRRR

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

Still feels as fresh and alive as ever. In my circles were still spinning these records on the weekends.

[@jibsmokestack1]

This is from 'Live at Village Vanguard'. A super human effort to solo for that long at this intensity. How many critics branded what he and Dolphy were doing as 'anti-jazz' is shocking! These guys were clearly gods without question. It may have been good to hear Dolphy solo a bit on this cut but for me this was one of Trane's most important statements of intent. On the complete box set of the Vanguard recordings there is plenty of Eric!

[@92ninersboy]

I heard Trane up-close live on four different occasions, in small clubs. I even saw him take one solo that lasted 1hr and 45min (I'm NOT kidding). I saw Hendrix in a small club also, right after the first album came out. Both were incredible. I did feel a Cotrane energy coming from Jimi - an intensity, unlike other rock guitarists. I would say that other than soloing in an open-end modal context and the drumming of Mitch Mitchell, the influence was more a transcendant energy. Both GREAT!

[@alzdroid]

Jimi said that Mitch was his Elvin!

[@dhensonjazz]

What tune did he take that long solo on?

[@costavarra]

Impressions, è stato il mio primo long playng di Jhon Coltrane, ho comiciato alla grande

[@larsandersen393]

The appropriate word is 'genius'. The spiritual dimension on this album (this track and 'India' especially) is unsurpassed in jazz, I think, and Coltrane single-handedly elevates here, the whole artform, to the celestial spheres. And beyond. He is greatly missed. And yeah the band is great too

[@stuartdailey8854]

True mastery doesn't require definitions but to experience it...Mr. Coltrane

[@portcherish]

I love all of you, I am glad that I am not the only one who loves this stuff more than life itself.

[@drecool6976]

trane, changed the direction of the saxophone and jazz , forever................much love and appreciation to a master of of the tenor..........

[@robd2650]

Ouch! Elvin was absolutely smokin here!

[@ImanSpaargaren]

oh man, what a great music, super super exciting!

[@rippersk8er]

Everytime I listen to Coltrane, it blows my mind, and then I always have to reconsider everything... 'til I listen to him again.

[@msl5253]

Great version. It's free-flowing/creative, while still having enough Melody and Swing to keep it funky and cohesive to enjoy and follow along. Thanks!

[@duffdont]

elvin jones absolutely kills me in this

[@jakubbielak7273]

Mr.Elvin Jones was a real Maestro of drums.The perfect chaos.

[@zacharydawson5660]

You forgot to credit Dolphy in here, he played two entire notes.

[@aaronhillsworld]

Zachary Dawson lmao!! GREAT observation! 😂😂😂

[@ColtraneTurnaroundBlues]

@@aaronhillsworld he actually played 5 notes

[@eduardobrandi2383]

@@ColtraneTurnaroundBlues 6

[@paulrouhan7288]

Thank you, Jazz nerds*. *I like the nerd people

[@Cvarier-channel]

Dolphy made such a strong statement with that last note too

[@dylangatenby9928]

Great tune from Coltrane.

[@alzdroid]

No one will ever swing harder then Elvin, no one in this lifetime before or after my friends, WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THE SERMON. TRANE'S GRANDFATHER WAS A PEACHER WHICH IS QUITE EVIDENT HERE, PREACH GUYS, PREACH!!! BLESSINGS.

[@enzog.007]

playing this for my saxaphone practice and am having a BLAST.

[@nonamenanone]

How many times did I listen ??? He always lives with me !

[@TheAJB1996]

I feel like one of the reasons trane takes such long of solo's is so that he reaches that area of creativity that is completely new and untouched by himself or anyone else. I know that when I solo, after several minutes I begin to reach new ground and begin to inspire new things. As he progresses through the forms, his ideas begin to get more and more intense.

[@tudore_jams]

Thank you for putting into words how I feel about jamming! Takes a bit of noodling but eventually rhythms and harmonies naturally impress upon the ear and the music flows more freely

[@connerpittman7884]

Literally just D-7 to Eb-7, genius. Proves you don't need a million changes to make amazing jazz

[@lilek3031]

This used to be one of my favorite pieces to play as a drummer always had fun with this piece

[@Unmoved12345]

One of the greatest solos in the history of jazz.

[@harleywhitesr]

The lesson is: STAY FOCUSED!

[@joohanlee2459]

This tune is making impeccable impressions

[@mariahelenawylliel.rodrigu5715]

Sax+Drums+Piano+Bass... Oh, man!

[@ethanhill9460]

ELVIN kills here in the mix.

[@stevenalexander7413]

Anyone disregarding Trane on this recording is nuts!!!! He is literally the locomotive. (no pun intended)

[@jameswhite7128]

Damn, this is a bad ass tune. Trane you still live!

[@albinahajd4451]

One of Masterpiece in the Music. More than impressive

[@carloscc4179]

I'm not a professional but I can say that I listen this song in order to practice my concentration by never losing the thread of the armony, it's been helpful.

[@krmpstr]

I once heard someone describe the sound when Tyner lays out as Coltrane flying through a meteor storm of Elvin's cymbal work.

[@aaronhillsworld]

pk130726 that was such a good way to describe it. Wow 😮

[@johnpauljones6229]

I love that!!!

[@rillloudmother]

i guess, but to me his drums sound more like a 4 dimensional ladder, like running down the side of jagged mountain, but picking the perfect line so that you never fall.

[@sohooded]

Music like this is gone....there are no innovators today that can touch these classic musicians.

[@nicovlahavas4982]

Just as in the baroque era we had a musician...so ahead of his time...bach...so to in the mid 20th century....coltrane....just open your ears and listen to what is going on with the drums and bass..!!

[@大阪ぴのっぴ]

令和2年ですが　大　大　大好きな曲です！　コロナに負けずにがんばりましょう！

[@dannyhickey8771]

Masterpiece is a understatement complex rhythms so bewitching but structured and free at the same time

[@ladithepkk]

5:15-5:18 amazing lick

[@guillermogonzalez6346]

Yo tenía 16 años (1970) cuando escuché este solo por primera vez. Y desde entonces me sigue pareciendo uno de los solos más impresionantes de la historia del jazz.

[@luisroiz7229]

es brutal

[@IlanR100]

I think this is one of (if not the most) intelectual back and forth i've ever seen you youtube. I learned something and was entertained in the youtube comments section! WHO KNEW!!!

[@Logan-Wolverine]

Uno dei miei brani preferiti del MAESTRO Coltrane

[@mikeoliva4519]

thanks for the commentary folks; it was almost as sublime as the recording, and like the former, always interesting

[@chavruta2000]

My guitar teacher saw them live around this time. One song, everyone drenched in sweat. Next set: new suit, one song, drenched in sweat again. And it wasnt the hot stage lights.

[@dariusmolark6820]

coltrane produced a powerful lyrical, melodic, style that all other saxophonists copied after him. this is the authentic source.

[@ferrochinabisleri1587]

I found a 1963 Impulse A-42 US mono version of this one, at a flea market, barely played (no wonder), very good/mint conditions, jacket and Vinyl.

[@betsywiesendanger680]

And what about Jimmy Garrison???

[@vladmilo4712]

totally amazing ..;totally amazing ...totally amazing ..;totally amazing ............................................

[@tmima1956]

素晴らしいの一言！コルトレーンの真骨頂。

[@wgo523]

that's never true. each generation there are wonderful people pushing boundaries. each time it's much different, but to say that is just being lazy. keep searching, there's so much innovative music out there today it's astounding. you just also have a lot more to dig through.

[@Waduyudu]

coltrane music to me is an invitation to be authentic and essential, i think its really easy to play cause you can b purily you and forget about the theory

[@kennyr1161]

You are describing modal music in general

[@marcelofortunato9578]

ELVIN JONES NOT FROM THIS WORLD !!!!!!

[@pcuser6257]

Marcelo Fortunato sure he is

[@jankafka7330]

@@pcuser6257 Not any more.

[@dylangatenby9928]

Elvin is a terrific player just outstandingly brilliant. Next to Max Roach I love him best as Buddy and other favorites

[@porterhall27]

@@dylangatenby9928 Buddy Rich was a circus act

[@jojomusicc]

i think this song is a direct response to Ornette colemans new, wild, new york style sax playing. while john coltrane did make his own advances in music for the rest of music to come, ornette coleman definitely inspired john coltrane and miles davis (john coltrane played with him in his band/quartet)

[@BarbieChaite]

I don't understand what you say but the music is good.

[@MrLosadita]

IMPRESIONANTEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gjbsaxman94]

Actually Potter is pretty much the Coltrane of this generation and still playing amazing music like this with his new quartet.

[@soundsmoon]

最高！今でも良く聴く一曲です。SOULTRANE何かも今でも聴いてます。動画が有ればいいのにね。

[@Cvarier-channel]

In the wake of his giant steps, Trane left many an impression

[@paulturnet4572]

Clever what you did right there 👏

[@ianstukenborg437]

I want to master ever note in this on every instrument played in it!!! AND THEN PERFORM IT ON MY CLASSICAL GUITAR!!! HA!!!

[@richardelliott8369]

Pure genius

[@bickerstaffe1]

Thanks for an extended, uninterrupted version! FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

[@阿部憲司]

superior, amaizing, awesome

[@tomasvanecek8626]

The photo has him playing a soprano... but the sound is all tenor

[@odawgdaking]

They call it D dorian because thats the mode theyre using its not "actually" in G mixolydian. They might play or imply a G mixo. sound at some points when they blow theyre generally using the dorian. and no C major and A minor arent necessarily interchangeable but theyre not necessarily not interchangeable. they sound different individually but when youre blowing they both work

[@nubba111]

Bassie is using the G as the tonal root, so to say that this is "Technically" D dorian seems off to me....

[@g0ldbuG]

I believe Mitch introduced Jimi to Trane's music. It could be noted that Mitch found it taxing to listen to some of Trane's later period pieces, though, but I assume he thought it was worth the effort. Trane, the musical disciplinarian that he was demanded no less from his listeners than he did from himself. By the way, is equinox really trane's 'machine gun'? I think there are better, more definitive examples of Trane's music to equate w/ Jimi's most profound live achievement. MFT=MG [?]

[@dylangatenby9928]

This is pretty much the same thing as the song Chain Reaction. I remember the Max Weinberg 7 covering this on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. They would play it quite frequently during commercial breaks but I never knew what the song was until I came across Chain Reaction by accident. Neat huh? I believe Hank Mobley did Chain Reaction.

[@vinniecharity]

Listening to this at work on my El Cheapo headphones that only have the right ear working, Coltrane is panned hard left. It's making me sadder and sadder with every note... :(

[@Dzingzing]

A true tragedy of our time

[@lilidane8975]

@@Dzingzing I'm deaf with my right ear, so I learned early that all phones have a mono mode, try it out when using these headphones my friend!

[@islamicchronicles5381]

THANK YOU

[@BrotherBrownMusic]

ELVIN ON FIRE ❤❤❤

[@g0ldbuG]

Dear Doctor of all that is Jimi, I would be interested in your thoughts of how Trane specifically influenced Jimi's music. Is there some explicit connection in their improvisational approaches; for ex., does Jimi ever play modally? Theoretical details would be appreciated.

[@0x6339392C]

@jjtyler21 You are correct-this song is functionally identical to an up-tempo So What with a different lead.

[@Fishies125]

I think they're thinking of it generally in min7 keys but, as jazz musicians, like to use many superimpositions over the key, instead of just the same old imin7 arpeggios and pentatonic scales. Sometimes, this happens to come out as sounding more like the subdominant mixolydian key, especially if the players are emphasizing that arpeggio, but regardless, to them I think they're still just superimpositions over the overriding dorian key.

[@munashecaleb]

If you are arguing about keys you are missing the point. He is playing what he wants to play, with those notes sometimes conveniently fitting within the scales.

[@alanapearson3498]

This. Is. Pure. BOP.

[@acikmusik7623]

They were simply the best quartet ever. Is Jimmy Garrison or Steve Jones playing double bass on this record?

[@frflinstone]

According to Wiki Garrison and Reggie Workman

[@targus9850]

garrison

[@William_sJazzLoft]

classic tune

[@manuelleon5489]

Uff que potente, como imprime

[@elsdlcielo]

JMYTMusic, good vibes, good music. I'm gonna subscribe!

[@milansimich4055]

Because he used drugs and drank a lot. I saw Coltrane from 61-66 especially at Birdland 62/63. Triple Bills! 3 show a night on weekends they miight have 4. It was a rough life!

[@5Hundo500]

You guys are all WAY overthinking this. The resting tone in the bass is G. The "inside" set of notes is the set of notes belonging to G mixolydian or D dorian or any other mode that can be generated by resequencing these notes, but what makes the sound "G mixolydian" is the fact that G is the resting tone in the bass. If you hear this as D dorian, you're not listening to the bass.

[@09Grahame]

Believe me playing jazz is not thinking "What mode am I in?" it's the ability to play what's in your head. Or to quote Duke. "If you have have it explained to you then you don't understand it."

[@rippersk8er]

yup, i'm a big fan of hendrix too. axis bold as love may be his best work in my opinion. but i dig the dark version of rooms full of mirors on the west coast seattle boy. the "hear my freedom" jam is great too

[@BackingTrackCenter]

Very good! This song is fantastic! I have the backing track for that song on my channel.

[@sunrara7133]

Sun Ra that may cast light !!!

[@decus69]

@knucmo Am7 |D7| Gma7| Bm7|E7| Am7| D7|GM7| F#m7|B7b9| Em7| Fm7|Bb7|Ebmaj| Am7| D7:| there is only really two tonalitys used here. Boppers make to much of a big deal out of changes. With Coltrane its language as Bird has his own language.

[@charlesbarry971]

The greatest saxophonist since Charlie Parker

[@highbrid2008]

Dear God

[@DTM-Books]

@mistersillyericface Aha! Somebody else noticed it! I thought the main chorus on this song sounded like So What. This really sounds fantastic on a good turntable.