John Coltrane to be added to PA

Seems to me like Coltrane and Davis define the line that should be drawn between a prog archive artist and simply a great jazz artist.  But I profess I need to know Coltrane better.

cacho wrote: Rocktopus wrote: Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock I agree on those too. Very Jazz/Fusion. Hancock's Head Hunters is a must to any Jazz Fusion fan. And Wayne Shorter, my dad plays a lot of them, and I really consider them fusion.

oh they are!

check out my Herbie Hancock thread suggesting him be added to the site

Atavachron wrote: I always found Giant Steps very prog

Rocktopus wrote: Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock

I agree on those too. Very Jazz/Fusion. Hancock's Head Hunters is a must to any Jazz Fusion fan. And Wayne Shorter, my dad plays a lot of them, and I really consider them fusion.

Slartibartfast wrote: Speaking as a Coltrane novice, what albums of his fit the jazz-rock/fusion category if any?  He's an artist I wouldn't mind exploring further.

Logan wrote: It's long been a dream of mine to see Coltrane in, .

As much as I love Coltrane, I don't see where he would fit on a prog rock website. His music may have been progressive jazz, but that means that we'd have to change this site to an all-inclusive progressive music one, and I don't think we should do that. The site is losing it's identity!

It's long been a dream of mine to see Coltrane in, but alas, he doesn't fit the site yet.  New categories would mean new opportunities for non-Prog progressive artists/ bands.

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woooo! lets get a team going!

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i would like to do this, but i dont know anything about making a website, and my technical knowledge of related things is very limited. we would need someone (like M@x or similar people) to start it up. However, my knowledge of jazz and anything related in vast, and i would not mind spending a good portion of my time on making it a complete site (which would take time, jazz is vast, and even this site is not complete) maybe people like Dick Heath or mr70s or anyone else who'd be interested could help too. We should have a separate thread for this. Which would be the best place to start a new thread? General Discussions??


Edited by darkshade - August 16 2008 at 23:44

zafreth wrote: micky wrote: well start a thread on them   anyhow.. .hopefully you all see where I am coming from with Brubeck.. sure you all can name a bunch of examples of other artists... but as posted in reference to Coltrane.  If proto is to be expanded (and it should to include groups and artists that REALLY did influence.. not just artists.. but what was to become prog) ..  it needs to start with Brubeck. I'm out.. Raff just got home and have lots of catching up to do with her.....   Micky, totally agree with you but... up to John Coltrane!!!!

personally... I think Coltrane could have a place in one of the non-prog subs . but I think not until after a good long list of those who really did make an impact on all of prog.. not just a particular segment on it.  Not to diminish Coltrane in the least.. give another couple of years.. god knows what he might have done.. but the fact is a fact... he didn't.