Find Coltrane

I organzed my music collection.

Find Coltrane is a cross-referenced library of my music collection. It is not a music player although there will be some playable tracks here. The idea is that I can easily find all the albums in my collection that say, Philly Joe Jones drums on, not just the ones where he is listed as the leader.

There are articles and notes about the music I love and I hope you will share your experiences with these recordings as well.

Have a look around and see what you can find!

Featured Albums & Artists

Maynard Ferguson — Chameleon

The first “jazz” album I purchased. If I am remembering correctly, sometime in 1976 I walked into the Hutchinson, KS high school band room for rehearsal and band director Tom McSwain was playing this album on the stereo.

High, fast and loud! I was hooked.

For you trombone geeks, this (from Wikipedia): Jerry Johnson played all bass trombone parts using "false-pedaltones" on a 2B!

Crystal Gayle, Tom Waits — One From the Heart

This is the soundtrack from the Francis Ford Coppola film. Everything was filmed indoors with lots of Las Vegas style lighting of outsized visual props. (At one point we see Nastassja Kinski playing an olive in a giant martini glass.) Terri Garr and Frederic Forrest play the struggling lovers.

The songs by Tom Waits are perfect and Cystal Gale's pitch precise singing answers Waits' grumpy growl to sublime effect. Check out The Wages of Love from the opening medley.