who are we to rate this? 

javelipix wrote: 
I vote that BillG plays Waits/Coltrane back to back!!  Long Live RP!!

I almost forgot how important this record was for my musical development in my early college days.  After sucking at and barely passing calculus and organic chemistry, I decided to take some "easy" classes.  I eventually worked a music minor in with my aborted Biology major then (very) successful Economics major.  In all the classes I took at the Univ or Washington, it was Music 331 - The History of Jazz that I look back at with the most fond memories and enjoyment.  Throw in some music theory classes and (one of the easiest college classes possible) Music 162 - American Popular Music and I don't even feel bad about failing in the Biology track.

More so with Miles Davis' amazing recordings (Kind of Blue is in my top 5 albums) and definitely 'Trane's Giant Steps record, I wrote more 'after-midnight' term papers bopping to Jazz than anything else.  I found that Jazz recordings are great for full-on in-depth listenings or casual ambient background "noise."

And for those that really get into it, here are the Chord Changes and scale associations as taken from the wiki page for this tune.  This is not a 3 chord power ballad!  Thanks BillG for playing enough Jazz and Classical pieces to keep things interesting and fun, and hopefully introduce non-jazz/classical fans to these very listenable pieces.  LONG LIVE RP!!



Chord changes for "Naima":‖: B♭–7/E♭ | E♭–7 | Amaj7+5/E♭ Gmaj7+5/E♭ | A♭maj7/E♭ :‖
‖ Bmaj7/B♭ | B♭7♭9 | Bmaj7/B♭ | B♭7♭9 |
| B-maj7/B♭ | Bmaj7/B♭ | A♭maj7/B♭ | Emaj7♯4 ‖
‖ B♭–7/E♭ | E♭–7 | Amaj7+5/E♭ Gmaj7+5/E♭ | A♭maj7/E♭ ‖
Scale associations:

‖: E♭ Mixolydian | E♭ Dorian | F♯ Mel. Minor, E Mel. Minor | A♭ Lydian :‖
‖ B♭ Phrygian | B♭ Dim. Scale (H-W) | B♭ Phrygian | B♭ Dim. Scale |
| B♭ Alt. (B Mel. Minor) | B♭ Phrygian | B♭ Mixolydian | E Lydian ‖
‖ E♭ Mixolydian | E♭ Dorian | F♯ Mel. Minor, E Mel. Minor | A♭ Lydian ‖

I'm a better person having just enjoyed this piece of music........

RP has only 2 Coltrane tunes on the playlist!  PLEASE ADD MORE COLTRANE TUNES!!  Thank You!

This makes me stop whatever I am doing and enjoy/respect the music.

The love ballad he wrote to honor his wife, "Naima", was Coltrane's favorite composition.  -- Wikipedia

The theme song for an FM jazz show in NYC in the 70s. What better?

While I write, RP follows up with Marvin Gaye's What's Goin On, with pics of modern and earlier protests.

Once again, when I'm playing RP, I get nothing else done...nor care to.

Edit
Four years later, I hear this again and think about that theme song.  I find this post as I hear Marvin Gaye once more.

Still listenin' to RP.  Still groovin'.

PS Coincidentally, next week I may stop at RP HQ in Eureka CA on my way south on a motorcycle trip. Groovy!

Followup
I did indeed ride over to RP HQ on my journey.  Bill and Alanna let me in.  A nice studio in a small converted bank, with the control room set in the brick lined safe.  We enjoyed a pleasant chin waggle for a half hour or so, and then I departed.

Thanks Bill and Allana!

Divine

Sublime.

Gives me chills every time.  A bit of perfection.

One. Of. The. Most. Beautiful. Pieces. Of. Music. Ever. Written. And you can put a period on that.

Some music you wish you could put on like clothing or inhabit like a room, just for a while, to rest and restore.

Sublime. I should give it a 10, just because. He must have really loved his wife, and you can hear it. 

Sittin by the fire pit here in the Green Mountains of Vermont with a glass of Pinot Noir listening to Coltrane. Yup!

smooth, cool, easy and right on time man in beat with that muted double bass... if only I felt this way all the time.

Love some Coltrane

 brosen wrote:

I, too, would love an RP jazz channel.  And a classical one for that matter as well! 

If ever we needed an '11' option!

reading wiki I discovered Coltrane lived less than a half mile from me when I was a little kid.