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Blue Train The tenor sax giant had signed with another label when he embarked on this one-off date for Blue Note, an excursion that paid off with an enduring modern jazz masterpiece. Boasting volley after volley of smart soloing and intuitively swinging rhythm work, Blue Train is a joy, from the coolly precise ensemble entry on the opening title piece through the set’s balance of elegant hard bop conversations and smooth downshifts into ballads. John Coltrane wrote four originals for the date, all of them now regarded as standards, and assembled a rhythm section including pianist Kenny Drew, Miles Davis’s rhythm section of bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones, and trumpeter Lee Morgan and trombonist Curtis Fuller, both recent Blue Note recruits. Coltrane’s signature sound, now fully developed but still hewing more to familiar blues and chromatic harmonies than his later modalities, is confident and expansive, and his partners respond vividly throughout. –Sam Sutherland
Customer Review: oh… Now I get it
I love music. Any kind that is well done is worth a listen. My ears or mind or whatever have taken a long time for this album to hit home. Actually that’s true for most jazz. So if you are a novice like me and are thinking of getting this. Do it! Now don’t wait another moment. I heard this and remembered this was released 52 years ago. Coltrane was ahead of his time… hell he’s STILL ahead of his time.
Customer Review: Probably the best introduction to Coltrane
I think this 1957 album is probably the best introduction to Coltrane for those who are either new to jazz or have not yet heard any of Coltrane’s other albums. It is one of the earliest albums recorded under his leadership and mostly features tunes that he wrote. While Coltrane was already beginning to extend the possibilities of the saxophone in many ways, the numbers on this album are all quite accessible to anyone likely to appreciate modern Jazz (Bebop, Hard-Bop, etc.).

Blue Lights on the Runway After critical raves, three national tours and multiple late-night TV bookings surrounding their break out album Flock, Irish band Bell X1 is back with the ambitious and cutting Blue Lights on the Runway. Their second album on Yep Roc records, BLOTR belies a synth-based metamorphosis for the group Paste Magazine called ‘one of Ireland’s greatest bands.’ The central creative trio of Paul Noonan, Dave Geraghty and Dominic Phillips retained the melody-focused approach of their first album but expanded their sound through the addition of glitchy electronic nuances (’The Ribs of a Broken Umbrella’) crunching, prominent guitars (’Breastfed’) and glittery art pop (’The Great Defector’). Noonan’s gorgeous ballad ‘The Light Catches Your Face’ anchors the work, exemplifying the emotional gamut fans have come to expect from the versatile rockers. Touring, licensing and the excitement of their now legendary rabid fans are sure to combine for an even greater swell of success for Bell X1 in 2009. Quite literally, Blue Lights on the Runway will make the take-off of a long, rich career.
Customer Review: Bell X1 crash on Runway
As someone who really liked Bell X1’s previous album, I downloaded this (legally) as soon as it came out. Now I wish I could have those downloads back. “Blue Lights On the Runway” is pure adult contemporary schlock. Perfect for folks who find Snow Patrol too pensive and brooding or Coldplay too loud. Chances are good that a track or two from “Blue Lights” will end up on Grey’s Anatomy, unjustly propelling its success.
Customer Review: Now introducing America to Bell X1
They have done it. They topped Flock and now they will top the US market. It may take a song on a hit drama show, but America should get ready to meet Bell X1. I downloaded it the morning it came out and have not stopped lisenting to it. I am literally sitting in my cubical at work listening to it and wanting to just jump up and start jamin to songs like The Great Defector, Better Band, and The Ribs of a Broken Umbrella. Then chill to the songs like Light Catches Your Face.
The lyrics as usual are classic and one of a kind.
They have the ability to be the new version of The Talking Heads, without all of David Byrnes wackiness.
Great Job!!!