who do you like more?
2007-12-26 16:04:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Jazz
Coltrane. His best stuff is simply sublime. Davis was a magnificent trumpet player and innovator, but Coltrane had more depth.
To be fair to cool_jerk, some of Trane's free jazz recordings are hard to get into.
2007-12-27 15:02:57 · answer #1 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Coltrane
2007-12-30 17:48:22 · answer #2 · answered by charlie B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coltrane all the way. Not to say that I don't love Miles. Coltrane was so much more adventurous and not concerned with selling albums. This I think allowed his art to flourish.
2007-12-28 10:30:26 · answer #3 · answered by Frank B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MIles Davis - never could listen to John Coltrane - just sounds like random screeches to me
2007-12-28 02:53:27 · answer #4 · answered by Poodlemum99 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
great question...coltrane..but davis was awesome
favorite things is one on the greatest songs ever for coltrane,so on that note he wins
2008-01-01 14:33:13 · answer #5 · answered by tricky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me the lesser of the 2 evils is Miles Davis. John Coltrane sounds like random notes. No pattern, rhythm, or anything other than screeching notes.
2007-12-27 00:13:46 · answer #6 · answered by Cool_Jerk98 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Miles.
Trane is good, but I like Miles because:
1) I am a trumpet player myswlf :-)
2) He kept is simple during the bebop days (you hear that in Kind Of Blue with his solos)
3) He had an innovative technique on trumpet I really can't describe. He had an amazing sound to it.
2007-12-28 10:51:54 · answer #7 · answered by Joe M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lesser of 2 evils? wtf? this is tough, both are legends the way i see it, but ill have to go with miles davis, what he did on the trumpet was simply amazing (not taking anything away from coltrane)
2007-12-27 05:57:51 · answer #8 · answered by pinoyboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would take Coltrane just because is his knowledge of chords and how to use them
2007-12-27 00:55:47 · answer #9 · answered by saxman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is like asking a parent which child is their favorite! As far as I am concerned, I love them equally and unconditionally.
As for Cool_Jerk up above, go back to listening to your Kenny G and quit trying to analyze something you cannot possibly understand!
2007-12-27 11:46:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋