Dear Old Stockholm

Dear Old Stockholm

ASIN: B000003N6J

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
This CD pairs two unusual Coltrane sessions made when Elvin Jones was absent from the saxophonist's quartet. His replacement on both occasions was the estimable Roy Haynes. A superb drummer who had worked regularly in the preceding years with Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Thelonious Monk, Haynes brought his own distinctive touch to the quartet's chemistry, an almost lacy dance around the beat and a lighter touch than Jones's powerful polyrhythms. The 1963 session produced "After the Rain," one of Coltrane's most majestic invocations, and "Dear Old Stockholm," the folk tune first recorded by Stan Getz. Here it receives an extended exploration of its minor mode, capped by a beautiful Coltrane cadenza. The 1965 session finds Coltrane in one of his most tumultuous periods, bringing singular intensity and convoluted invention to "After the Crescent" and "One Down, One Up," and meditative depth to "Dear Lord." --Stuart Broomer

Tracks:

Dear Old Stockholm
After The Rain
One Down, One Up
After The Crescent
Dear Lord

Amazon.com

This CD pairs two unusual Coltrane sessions made when Elvin Jones was absent from the saxophonist's quartet. His replacement on both occasions was the estimable Roy Haynes. A superb drummer who had worked regularly in the preceding years with Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Thelonious Monk, Haynes brought his own distinctive touch to the quartet's chemistry, an almost lacy dance around the beat and a lighter touch than Jones's powerful polyrhythms. The 1963 session produced "After the Rain," one of Coltrane's most majestic invocations, and "Dear Old Stockholm," the folk tune first recorded by Stan Getz. Here it receives an extended exploration of its minor mode, capped by a beautiful Coltrane cadenza. The 1965 session finds Coltrane in one of his most tumultuous periods, bringing singular intensity and convoluted invention to "After the Crescent" and "One Down, One Up," and meditative depth to "Dear Lord." --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

i need help........2007-04-13

Dear God, i can't stop listening to john coltrane albums! i've been on a two week bender now. lost my job. my car was repossessed. yesterday the old lady took off, saying, "you care about that old saxophone player more than you care about me!" and, Lord help me, she was right. "don't let the door hit you in that nasty behind of yours, on the way out," was all that i shouted back, as i cranked up the stereo even louder. the album playing was another of his classic Impulse releases, "dear old stockholm," from sessions made in 1963 and 1965. what a great album, man. the title track, which is first up, had me laughing and dancing, then comes the beautiful "after the rain," and i'm like crying my butt off. but "one down, one up," brings me right back up. all that emotional coltrane energy pouring into my soul, like a drug, baby. i am soooo addicted, it's not funny. "after the crescent" is more fire-music, more of trane's soul served up hot and fresh. and then the last track "Dear Lord," has me weeping like a little child again. such a gorgeous ballad. each note as pretty as a woman's behind. man, i need help! i love this music, but i have to pay the bills, have to do something else besides listening to trane all day and all night. still, with that said, hear i sit, listening to "Like Sonny," and all that i can really think about is what coltrane masterpiece am i going to listen to next?

One of the "safe" Impulse releases. .......2007-03-06

What is it about John Coltrane that sparks such heated arguments one way or the other? I don't know that there's an answer to that, even in light of the simple fact of Jazz being such a complex form of music, and the accountability of personal likes and dislikes when deciding what is palatable. Or maybe it's just that Trane brings out the music critic in everyone, for better or for worse. I can't account for everyone's tastes, I myself like to some degree 95% of Coltrane's immense catalog, (or at least what I've heard!) but "Dear Old Stockholm" is accessible a work as you're gonna get from the master. Minus Elvin Jones on drums (Roy Haynes replaces) the classic crew is present (Tyner and Garrison) and as usual other worldly. 5 no nonsense tracks make up this offering, and it's clearly all killer, no filler. Trane novices may recognize the sweet "After The Rain" and one of my favorite JC tracks, ever, "Dear Lord" from the "Gentle Side Of John Coltrane" release, a greatest hits collection. It's always good to get those original albums though, and "Stockholm" is one of my favorites and a JC Impulse release. Besides the ballads, the bop is evident on the blazing and timeless "One Down, One Up" as Roy drives the quartet as ably as Elvin, no easy task. A well rounded addition to any level of jazz enthusiast's collection, "Dear Old Stockholm" is a perfect slice of the Coltrane pie.

DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM: pushing forward!.......2006-05-20

i know that i am a bit liberal with my stars when it comes to reviewing Coltrane discs, but it's tough to hold back when dealing with this monumental and underheard masterpiece. Dear Old Stockholm has been in almost constant play since i purchased it about one year ago.

when it comes down to deciding which Coltrane cd's to purchase, the proposition can be a bit overwhelming (well....not as overwhelming as say, Miles Davis). there are a range of styles and quite a few different shades of Coltrane's music to be found across his short, but prolific musical career. some may be put off by the sheer power and force of his work towards the end of his days; such albums like Meditations (another five star affair - in my opinion); and the respectable effort of Ascension may be a bit too much for the average jazz fan. but the music on Dear Old Stockholm somehow stradles that line of song/sound and showcases unfathomable depths of beauty, melody, precision, power, passion, and grace. each piece seems to build and swell in that big deep Coltrane sound...his solos stretching out and painting wild and vivid colours on the audio canvas; the bass climing high and then swooping low in a loose, yet grounded fashion, piano notes swinging around and violently crashing with cymbals and snares. the whole band getting scooped up and driven into this sonic vortex of their own creation! yes, it's all that dramatic! but the band never falls into "free" territory where it's just blowing hard for ther sake of blowing hard...every player pushes the limits of the song's melody at times, but it never strays so far that it misses the point. and to me, that's one of the greatest points of Dear Old Stockholm. the fact that the passion and the discipline are shown in evidence as going hand in hand.

those of you who want to find the right balance between Coltrane's early style of melody and fast harmonics and his emotional passion and strength of his later years, should wait to longer and get this superb album. it will be one purchase that you will never regret.

Dear Old Stockholm .......2004-11-22

"One Down, One Up" is an absolutely shattering performance. Coltrane and Co. are dancing brilliantly between form and chaos. Some of Coltrane's later "transcendent" music sounds to my ears a bit squawky and abrasive, but this relies more on vamps, with all of the defiant anti-authoritarianism of free jazz -- think of it as a cross between "My Favorite Things" and "Om." Having not yet been born in the 60s, I use the passion, fury, and exuberance of this recording to channel backward to a frightening but more hopeful time. Every time I listen to this record I come away thrilled yet haunted. Thank you, John Coltrane!

Strong Set From a Busy Year!.......2000-12-23

Though I can't list any of these tracks among my favorite Coltrane performances. Its an important look at what the Quartet would have been without Jones. Dear Lord and After the rain are standouts, while One Up.. and After the Cresent are avant garde blowing tunes.

Average customer rating:

Dear Old Stockholm
Eddie Higgins
Manufacturer: Venus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008Z6NR
Release Date: 2003-06-02

Tracks:

Moonlight Becomes You
More Than You Know
Nardis
Over The Rainbow
Dear Old Stockholm
I Remember Clifford
You And The Night And The Music
If You Could See Me Now
Again
We Will Be Together Again
Witchcraft
It Never Entered My Mind
Stella By Starlight
Blame It On My Youth

Album Details

24bit Hyper Magnum Sound Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

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Dear Old Stockholm

ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00009LPZI
Release Date: 2005-06-07

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Dear Old Stockholm
Eddie 9 Higgins
Manufacturer: Venus Jazz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007AJUB
Release Date: 2003-02-10

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Dear Old Stockholm
Eddie (Trio) Higgins
Manufacturer: Tokuma
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007K4QB
Release Date: 2003-02-03

Tracks:

Moonlight Becomes You
More Than You Know
Nardis
Over The Rainbow
Dear Old Stockholm
I Remember Clifford
You And The Night And The Music
If You Could See Me Now
Again
We Will Be Together Again
Witchcraft
It Never Entered My Mind
Stella By Starlight
Blame It On My Youth

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Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

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Dear Old Stockholm
Stan Getz
Manufacturer: Proper
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000086EU5
Release Date: 2003-01-01

Tracks:

Lady in Red
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
On the Alamo
Gone With the Wind
Yesterdays
Sweetie Pie
You Go to My Head
Hershey Bar
Tootsie Roll
Strike up the Band
Imagination
For Stompers Only
Out of Nowhere
'S Wonderful
Penny
Split Kick
It Might as Well Be Spring
Best Thing for You
S'cool Boy
Ack Veland du Sk
I'm Getting Sentimental over You
I Only Have Eyes for You
Prelude to a Kiss
Night and Day
Don't Be Afraid
Flamingo

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Dear Old Stockholm
Eddie Higgins Trio
Manufacturer: Kang & Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000PS64Z2

Product Description

Korean Ltd Edition Coming with 12 Track Bonus Sampler CD. 01 MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU 02 MORE THAN YOU KNOW 03 NARDIS 04 OVER THE RAINBOW 05 DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM 06 I REMEMBER CIFFORD 07 YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC 08 IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW 09 AGAIN 10 WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN 11 WITCHCRAFT 12 IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND 13 STELLA BY STARLIGHT 14 BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH

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