[Howard Klepper]

Originally Posted by sweiss

I once bought a John Coltrane CD from a bargain bin, thinking that I should give it a listen...after all Coltrane is a jazz giant...and maybe I'd find something in it I'd like. Wrong. What I heard was a guy playing every note he knew in every "song". His command of the instrument was obvious, but what he played was musical gibberish. Every now and then Coltrane and the small combo he was playing with would seem to all wander in from the woods at the same time and actually play together somewhat...but never for long. After a few bars they would all drift away...each back into his own little world.

The OP posted under "PLAY" and asked for help with improvising jazz. But you took it to be about how YOU react to the music. Thanks again for sharing your impressions.