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Summertime
John Coltrane Lyrics

Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is fine
Oh your Daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush little baby, don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're goin' to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take the sky
But till that morning

There's a nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DOROTHY HEYWARD, DU BOSE HEYWARD, GEORGE GERSHWIN, IRA GERSHWIN

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01My Favorite Things6:22

02Everytime We Say Goodbye4:57

03Summertime11:35

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John Coltrane

04But Not for Me9:35

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Comments from YouTube:

caleb albrecht

3y↑90

Can’t believe the alien overlords let us have this one

noirchild58

4y↑52

And to think, these great artists are dressed in suits and ties, and make no moves at all -- just let the music pour out over the whole world. No glitz. No bling. No glamour. Nothing superficial.

Michael Greenker

12w↑3

Oh man, y'all need to check out some footage and pics from the Swing era.

Some fugink guy

2y↑6

Back when music was just itself, music, nothing more.

Abraham Palmer

2y↑4

noirchild58 indeed pure raw talent from the heart

Steve T

6y↑76

Elvin Jones at his very best. Great comping and an absolutely melodic drum solo.

Eduardo Cooper

29w

@slopnut Black?

slopnut

29w

@Eduardo Cooper 11111A

areaTwo

43w

boom

Eduardo Cooper

1y↑1

Yeah, he's awesome!

hurting

2y↑2

Echos the phrasing of the Trane solo too, whole thing is brilliant

Devin Gauthier

7y↑41

Damn, that drum solo is incredible.

andrew cranmer

46w

Devin Gauthier Being Elvin Jones, so yeah

teboho makopo

3y↑10

my friend. Its in my top 10 drum solo in music... genius!

mjazzguitar

7y↑31

Words fail, but it's kind of like, he doesn't play the melody, so much as states it.

the john scott show

I love how he makes the tune his very own. He's not even playing summertime. It's almost like an impressionistic nod to the history of jazz, like, "hey, it's the summertime melody, but I'm coltrane bitch."

Phillip McClain

3y↑22

This is a real breath taking piece, I can´t figure everything out even if I listen to it for a hundred times. It´s just impossible to tackle every smooth touch in this song. They are daring and ferocious, it surprises me every now and then throughout it with its excellence and magnificence. The enormity of this piece is beyond our humble capacity. Tyner plays more notes in his solo than our brain can process. Did you notice how Elvin Jones bumps his drumsticks at 9:09 and 9:26? They´re really playing this shit out, you can feel it.

Viejotrueno

4y↑7

HOLY SHIT!

S Sdk

1y↑14

7:32 My favorite part.

the john scott show

it's so nasty. McCoy Tyner was on another fucking level

assoneS1

So good that when i listened to the album in full the first time i thought it was its own song.

Kaleb Towne

18w

Yes yes yes!

Tom Parker

48w↑1

Same. What an absolute banger. So catchy.

Cody Brooks

6y↑19

John Coltrane is someone who you study from front to back, his jazz style is different and that's why I like him.

Alter Ego

4y↑15

only Coltrane can pull this off

caleb albrecht

3y↑13

I really just could listen to this forever

Tom Parker

48w

Absolutely. That's what I think whenever I listen to this album.

Abraham Palmer

2y↑1

mr mccoy same here a classic for sure

VIProfessor

9y↑16

I remember when I first heard this tune some 25 years ago, and first became aware of the drum kit as a melodic as well as a rhythmic instrument!! Trane and McCoy are magnificent of course, and Steve is great but it's Elvin who just tears this tune up!!!

Kevin Stewart

3y↑5

When you something real to say.... you should say it. John did that... over and over again... The Gospel of John speaks for itself!

TheTrh2130

4y↑9

My second best Coltrane song. Only Equinox tops it!

Jerry Liu

8y↑7

When I listen to this while doing homework, I realized I finished a lot faster than usual.

Godwill Madzivadondo

3y↑11

This makes me want to live again

Abraham Palmer

godwillmcintyre same here so relaxing

Cristian Maldonado

6y↑5

just got to pay your respects to Porgy and Bess.

Jansky

5y↑11

4:38 jesus christ, that phrase... the note choice, how he manages tension and release, the rhythm... fuck that's perfect. Gives me chills everytime

O D

indeed

M Johnson

what should I do because I'm new in this section

Arturo López

6y↑13

The best lineup...

hurting

2y↑6

Trane does some of that out, microtonal shit here that people think of as being in his "late" work. Parts of his solo sound like the way he plays on Interstellar Space which was recorded six years later

kaspafischer

12w

Yeah people tend to forget that Trane had been doing far out stuff way before his so-called late period... he even did those while interpreting all those hoary jazz standards... LOL

DiffOriginal

8y↑5

same here especially the song "My Favorite Things"

Niccole Evans

1y↑3

This man's music sets my soul on fire!! Amazing!!

Nia Graham

51w↑2

Classic! He bodied this!❤️🔥🔥

Ronism 007

2y↑3

He plays out of this world!!!

Ethan Hill

49w↑2

I blast annually this song the first day of summer. He took this over with same authority displayed with MY FAVORITE THINGS.

Harry RDK

9y↑4

Sweet

TheHighTower

5y↑6

So much fucking art packed inside one track, holy shit.

pol1992one

δε γαμιέσαι ρε

Benjamin Rudolph

6y↑4

this is sped up from the version I've heard since I was a kid.

shimenoかずよし

6y↑5

ジョン・コルトレーンは聴きこまないとわからない
それは良さというより感性に触る音の領域

gian paolo Puglisi

8y↑1

Thanks a lot !

Nini Ramanga

33w↑1

C'est mon musicien préféré. Merci

Ronism 007

49w↑2

Elvin Jones is a beast on the drums and only he could keep up with John!!!

Lawrence Muller

And Roy Haynes on "Live in Newport".

Aidan Schram

25w

I mean Philly joe sounded great on the Blue Train record and same with Art Taylor on Giant Steps but yeah I agree that Elvin's drumming style fits better with Coltrane's sound

Kenike Dyer

I remember watching insta stories from P rocking coltrane at 3 am and I remember the big smile that put on my face every time, now I'm in tears #Pspliff4life

7quasita

1y↑1

So Blessed to have great lovers and comprehenders of Jazz and music in itself introduce to me, and guide me in the wonderful world of John Coltrane! Thanks, Dad, Uncle Skeeter, and Walter!

rob leonard

7y↑2

McCoy Tyner seems adequate also. everybody is fine

pac401

6y↑17

Adequate? Yeah, and Willie Mays was an adequate ball player...

lens 'lemon' benzem

52w

standard play standard recording.
i think more recording left this song

Rodrigo Fontes Vianna

7y↑1

Rainy mood

TöBy

Thanks, Rainy mood

Richirida

5y↑1

1.03 - 1.10

Agustina Keys

3y↑7

Debussy ?

stephen chase

3y↑1

Gershwin.

Abraham Palmer

extremely mellow song

Ancelo

48w↑2

Does anyone know what chords are being played at 7:36?

Aundre Mathews

38w

So flippin seductive!

Ancelo

48w

@Tom Parker thanks man!!

Tom Parker

48w

Yes. By ear I think they're Dmin6 and Db7.

Jess Bezos

Makes me want to take my ex back.

desmond jamison

48w↑1

Jess Bezos why

Brandon Caudill

15w

So many things to praise in Jones' drumming, here, but this is a damn clinic in dynamic control. Seamlessly holding back for the bass then punctuating the phrases.

STEPHEN BROWN

36w↑1

Brainstem invades cortex.

vfiore0

35w

what's wrong with the lives of those 61 downvoters?

Lil Mr. Kelly

Gershwin wrote this tune on folly Beach

MAERLEN SCHEPKO

tha drumaer es a sek frantsch afrekan ant he gruwndat hurt atak weth tha drums ant thes es wrònk tw dw ||| taek kaer [ tha mupats ] en naemt [ 2O17 ]

Nathan Hall

2y↑8

9:30 to 9:52 is metal af

0satanisboring0

2y↑2

7:35 to 9:52. Growing up with math-rock and Skronk and finally finding my way back to the source was just fucking enlightening. Im crying listening to it now. FUCK!

0satanisboring0

2y↑3

That part moves me the most, maybe having to do with coming from a punk/metal background. I was so caught off guard when i first heard it that I cried and cried. So powerful.

DemetraziusClay

32w

Una decina d'anni fa mi divertivo a fare ascoltare il ritornello a chiunque mi capitasse a tiro, poi gli dicevo:"hai riconosciuto che è summertime?"
Coltrane, dopo aver finito il suo studio ossessivo sulle armonie con giant steps (non so quanti musicisti siano riusciti a sventrare l'argomento), tentò la via del jazz modale (non più cambi d'accordo, ma solo una scala da cambiare raramente; che poi sarebbe ciò che la maggior parte degli altri generi musicali fa); e nel mentre studiava un'altra importante novità: il free jazz di Ornette Coleman (fanculo agli accordi e le scale, basta che tutto il gruppo segua la stessa melodia)
Questo è un vero album pietra miliare tra i jazzofili, ma tuttavia, se lo paragoniamo a ciò che Trane sfornerà pochi anni dopo, sembrano canzonette.
My favorite things divenne il cavallo di battaglia del gruppo (qui quasi al completo), i quali lo suoneranno tutte le volte come fosse la prima volta e come non ci fosse un domani.
Per la prima volta suona il soprano (provate a riconoscere dove suona il tenore); Miles dice che glielo ha regalato lui a John, altri che Trane andò da Steve Lacy che lo suonava e gli chiese in quale tonalità fosse:" come il tuo tenore monna!". Lacy era un bianco che suonava come un nero, ma lo vedi nelle foto che era un genio.
A John, come in questa foto di copertina, non gli daresti una lira (qualche hanno più tardi, il suo studio, i suoi esperimenti e le sue scoperte, gli cambiarono il viso...e lì non avevi più dubbi)
Di tutto l'album, questa è quella che prediligo. Provate a scoprire quando suona coi gruppi irregolari di note, quanta sia la cura del suono, il modo in cui modifica la melodia e poi sentitevi a 3:16 la piccola chicca, dove espone il tema scomposto: qualche nota e ci gioca, altre note e improvvisa....

Made You Look!

44w↑1

After he plays the melody he just plays over the bar and then does it again and again until he runs out of breathe. That’s just the beginning of the solo . What an ultimate bad ass! It’s as if he decided man I’m just going to show off on this one lol

Ethan Hill

36w

You're absolutely right. COLTRANE worked so arduously at the craft he could SHOW OFF. Allows him to stand in music history next to MILES. AND often MILES stands behind COLTRANE.

Vladimir Chigrin

ну и как много малышей уснуло под эту сумасшедшую музыку???

Curt Rayvis

50w↑1

I think the Gershwins would have LOVED Coltrane's arrangement of this (originally) almost a lullaby! McCoy Tyner, the other great master on this track, is at his absolute peak of precision and freedom of flights of fancy. Both Coltrane and Tyner are adventurers, often going to the limits of improvision, yet ALWAYS come back to the beautiful melody at the heart of the song. To me, that is thrilling. Jazz, at its best, is meant to be both honored and improvised upon. These composers all learned from and (most) played with each other. In fact, it seems only Miles Davis and McCoy Tyner were the two Jazz giants of the 60's, 70's and 80's who never played together. Rumor has it that Miles simply did not like Tyner's style. Too bad for us listeners.

Ethan Hill

36w

Enjoyed reading your comment. I love COLTRANE with TYNER for reasons who articulated well.

Rodolfo Gabriel

Unic

Ralph Barlow

5y↑10

Yes, Elvin's drum solo was great - he was an enormous ball of energy - a great player. That said, for my money, the best drum solo I've ever heard is Joe Morello's extended solo on the Brubeck Carnegie Hall concert album. It's over 11 minutes long, and the whole thing is in 5/4 time!

Aidan Schram

25w

Elvin's solo on "Black Nile" still remains one of my favorites

Thomas Hughes

30w↑2

Not taking anything away from Elvin here - this is a smokin' drum solo - but Art Blakey tears up Caravan rather smartly on the Jazz Messengers album of the same name. Just sayin'.

wel722

3y↑4

Perhaps You Haven't Listen To A Lot Of This Music-They Call Jazz!

DAFUNK213

7y↑4

Miles was some legend! I love listening to him when I'm baked!

Ethan Hill

49w

AD WORLD

3y↑2

baked comment *<:o)

jacques deghorain

4y↑1

je regrette , mais ça ne ressemble plus du tout à Summertime et je déteste ça ...EN PLUS ? CETTE SONORITE DE SOPRANO EST CRIARDE ET HORRIBLE Il est content Mr Coltrane de bouger ses doigts aussi vite.....mais ça ne sert finalement qu'à écraser et faire disparaître la mélodie d'un des plus beaux tracks classiques comme celui-ci . C'est pousser le besoin de se démarquer à tout prix beaucoup trop loin c'est pourquoi je n'accorderais pas plus de 3/10 à cette version , malgré la virtuosité de Coltrane , qui s'en sert mal , à mon avis , bien sûr !!! ....et qu'est-ce que je vais faire comme mécontents !!!...........

Blue Bird and White Fish

Non non pas mécontent mais pas d'accord c'est sûr ...

Luigi Savona

Too egoistic rendition ... thumb down

Made You Look!

44w↑1

Yes go find rocket man by Elton John. May be better suited for your tastes

Ahmet Polat

what? i don't understand your argumentation on this

cyrus hakhamaneshi

1y↑3

Are you crazy or what?!

mrawsomepants355

8y↑7

I'm sorry, but nothing in the world is better than smoking a bowl and listening Miles Davis's version of Summertime.

lu c

22w

^ohjfdoshhoghoghofhogofh

Shaun Lowe

4y↑10

apology accepted

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