gorgeous track. dolphy gets these great flute sections and byard's piano playing is just beautiful. dannie richmond is a great live drummer too

not actually live at birdland but still a great song. to me, coltrane really shines on numbers where the band holds down a theme and he gets to explore the space. nowhere near as flashy as his usual playing but i think that's what helps make it stick so well

the whole record is great, one of the first ones that got me into jazz period. shorter, hubbard and walton are great on here but blakey is the star of the show, some of the best drumming i've ever heard

it's more digestible than marxism

political education is very important to the masses

if i had known speed was here on wednesday i would have tried to intercept him and explain critical theory

i love it when they name the track after someone in the band

the transitions on this track are so seamless. land jumps to brown, brown jumps to powell, powell jumps to roach and they keep passing control over the song to each other so flawlessly until it's time to return to the theme again

not only do stitt and rollins get great tenor sax solos over the backbeat, gillespie's phenomenal trumpet solo is sandwiched between them. gillespie actually sings the standard at the end of the track, too, it's a great performance

just a great track from powell. two distinct, sentimental piano parts. i love it

red garland's piano on this track is great but this also has to be one of my favorite miles leads

evans' piano playing on this is great, and i really like the way lafaro gets to explore the space evans leaves for him on bass

starting off with records i really love