published over 7 years ago (11.11.2004 00:00)

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An expressionistic, painterly image of a man's face spontaneously appeared on her kitchen floor—which was ripped out six days later and re-laid with cement. One week later, another face appeared in the same spot [...]

Nine feet down, human remains were discovered and given a proper burial, and a new floor was installed. Two weeks later, another man's face appeared, and two weeks after that, the face of a woman surrounded by 9-15 tiny faces. [...]

Although the events continued through 1972, there is a dearth of photographic and other hard evidence, scientific explanations were quickly abandoned.

taken from: thecobrasnose.com

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coltrane shopping list

compiled by esa onttonen, a finnish jazzer who seems to know.

A Love Supreme

Impulse! 1964 Lasting "only" 33 minutes is quite short on current standards, but this is one of the most important jazz albums ever and should belong to all record collections.

Crescent

Impulse! 1964 Although overshadowed by A Love Supreme, this is an equally important and influential recording, often cited by musicians (e.g. David Liebman) as their favorite Coltrane album.

Giant Steps

Atlantic 1959 Probably more musicians' than "regular listeners" favorite, this recording introduced some hard stuff for the next generations of players, including rapidly modulating "Giant Steps" and "Countdown" and the beautiful ballad dedicated to Coltrane's wife, "Naima".

Blue Train

Blue Note 1957 This is Coltrane's first major album under his own leadership and already features aspects in his compositions that would later be utilized more frequently, e.g. the major third relationship between the modulating keys in "Moment's Notice" would later appear on "Giant Steps".

Transition and Sun Ship

Impulse! 1965 Superb playing from The Quartet (Coltrane, Garrison, Tyner, Jones) - these albums stretched the word "jazz" even further into the free zone Coltrane would adopt on his later recordings.

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