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John Coltrane — Theme For Ernie
Album: Soultrane
Avg rating:
7.8

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Total ratings: 2870









Released: 1958
Length: 4:50
Plays (last 30 days): 1
(Instrumental)
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 Webfoot wrote:

Bill's on a roll.


Bulky or poppyseed? 
it's all good — Sherilyn Fenn as Audrey Horne in Twin Peaks...
 bitbanger wrote:



As per Wikipedia:

John Coltrane – tenor saxophone

Red Garland – piano

Paul Chambers – bass

Art Taylor – drums
Pretty amazing lineup.



Thank You for the info!
Stan Webb might follow?
 Pitjes wrote:

I was guessing: Ben Webster?




As per Wikipedia:

John Coltrane – tenor saxophone

Red Garland – piano

Paul Chambers – bass

Art Taylor – drums
Pretty amazing lineup.
A great sign - I have now heard classic  jazz 2 days in a row! Thx RP team
I was guessing: Ben Webster?
Instead of “Play Misty for Me” that movie should have been “Play the Theme for Ernie for Me”!
 joejennings wrote:

RP NEEDS MORE COLTRANE TUNES ON THE PLAYLIST!!!  Thank You!!!




Right now, there are only 2 COLTRANE TUNES ON ON THE  RP PLAYLIST.  PLEASE ADD MORE!!!   Thank You!
 Sneak wrote:

Hey Bill and Rebecca -- I adore Radio Paradise! I just wish you played jazz more often.




I AGREE!! COMPLETELY!!   
Hey Bill and Rebecca -- I adore Radio Paradise! I just wish you played jazz more often.
RP NEEDS MORE COLTRANE TUNES ON THE PLAYLIST!!!  Thank You!!!
Hmmm Jazz, nice! Nothing like a bit of Coltrane to lighten the mood. Just need a bit of Hartman on vocals. Hmmm, nice!
RP has only 2 Coltrane tunes.  Bill, it is time to add MORE!!  Thank You!
 hbs47 wrote:

Somnambulistic. Tuneless noodling.




Sorry, but you've been voted off the island by most of the other RP listeners!
 joejennings wrote:

VERY EXCELLENT! Play more Coltane & McCoy Tyner!



Bill's on a roll.
Niiiiiiiice!
GODLIKE!!! ICONIC!!!
 firefly6 wrote:

Great recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder handled this.




YES! He was a pioneer, he introduced Neumann condenser microphones, while 25mi away, most NYC record label studios were using RCA ribbon mics, designed in the late '30s by Harry Olsen. He was also the first to adopt EQ (equalization) into custom built mixing consoles, while the NYC studios were using broadcast consoles with no EQ!
GODLIKE!!!
the supreme cool cat

taking giant steps
 willthompson2012 wrote:

Love the way RP mixes it up.  While other places celebrate sub-dividing music by genre; RP gives us the holistic auditory experience and I just dig the way jazz is sprinkled in.

— Will (entertainscape.com)




Can't agree more. Love almost all genres, this station is fantastic at picking good music from all genres.
 delwyn.shepherd57 wrote:
I am currently self isolating alone in Muriwai New Zealand in this crazy covid19 Lockdown.  Your music is the only thing that keeps me sane  I stream you for up to 12 hours a day. I am now up to day 11. Flew in from California haven't seen my partner for 5 weeks now he's 5 hours drive away  also self isolating  extremely hard times. all of NZ is in lockdown now our country is up to day 6.
 

Great recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder handled this.
 hbs47 wrote:
Somnambulistic. Tuneless noodling.
 
Oh look. Somebody got to use one of his BIG words!
Such cool blue tones. 
 Skydog wrote:
This is an interesting pick by Bill & Co. Did it get a lot of radio play in 1958?
Was it featured in a recent movie? Lots of jazz choices to choose from why this one?
 

Do you really think John Coltrane needs a reason?
 Skydog wrote:
This is an interesting pick by Bill & Co. Did it get a lot of radio play in 1958?
Was it featured in a recent movie? Lots of jazz choices to choose from why this one?
 

Because it's a lovely song by a legendary musician at the top of his game. And how old do you think Bill is? 
This is an interesting pick by Bill & Co. Did it get a lot of radio play in 1958?
Was it featured in a recent movie? Lots of jazz choices to choose from why this one?
 willthompson2012 wrote:
Love the way RP mixes it up.  While other places celebrate sub-dividing music by genre; RP gives us the holistic auditory experience and I just dig the way jazz is sprinkled in.

— Will (entertainscape.com)
 
Yes. I wish they can put add some more of it. Balance out country, folk, blues and jazz. 
Needed this song right now.   Calmed me right down.. Thanks!
 SpinyNorma wrote:
Bosch stood on his balcony, pondering the frailties of the human spirit. In the distance, the twinkling lights on the highway sparkled like false dreams...

(Sorry, went right off on one there for a mo. Ahem.)
 

♥️
Bosch stood on his balcony, pondering the frailties of the human spirit. In the distance, the twinkling lights on the highway sparkled like false dreams...

(Sorry, went right off on one there for a mo. Ahem.)
VERY EXCELLENT! Play more Coltane & McCoy Tyner!
 idiot_wind wrote:
Been watching videos on him and his piano player McCoy Tyner, on the Giant Steps and  Favorite Things  songs. 

When Tyner cut loose, nobody comes close. he was amazing. 
 
McCoy Tyner recently passed away. RIP!
GREAT!!!!
So much love for this music. 
 delwyn.shepherd57 wrote:
I am currently self isolating alone in Muriwai New Zealand in this crazy covid19 Lockdown.  Your music is the only thing that keeps me sane  I stream you for up to 12 hours a day. I am now up to day 11. Flew in from California haven't seen my partner for 5 weeks now he's 5 hours drive away  also self isolating  extremely hard times. all of NZ is in lockdown now our country is up to day 6.
 
I'm in France, still working for the 'big kitchen' -we supply food to 3 hospitals and 7 'old peoples homes' ... my 'down time' involves a lot of RP, I like the ability to *flick* between rock, main & mellow ... you are not alone ;D
I am currently self isolating alone in Muriwai New Zealand in this crazy covid19 Lockdown.  Your music is the only thing that keeps me sane  I stream you for up to 12 hours a day. I am now up to day 11. Flew in from California haven't seen my partner for 5 weeks now he's 5 hours drive away  also self isolating  extremely hard times. all of NZ is in lockdown now our country is up to day 6.
Trane, man, Trane!
 idiot_wind wrote:
I go back and forth with him: when is he better...on tenor or soprano?

I get high on his solos on Kind of Blue....but his version of "Favorite Things" on soprano is just way too trippy. I swerve off the road and end up in a new time zone, when I drive and hear that song.    

And how do you forget the piano man, McCoy T?  

 
 What about the Alto?

Aaand relax.... Just what I needed after a stressful work day.
Moved from a 9 to a 10.  Thank you RP for reminding me about music like this. 
Been watching videos on him and his piano player McCoy Tyner, on the Giant Steps and  Favorite Things  songs. 

When Tyner cut loose, nobody comes close. he was amazing. 
Just beautiful
Holistic auditory experience.  The perfect description of RP.  

willthompson2012 wrote:

Love the way RP mixes it up.  While other places celebrate sub-dividing music by genre; RP gives us the holistic auditory experience and I just dig the way jazz is sprinkled in.

— Will (entertainscape.com)
 

John Coltrane playing on a rainy day here in DC. Perfect. Nothing like classic jazz on a gray overcast rainy day. Like they are made for each other.
This is the reason why I love RP hearing gems like this
RP needs a fourth Mix. 

Not really. Pull 'em back to one, please. 
 hbs47 wrote:
Somnambulistic. Tuneless noodling.
 
Apparently, Jazz is not your thing.  Perhaps one day you will become enlightened to the joy that awaits. 
 Proclivities wrote:
 kingart wrote:
8 > 9. 
That is a divine sax.  
Who is Ernie?  Ernest Borgnine of course! JK

Ernest Borgnine
 

 kingart wrote:
8 > 9. 
That is a divine sax.  
Who is Ernie?  
Ernest Borgnine
 mrselfdestruct wrote:
This makes me want to go have brunch somewhere.

 
Let's go. I'll treat.
 Grammarcop wrote:
Staring out the window at the falling snow. I need a bourbon. 
 
get the glasses out, Grammarcop!  While the weather is chilly in Seattle, it's the good cold when the sun's out and snow would happen if it were warmer....great PNW for you....still I'll take my scotch neat if you're pouring...Long Live RP!!
This is nice.
Smoother than glass and as delicious as good whiskey. 
 hbs47 wrote:
Somnambulistic. Tuneless noodling.
 
Strongly disagree.
Staring out the window at the falling snow. I need a bourbon. 
Somnambulistic. Tuneless noodling.
PURE GENIUS!      

"That right there is why you're sleepy"
—Co-worker, after I complained that the coffee isn't working.
I bet Bert feels left out
 easmann wrote:

"Theme for Ernie (was) composed by Philadelphian Freddie Lacey after the sudden death of alto (sax) man Ernie Henry in 1957 (Heroin overdose, age 31)."

— Volume 36: Bebop and Beyond
 Wikipedia: Ernie Henry

 
Thanks easmann for that PDF and for who Ernie was. I've never heard of Fred Lacey, and googling doesn't turn up much so far...  
 Cynaera wrote:
Mmmmm - this is perfect for a humid, sultry afternoon, with a light rain coming down and a mint julep or margarita. A veranda with a porch swing, and all the flowers in bloom, and the wysteria draping down. Yum.

 
Oh yeah!
Back in the 80's there was a multi storied Tower Records store located in the Foggy Bottom / George Washington University neighborhood of Washington, DC.  I'd browse there all the time but absolutely LOVED loitering upstairs in their extensive jazz record section where there'd always be some wonderful Blue Note or other such label of record playing. I'd just stand there listening for an hour or more basking in the sound of the greats. Great store, great memories. D.C. had so many great record stores back in the day...Penguin, Kemp Mill, Olssons, Takoma, *sigh*
Amazing. Although I would have never guessed it was Trane. Way to normal for him.
 Sex, and then brunch somewhere.

mrselfdestruct wrote:
This makes me want to go have brunch somewhere.

 


This makes me want to go have brunch somewhere.
I go back and forth with him: when is he better...on tenor or soprano?

I get high on his solos on Kind of Blue....but his version of "Favorite Things" on soprano is just way too trippy. I swerve off the road and end up in a new time zone, when I drive and hear that song.    

And how do you forget the piano man, McCoy T?  

 
 LowPhreak wrote:
Because this isn't a country channel, and 98% of country sucks.
 
Is that a ballpark figure?
Where have they been hiding this? And why?

There's a serious problem in personnel.
 zunismyst wrote:

and not to forget: Bill Evans
 

 
Hear, hear!!
 zunismyst wrote:
They are Giants, Coltrane and Miles Davis. Classic Jazz at it's best

 
and not to forget: Bill Evans
 
 ai63 wrote:
That IS a beautiful piece of music!

 
Absolutely! {#Clap}
Just about anything Coltrane gets a 10 by me. But then again, I might be prejudiced.
That IS a beautiful piece of music!
Beautiful.
More Jazz please!!
They are Giants, Coltrane and Miles Davis. Classic Jazz at it's best
Absolutely spectacular and scrumptious, indeed! 
Exquisite!
Smooth and relaxing..I recall my Father exposing me to this splendor at a very young age.
this reminds me that RP should get some Bill Evans on the playlist
only one of Evans' is in the vault 
 ShoreGirl wrote:
Not in the morning please!!!  I am at work and this song is putting me to sleep!  {#Hand}

 
Same here.{#Sleep}
 kingart wrote:
8 > 9. 
That is a divine sax.  
Who is Ernie?  
 
"Theme for Ernie (was) composed by Philadelphian Freddie Lacey after the sudden death of alto (sax) man Ernie Henry in 1957 (Heroin overdose, age 31)."

— Volume 36: Bebop and Beyond
 Wikipedia: Ernie Henry
Amazing recording

sounds like he is in house on my kit 
That is some sweet, sweet jazz right there.
This sounds like it's based on "I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons)". It makes sense. He'd know that song from Nat King Cole's version from a decade before.
thanx Bill
Thankyou for that...any chance of some Albert Collins please, pretty please... "if trouble was money" will do  {#Bananajam}
Anything coltrain,  Parker, rollins or cannon ball adderly    note spelling is probably misspelled no offence intended.
It's not the morning for me! Late afternoon on Boxing Day (which is my Christmas day, as I was working yesterday!) 
Perfect for a relaxing late afternoon in winter.  
Not in the morning please!!!  I am at work and this song is putting me to sleep!  {#Hand}
Thanks Billy!

I think he was the goofy looking one from 'My Three Sons'. Or not.

I recently heard a quote Cole made about his style.  "It's liked starting a sentence in the middle and playing to the beginning and the end at the same time".

 

kingart wrote:

8 > 9. 
That is a divine sax.  
Who is Ernie?  

 

I was in 8th grade when this was released. I enjoyed John Coltrane then, and even more so today.
 kingart wrote:
8 > 9. 
That is a divine sax.  
Who is Ernie?  

 
Ernie from Sesame Street :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg5R3dRmPAQ
 soundlife wrote:
Food for soul!! Thank you!
 
yes                    yes, so nice
8 > 9. 
That is a divine sax.  
Who is Ernie?  
Always love me some 'Trane... {#Music}
 burdell wrote:
Please create a Jazz Paradise for stuff like this. I'm sure it's great, but not everyone wants to hear it, BTW, I'm curious, why play jazz but not country?

 
"Not everyone wants to hear" any one music of any genre; no matter what artist or genre Bill plays there will be those who dislike it.  Given that this song's rating is presently at 7.9, one could guess the a majority of listeners here "want to hear" songs like this - despite the fact that you don't like it.  By the way, there is plenty of country music played here - well, depending on one's definition of "country".
Love the way RP mixes it up.  While other places celebrate sub-dividing music by genre; RP gives us the holistic auditory experience and I just dig the way jazz is sprinkled in.

— Will (entertainscape.com)
 burdell wrote:
Please create a Jazz Paradise for stuff like this. I'm sure it's great, but not everyone wants to hear it, BTW, I'm curious, why play jazz but not country?

 
Because this isn't a country channel, and 98% of country sucks.
 burdell wrote:
Please create a Jazz Paradise for stuff like this. I'm sure it's great, but not everyone wants to hear it, BTW, I'm curious, why play jazz but not country?

 
I figured SOMEBODY would find a reason to complain about this PERFECT ballad.

"ECLECTIC".
Godlike:)

is there a smoother sax?


For Ernie Banks?
1/31/1931 - 1/23/2015
 kingart wrote:
The Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church

https://www.coltranechurch.org/

His fans here on RP can all be honorary members. 
 

 

Thanks for the Link kingart some wonderful photos there....
{#Meditate} Perfect Tax Prep music :)  Thanks Bill!!!
 burdell wrote:
Please create a Jazz Paradise for stuff like this. I'm sure it's great, but not everyone wants to hear it, BTW, I'm curious, why play jazz but not country?

 

Lyle Lovett, Hank Williams, Alison Krauss, The Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Willie Nelson for instance?  


  recline and let it flow.. {#Music}
Forever reminds me of my 1st couple months on the Noto Peninsula, in Ishikawa, Japan, where I went to run a branch of a private English school. It was the rainy season; May& June of '93 were cold and clammy. Trane was always on the stereo...the sake flowed!
The Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church

https://www.coltranechurch.org/

His fans here on RP can all be honorary members. 
 
bump

Cynaera wrote:
Mmmmm - this is perfect for a humid, sultry afternoon, with a light rain coming down and a mint julep or margarita. A veranda with a porch swing, and all the flowers in bloom, and the wysteria draping down. Yum.

 


Dang, but Trane does take my breath away.
Refreshing {#Cool}
Sultry
Trane
 
aaahhh, tasty
Please create a Jazz Paradise for stuff like this. I'm sure it's great, but not everyone wants to hear it, BTW, I'm curious, why play jazz but not country?