Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things” at 50

By Matt Fleeger on October 20, 2010

October 21, 2010 is the 50th Anniversary of John Coltrane’s first, and most memorable, recording of My Favorite Things (on Atlantic). It was part of three days in the recording studio that would produce all of the music on My Favorite Things, Coltrane’s Sound, and Coltrane Plays the Blues, plus “Village Blues” from Coltrane Jazz.

To celebrate this historic anniversary in Jazz music, KMHD will broadcast selections from these recordings throughout the day. Tune in to listen to what some consider to be the highest of “high art” in Jazz.

Also, we’ll be featuring a special by longtime NPR contributer Robin Washington (News and Notes, Crossroads) that explores the recording and includes interviews with McCoy Tyner, Steve Kuhn, and Coltrane himself. The segment will air at 12:30 PM (PST).

Click here to listen to the special

We sincerely hope you’ll enjoy our celebration of one of the greatest musicians of all time, and this turning point in his amazing career.

-Matt Fleeger
Program Director, KMHD

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RW

As an NPR affiliate I wanted to take a moment to say how terribly unfair and ridiculous the firing of Juan Williams by NPR was. It reflects very poorly on their tolerance of diverging opinions. OPB is a huge affiliate of NPR, and so must take partial resposibility for this action. OPB is paying a significant portion of the bills at NPR via affiliate fees, and has voting rights.

It’s just another reason that I find you decision of several years ago to turn management over to OPB a terrible one.

You are complicit in the narrow-minded and intolerant propaganda that NPR puts out, which has been clearly shown for all the world to see in this incident. A good man has been fired for telling the truth, for talking about his feelings, feelings shared by millions of Americans. This is a real low water mark in radio journalism.

I urge you to consider returning to independent management of the station.
GB / Vancouver, WA

What on earth does this have to do with the wonderful salute to Coltrane? If there is a connection, perhaps RW should clarify it. Anyway, the Coltrane special was well received here.