Moment's Notice

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"Moment's Notice" is a "classic" [1] jazz standard [2] composed by John Coltrane. The song was featured on Coltrane's noted 1958 recording Blue Train .

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History

Coltrane never recorded "Moment's Notice" after the version on Blue Train, [3] but other soloists have treated it as a standard, particularly since the 1970s. [3] It has been recorded by such artists as McCoy Tyner (on Supertrios , 1977, and Passion Dance , 1978), Chick Corea (with various ensembles over the years, a recorded version released on Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton - In Concert, 1978), Harry Connick, Jr (on 25 , 1992), Dexter Gordon (on Manhattan Symphonie, 1978), George Coleman (on Playing Changes, 1979), Anthony Braxton (on Seven Standards , 1985), Fred Hersch (on Fred Hersch trio plays..., 1994), Mark Turner (on Yam Yam , 1994), Arturo Sandoval (on Swingin' , 1996), US Navy Commodores Jazz Ensemble (on Sessions on M Street S.E., 1998), Keith Jarrett in a November 1998 performance in Newark, NJ (not released until 2018 on ECM Records' After the Fall ), and Billy Hart (on Quartet, 2005). [3]

Style

"Moment's Notice" contains "unusual and quick-moving harmonic twists", according to Martin and Waters. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Chinen, Nate (May 31, 2007). "Bebop in the Present Tense, Drummer in the Driver's Seat". New York Times. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ Feather, Leonard (March 30, 1990). "JAZZ REVIEW : Art Farmer's Fluegelhorn of Plenty". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. Oxford University Press. p. 270. ISBN   978-0-19-993739-4.
  4. ↑ Martin, Henry; Waters, Keith (2012). Jazz: The First 100 Years (3rd ed.). New York: Schirmer. p. 267. ISBN   978-1-4390-8333-8.
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