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3 unusual facts about Trane's Blues


Trane's Blues

Lee Morgan — trumpet on "Locomotion," "Blue Train," "Smoke Stack"

Kenny Drewpiano on "Trane's Blues," "Locomotion," "Blue Train"

It comprises recordings from sessions for Blue Note and United Artists Records as a sideman for Paul Chambers, Sonny Clark, Johnny Griffin, and Cecil Taylor that were issued respectively on their Whims of Chambers, Sonny's Crib, A Blowin' Session, and Hard Driving Jazz albums.


A-Trane

Uncounted locally and internationally renowned musicians have played the club, including Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Larry Coryell, Diana Krall, Esbjörn Svensson and Till Brönner.

George Gruntz

George Gruntz with the NDR Bigband and Tom Rainey – Dig My Trane – Coltrane’s Vanguard Years (1961–1962), 2012

GM PD-4103

This would soon give way to higher capacity, more reliable Waukesha/Trane engine/compressor combination that was rated at a nominal six tons.

It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

The version of the song on Highway 61 Revisited is an acoustic/electric blues song, one of three blues songs on the album (the others being "From a Buick 6" and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues").

James Trane

James Alex Trane (April 29, 1857 - January 24, 1936) was the co-founder of Trane.

Joe's Blues

Joe's Blues is an album by American jazz guitarists Joe Pass and Herb Ellis, recorded in 1968 and released posthumously in 1998 (see 1998 in music).

Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash

#"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" - Mavis Staples

Magic City Jazz Orchestra

In 2003, the MCJO released a CD with "Blue Lou" Marini, titled Lou's Blues, which elicited favorable reviews.

Room to Roam

Room to Roam is an album by The Waterboys; it continued the folk rock sound of 1988's Fisherman's Blues, but was less of a commercial success, reaching #180 on the Billboard Top 200 after its release in September 1990.

Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee

When the Trane Company moved its factory into the area in the 1960s, the area exploded in growth, both residentially and commercially.

Seymour Simons

A collaboration in 1926 with Richard A. Whiting produced “Hello, Baby,” recorded by Ruth Etting, and the popular “Breezin’ Along With the Breeze”, in conjunction with Haven Gillespie, which was first recorded by Josephine Baker, used in the film Pete Kelly's Blues (1955), and sung by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in their 1954 film, The Long, Long Trailer.

Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues

#"Hard Hearted Hannah" (Milton Ager, Chas Bates, Bob Bigelow, Jack Yellen – 3:08

Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues is a 1955 (see 1955 in music) soundtrack album by Peggy Lee featuring tracks by Ella Fitzgerald, and several jazz instrumentals.

Sonny's Blues

Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker are mentioned during a conversation between Sonny and his brother.

When Gravity Fails

The title is taken from "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", a song by Bob Dylan: "When your gravity fails and negativity don't pull you through".


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