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''My Favorite Things'' is the seventh studio album by American {{jazz}} artist Music/JohnColtrane, released in 1961 through Creator/AtlanticRecords. It was the first album to feature him playing soprano saxophone and the title track became a radio hit single.

''My Favorite Things'' is a 1961 jazz album by Music/JohnColtrane, the seventh in his catalogue and widely regarded as one of his finest recordings. It was the first album to feature him playing soprano saxophone and the title track became a radio hit single.

! My Favorite Tropes:

** SerialEscalation: Live versions could take this even further, though the mood of the track could vary widely from night to night. Probably none were darker or edgier than the ''Olatunji Concert'' version, though; it was Coltrane's final recorded performance (he performed once more, but no known recordings of the performance exist), and he gave the song a particularly discordant free jazz arrangement that (after a seven and a half-minute bass solo, anyway) probably, even today, reaches 10, if not [[UpToEleven 11]] on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness, which is only made more extreme by the lo-fi recording quality.

* CryingLittleKid: The baby in "Summertime", in the context of Gershwin's ''Theatre/PorgyAndBess'.

* ListSong: ''My Favorite Things'' is one in the context of the original play ''The Sound of Music'', but the album tracks in themselves could also be seen as Coltrane's list of his "favorite things".

** SerialEscalation: Live versions could take this even further, though the mood of the track could vary widely from night to night. Probably none were darker or edgier than the ''Olatunji Concert'' version, though; it was Coltrane's final recorded performance (he performed once more, but no known recordings of the performance exist), and he gave the song a particularly discordant free jazz arrangement that probably, even today, reaches 10, if not [[UpToEleven 11]] on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness, which is only made more extreme by the lo-fi recording quality.

** SerialEscalation: Live versions could take this even further, though the mood of the track could vary widely from night to night. Probably none were darker or edgier than the ''Olatunji Concert'' version, though; it was Coltrane's final recorded performance (he performed once more, but no known recordings of the performance exist), and he gave the song a particularly discordant free jazz arrangement that probably, even today, reaches 10 on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness, which is only made more extreme by the lo-fi recording quality.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The TitleTrack. Coltrane took a perky little Rodgers and Hammerstein ditty from ''The Sound of Music'' and turned it into something a critic described as a "hypnotic eastern dervish dance" lasting more than 13 minutes. Live versions could take this even further, though the mood of the track could vary widely from night to night.

# "But Not For Me" (9:34)

* CoverAlbum: All tracks are covers, including the title track, which was taken from Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein's ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''. "Summertime" is from Music/GeorgeGershwin's ''Theatre/PorgyAndBess'' and "But Not for Me" from ''Theatre/GirlCrazy''. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a Music/ColePorter track.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The title track. Coltrane took a perky little Rodgers and Hammerstein ditty from ''The Sound of Music'' and turned it into something a critic described as a "hypnotic eastern devish dance" lasting 13 minutes.
* EpicRocking: "My Favorite Things". We say again: 13 minutes!

* CoverAlbum: All tracks are covers, including the title track, which was taken from Music/RodgersAndHammerstein's ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''. "Summertime" is from Music/GeorgeGershwin's ''Theatre/PorgyAndBess'' and "But Not for Me" from ''Theatre/GirlCrazy''. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a Music/ColePorter track.

!!!Side One

!!!Side Two

!! My Favorite Tropes:

* CoverAlbum: All tracks are covers, including the title track, which was taken from Music/RodgersAndHammerstein's ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''. "Summertime" is from Music/GeorgeGershwin's ''Theatre/PorgyAndBess'' and "But Not For Me" from ''Theatre/GirlCrazy''. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a Music/ColePorter track.

* NewSoundAlbum: For the first time Coltrane played soprano saxophone on one of his albums. This instrument wasn't used much in jazz circles at the time.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The title track. Coltrane took a perky little Rodgers and Hammerstein ditty from ''Theatre/The Sound of Music'' and turned it into something a critic described as a "hypnotic eastern devish dance" lasting 13 minutes.

* ListSong: ''My Favorite Things'' is one in the context of the original play ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', but the album tracks in themselves could also be seen as Coltrane's list of his "favorite things".

* DarkerAndEdgier: The light hearted "My Favorite Things" is turned into something a critic described as a "hypnotic eastern devish dance", one that lasted an impressive 13 minutes.
* EpicRocking: "My Favorite Things", which lasts 13 minutes!

'''''My Favorite Things''''' is a 1961 jazz album by Music/JohnColtrane, the seventh in his catalogue and widely regarded as one of his finest recordings. It was the first album to feature him playing soprano saxophone and the title track became a radio hit single.

'''My Favorite Things''' is a 1961 jazz album by Music/JohnColtrane, the seventh in his catalogue and widely regarded as one of his finest recordings. It was the first album to feature him playing soprano saxophone and the title track became a radio hit single.

!! Tracklist

[[AC:Side One]]

[[AC:Side Two]]

'''Personnel'''

* AlbumTitleDrop: "My Favorite Things".

'''My Favorite Things''' is a 1961 jazz album by Music/JohnColtrane, regarded as one of his finest recordings. It was the first album to feature him playing soprano saxophone and the title track became a radio hit single.

* GoodbyeSong: "Everytime We Say Goodbye".

* NewSoundAlbum: For the first time Coltrane played soprano saxophone on one of his albums. This instrument wasn't used much in jazz circles at the time.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The light heared "My Favorite Things" is turned into something a critic described as a "hypnotic eastern devish dance", one that lasted an impressive 13 minutes.

!! My Favorite Tropes

* AlbumTitleDrop: ''My Favorite Things''.
* CoverAlbum: All tracks are covers, including the title track, which was taken from Music/RodgersAndHammerstein's ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''. ''Summertime'' is from Music/GeorgeGershwin's ''Theatre/PorgyAndBess'' and ''But Not For Me'' from ''Theatre/GirlCrazy''. ''Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye'' is a Music/ColePorter track.

* CryingLittleKid: The baby in ''Summertime'', in the context of Gershwin's ''Theatre/PorgyAndBess'.
* GoodbyeSong: ''Everytime We Say Goodbye''.
* ListSong: ''My Favorite Things'' is one in the context of the original play ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', but the album tracks in themselves could also be seen as Coltrane's list of his ''favorite things''.