John Coltrane: Equinox

Equinox is a simple enough composition after an intro that nods to Star Eyes as performed by Charlie Parker, its just a 12-bar blues built on the simplest of melodies and employing four basic chords. A child could have written it. But the devil is in the details, and Coltranes quartet digs up a myriad of them over these eight minutes. The atmosphere is one of mystery Elvin Jones tap-tapping on his cymbals, Steve Davis plucking meditatively, and McCoy Tyner comping with those thick chords of his before taking the tunes climactic solo. Coltrane stays close to the melody here, but with him its all about feeling.