John Coltrane, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 1966 John Coltrane with Alice Coltrane, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1966 (photo: Chuck Stewart) Next Essentially an unknown, 29-year-old John Coltrane was thrust into the jazz forefront in 1955…into the world of Miles Davis …when...
social. Andre has made the mystical his principal interest—he’s in search of what used to be called the ineffable, a glimpse of deep connection, of unusual beauty, of primary purposes. The ordinary is not good enough—is
His fleet improvisations draw gasps of disbelief from budding players, as he cites guitarists as disparate as Charlie Christian, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Hall, and George Harrison while drawing on the m...
4/09/2022 Jazz Journal - Chet Baker Sings – The Definitive Collector’s Edition - John White Lavish presentation on vinyl and CD and in an 80-page book of the singing trumpeter who was the antithesis of Louis Armstrong. 15/06/2022 ...
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. David Bowie studied art, music and design, including layout and typesetting. After Terry Burns, his half-brother, introduced him to modern jazz, his enthusiasm for players like Charles Mingus and John Coltrane led his mother to ...
I’m listening to John Coltrane. I’m listening to Miles Davis. But I’m also listening to whatever new rap is coming out that week. I have teams in Milan, Italy, London, and America, so as long as I have a fully charged iPhone, I feel like I can change the world. I’m ...
while John Primer handles the imposingly muscular vocals on both Roosevelt Sykes‘ classic “44 Blues” and the pulsing “Down In The Bottom” and youthful Chicagoan Phillip-Michael Scales who renews street poet and rap forerunner Gil Scott-Heron’s “Lady Day And John Coltrane.” It’s my ...
Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', films such as 'Of Mice and Men' and 'The Grapes of Wrath', alongside 'Rebel Without a Cause' and 'The Wild Ones', and experimental and innovative music from John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Woody Guthrie all enfold Frank's series of pictures. ...