John Coltrane: His Life and Music.(Review)Granat, Zbigniew
A previously unknown recording, discovered by chance in 2017, captures the saxophonist testing the limits of his sound in the summer of 1961. It’s a snapshot of a pivotal moment in jazz’s evolution.
, the title track of which had been recorded in the same room three weeks earlier. ben ratliff, one of coltrane’s biographers, has observed: “ crescent does not contain the most impressive solos by any member of the john coltrane quartet; but in a span of six years with more ...
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John Coltrane – Live At Birdland Elvin is bananas on this performance. You could really pick any of the Quartet records, but this is the one I go back to most. Toto- IV Porcaro! We all know these songs. My friends […] Read more ...
of the human spirit.” What emerges in this film is not just a great artist but also a noble soul that constantly sought to be gentle. The fact that someone as wholly beautiful as John Coltrane once walked this earth is enough to make you maintain some kind of faith in humanity itself....
the man who says that without his music he’d die. Suddenly, though not entirely improbably, music seems to be out of his life. What does this obsessed artist do, in exactly 7 minutes and 46 seconds, the length of Part I of John Coltrane’s great “A Love Supreme,” which underlines...
What is there to say about John Coltrane’s landmark epic 1965 release A Love Supreme that hasn’t already been said? Seriously. Even I have done a fair amount of exploration on the various versions of this album out there. You can click here and here for my past revie...
I’ve also been reveling in the sweet, woodsy instrument vibes, taut kerplunks, and gritty, rosin-on-the-bow string details in the career overview setTimeline,by the ultra-melodic Finnish folk ensemble Frigg. And a fresh, beautifully remastered rendering of John Coltrane’s classic, 64-year...
John Coltrane’s four-part suite,A Love Supreme, charted a spiritual journey from contemplation through conflict to resolution. Written for the late saxophonist’s classic quartet, the music was a spiritual statement as well as a reflection on America at a time of heightened social conflict – ...