Jazz Articles about John Coltrane

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Book Excerpts

Spirits Rejoice! Jazz and American Religion

by Jason Bivins
September 24, 2015

Spirits Rejoice! (Oxford University Press, 2015) presents a critical study on jazz and American religion from the 1940's to the present, and engages the religiosity and spirituality of America's foremost jazz musicians. The book features over 200 jazz musicians and is the first book solely dedicated to unpacking the history of jazz and religion in America. The author is Dr. Jason Bivins, a well-respected professor of philosophy and religion at North Carolina State University. This excerpt is from chapter five ...

Multiple Reviews

Avvistamenti coltraniani

by Alberto Bazzurro
September 10, 2015

Se ci fosse bisogno di soppesare una volta di più quanto la memoria, le stimmate di John Coltrane siano ancora terribilmente di attualità ad ormai quasi mezzo secolo dalla sua comparsa, basterebbe mettere nel lettore questi cinque CD, incisi nel biennio che va dal giugno 2012 al giugno 2014 e messi sul mercato a seguire. Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco Homage to John Coltrane Slam Productions 2015 Valutazione: * * ...

Album Review

The John Coltrane Quintet Featuring Eric Dolphy: So Many Things: The European Tour 1961

Read "So Many Things: The European Tour 1961" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
July 6, 2015

Scrigno delle meraviglie questo cofanetto di 4 CD che raccoglie materiale da quattro concerti del denso tour europeo di John Coltrane dell'autunno del 1961. Degli oltre trenta concerti stipati nelle tre settimane di tournée troviamo qui (con qualità di riproduzione ovviamente non eccelsa, ma mediamente buona) la musica che poterono ascoltare dal vivo gli spettatori di Parigi, Copenhagen, Helsinki e Stoccolma, pronti a dividersi, così come i critici, tra adepti e detrattori. Dire oggi che ...

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Building a Jazz Library

Coltrane 101

by John Eyles
May 8, 2015

OK, let's begin by being brutally honest here; if you really want to build a Coltrane collection, the albums listed below don't even scratch the surface. To do that, you will need to consider investing heavily in some box sets--five spring immediately to mind: The Heavyweight Champion (Atlantic; 7 CDs), The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (Impulse! 4 CDs), The Classic Quartet--Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings (Impulse! 8 CDs), Live Trane (Pablo; 7 CDs) and The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955--1961 (Sony; ...

My Blue Note Obsession

John Coltrane: Blue Train – Blue Note 1577

by Marc Davis
April 25, 2015

John Coltrane was arguably the greatest jazz musician of the 1950s and '60s. Blue Note Records was arguably the greatest jazz label of the same period. And yet they had almost nothing to do with each other. Except for one album--and it's a classic. Blue Train is one of a handful of Coltrane's best-known and best-loved works. It came in 1957, just as Coltrane was making his name with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, and it ...

The Big Question

If Coltrane emerged today, would he receive recognition and appreciation?

by Maxim Micheliov
March 1, 2015

A while ago I had a chat with Vytautas Labutis, an influential Lithuanian saxophonist, educator and, at the time, curator of Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival. He said: “The list of players with top skills is almost endless. Today we have kids who can do amazing things on their instruments, but the world is waiting for a new Coltrane." This phrase set my mind to thinking about this nearly religious aspect of contemporary jazz reality. If He arrives, how will we ...

Book Excerpts

John Coltrane: Exploring the Mystery of A Love Supreme, Part 2

by K. Shackelford
January 27, 2015

Part 1 | Part 2 This year marks the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane's album, A Love Supreme. Here is a critical engagement of various parts of A Love Supreme by UC-Berkeley professor and author Dr. Scott Saul. The excerpt is taken from his award winning book Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties. Saul provides a penetrating analysis of the deep spirituality embedded in Coltrane's iconic album, supported by a sharp musical ...