No other jazz musician has proved so inspirational and so fascinating as Coltrane. Ben Ratliff, jazz critic for the "New York Times", has written the first book to do justice to this great and controversial music pioneer. As well as an elegant narrative of Coltrane's life Ratliff does something incr[...]
Jazz is conducted almost wordlessly: John Coltrane rarely told his quartet what to do, and Miles Davis famously gave his group only the barest instructions before recording his masterpiece "Kind of Blue". Musicians are often loath to discuss their craft for fear of destroying its improvisational ess[...]
Mikä John Coltranen saavutuksissa oli niin merkittävää, että häntä palvotaan vielä yli 40 vuotta kuolemansa jälkeenkin? Mikä hänen soitossaan koukuttaa nykyistenkin muusikot ja kuuntelijat? John Coltrane - Soundin tarina kertoo, miksi John Coltrane oli Miles Davisin ohella jazzin suurin t[...]