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I'd get up and walk into the living room, and in the space of half an hour, I'd hear Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Hank Williams and Elvis Presley
There's no one who sounds like Bob Melrose ... He's the John Coltrane of news radio.
He was probably my biggest influence, whether I want to believe that or not, on saxophone ... A lot of people almost reject their biggest influences after a while because they want to be hipper than that. But I don't think anybody was any hipper than John Coltrane. I've listened to so many other players. Doing this project makes me realize that he was beyond everybody back in 1961, '62. And then after that, he kind of left the planet.More quotes »
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Musical power of Coltrane was real McCoy for Tyner
is an anecdote, perhaps apocryphal, of a conversation between the two jazz giants, trumpeter Miles Davis and saxophonist John Coltrane. The two men fronted the famous 1950s quintet. Miles' playing was based on spare, plaintive lines - a stark contrast to Coltrane's 10:28 AM from The Age Read more »
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Pharoah Sanders - In the Beginning - 1963-1964 Four-CD Boxed Set Includes 2 Discs of Unreleased Music
set documents the first recordings of iconic tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, prior to his well known association with John Coltrane. Beginning with two previously unreleased sessions with Ornette Coleman alumni Don Cherry and Paul Bley, followed by Pharoah's 5/31/12 from All About Jazz Read more »
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Detroit-Torino jazz collaboration comes over from Italy
in New York in 2007. The two found friendship and inspiration in their common post-bop styles and their similar heroes (John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, et al.). They also bonded because of the important role that their cities, Detroit and Torino -- both auto 5/31/12 from Detroit Free Press Read more »
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Jack DeJohnette And Friends: Miles On Their Mind
left, Chick Corea (piano), Stanley Clarke (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) perform John Coltrane's "Miles' Mode" at the Jazz24 studios in Tacoma, Wash. Jack DeJohnette is touring ahead of his 70th birthday this summer. The veteran drummer was born August 5/31/12 from NPR Read more »
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Concord Music Group Introduces "The Very Best of" Jazz Series
of the genre. The first five titles in the The Very Best Of" series — which highlight the work of the Miles Davis Quintet, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery Sonny Rollins, and Chet Baker — are set for release on June 12, 2012. Each collection is mastered by Joe from All About Jazz Read more »
