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Friday, February 20, 2009
A Love Supreme - Acknowledgement
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Branford Marsalis - Tenor Sax Joey Calderazzo - Piano Eric Revis - Bass Jeff Watts - Drums
I think Marsalis did a beautiful job as well. But, no one knew how to get to the out stratosphere like Coltrane. I don't know why so few modern musicians have a sense for this - Some pop bands do. Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, the Bellrays (in their early days), but jazz musicians seemed to have lost it, if you ask me.
Coltrane was deeply spiritual & Love Supreme was meant to be his thank you or recognition that his talent was not his but came from elsewhere. That comes through.
I think a lot of jazz musicians today get too caught up in either the technical side of music (showing off), are too interested in selling the music succumbing to pop or "smooth jazz" (shudder). But it's less of a problem in Jazz than in other music which is why I still find jazz so interesting.
Dickey Betts once spoke about that spiritual connection in Guitar Player (this was 25 years ago) that recognition that when he's soloing that music is not coming from him but elsewhere. And sometimes when he's really on he's very good.
4 comments:
Oh man Coltrane's masterpiece. Turtle Island String Quartet does a baeutiful version of the entire album.
I'll have to check that out.
I think Marsalis did a beautiful job as well. But, no one knew how to get to the out stratosphere like Coltrane. I don't know why so few modern musicians have a sense for this - Some pop bands do. Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, the Bellrays (in their early days), but jazz musicians seemed to have lost it, if you ask me.
Coltrane was deeply spiritual & Love Supreme was meant to be his thank you or recognition that his talent was not his but came from elsewhere. That comes through.
I think a lot of jazz musicians today get too caught up in either the technical side of music (showing off), are too interested in selling the music succumbing to pop or "smooth jazz" (shudder). But it's less of a problem in Jazz than in other music which is why I still find jazz so interesting.
Dickey Betts once spoke about that spiritual connection in Guitar Player (this was 25 years ago) that recognition that when he's soloing that music is not coming from him but elsewhere. And sometimes when he's really on he's very good.
But yeah, I be hard put to think of many others.
Jeff Buckley:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDKTEdTWWY4&feature=related
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