John Coltrane on France Musique

This morning, at 11.00 Paris time, France Musique will broadcast a program on John Coltrane and a new book in french dedicated to his music and more in particular focused on My Favourite Things and A Love Supreme.

More info is available here.

Enjoy!

John Coltrane : Temple University 1966

The recording made in 1966 of which some parts were circulating amongst collectors will be officially released in September more exactly on September 23rd.

More about this release can be read here.

Can't wait to hear this!!

A Love Supreme: God in the Music of John Coltrane

CBC radio program 'Tapestry' discusses John Coltrane's music.

Here's the description :

"This week on Tapestry, we explore the music and spirituality of the jazz great John Coltrane. To some jazz fans, he was the high priest of the avant-garde movement. And to others, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane was a saint.

For more on the show and our guest...

Winnipeg's Reverend Jamie Howison wrote a book about the music and theology of John Coltrane. It's called God's Mind in that Music: Theological Explorations through the Music of John Coltrane. 

When Rev. Howison puts on a John Coltrane record, he braces for something pretty profound: "It's kind of like eavesdropping on someone praying, frankly." 

The musician Carlos Santana used to have a ritual. He'd play a John Coltrane album at four in the morning, as a kind of meditation. In Santana's words:  "I could hear God's mind in that music ... I heard the Supreme One playing music through John Coltrane's mind."  Carlos Santana wasn't the first to make the connection between theology and saxophone.  Coltrane's music led one reviewer to say "I'm agnostic - and yet, John Coltrane's masterpiece, A Love Supreme, has almost made me see God."

In this episode, Rev. Jamie Howison takes Mary Hynes for a tour through the music and soul of John Coltrane."

The program is available online here.

Enjoy!

Who wrote Brazilia : Eric Dolphy or John Coltrane?

This very interesting question was raised by Dan Voss on the Dolphy-L as well on his blog here.

Check it out and put those records again on the turntable ;-)

On another hand i just received Sun Ship The Complete Session.

John Coltrane Festival

The New Yorker reports about the John Coltrane Festival.

Oct. 26-Nov. 3: A celebration of the life and music of John Coltrane features a number of events for jazz fans of all ages. Here are a few highlights. Oct. 26-27, in the Rose Theatre: The saxophonist Joshua Redman salutes the giant of jazz. Supported by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Redman will perform iconic Coltrane works in new arrangements. Oct. 26-27, in the Allen Room: McCoy Tyner, one of the most influential pianists of the modern jazz era, is also the only surviving member of Coltrane’s “classic quartet.” Evoking the reflective moods of his former employer, Tyner calls on the bassist Dave Holland and the drummer Jack DeJohnette, as lofty a rhythm team as can be found. (See also Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola.)

October 26 – November 3

Jazz At Lincoln Center

Broadway at 60th St., New York, N.Y.

212-721-6500

jazzatlincolncenter.org

 

Here's the direct link to the Jazzatlincolncenter webpage.

Coltrane Home : update

News from The Coltrane Home in Dix Hills
*October 2012*

Great things are happening at the Coltrane Home in Dix Hills! I'm writing to update you on some recent developments in our pursuit to open the Home to the public as a living museum for enjoyment and learning.

In early August, The 1772 Foundation awarded the Coltrane Home in Dix Hills a generous grant of $30,000. This well-respected,
philanthropic organization is devoted to the preservation of unique structures and landscapes representing the evolving styles and traditions of American History, and a particular interest in saving African American historic sites.  These funds will be used to make critical exterior repairs to the home, such as restoration of the roof and the brick facade.

Thanks to our gifted and generous partner Fred Schwartz and Associates, significant progress is being made to complete the Historic Structure Report that will guide our restoration efforts. We are also excited to report that Steve Fulgoni, founding member of the Friends of the Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, has managed to contact the woman who purchased the home from the Coltrane family in 1973. She generously contributed her memories regarding the original paint colors of the walls and will be an invaluable resource in the restoration.

If you are in the New York area, please look for us at the Coltrane Festival on October 26-27 at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Members of the board will be there to educate new friends and extend our thanks to old friends for supporting the Coltrane Home in Dix Hills. It will be two evenings of incredible music. Tickets are available here: www.jalc.org

You may also want to check out this link to an excellent NPR piece: "Making a Home For John Coltrane's Legacy."

www.npr.org/2012/07/22/156846101/making-a-home-for-john-coltranes-legacy

We sincerely appreciate your interest and can always use your support! Please visit our newly redesigned website, www.thecoltranehome.org <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vsfkFdOjJmGIRL2w5NQgR47aJipoWThXF0VDjvMwEN_UKnEkffYGc2zT-rfAsnc4hygOoC06QQNGdrYHBgJYNsmH6F2iWxJ6y2Rwh2TXmItvzXQ2_iSghg==>to find out how you can help us preserve the Coltrane home and legacy.


Ravi Coltrane
President, Friends of the Coltrane Home in Dix Hills

Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church, San Francisco

I got this email in my inbox, apparently the Church has some financial problems :

"August 1, 2012

"Dear Members, Friends and Well Wishers

"I begin this letter giving praise and thanks to God Almighty for His Son
our Lord and savior Jesus Christ
And the anointed sound of Saint John Will-i-am Coltrane.

"Dear  Listener

"You are receiving this communication not to alarm you but to inform the
members and community of the financial state of the church and to give you
the opportunity to help and assist in stabilizing and securing our residency
at 1286 Fillmore St. where the Saint John Coltrane AOC is housed.
We are challenged to meet the demand letter dated July 5th from West Bay
Conference Center who holds our lease to pay the outstanding balance of
$4,750.00 and make the August lease payment of $1,600.00 on or before August
10th, which makes a total of $6,350.00.  The invitation extended in this
letter is to all who see the value and the worth of this work and would feel
moved to support its continual growth and prosperity.
We are calling first for free will offerings or donations which are tax
deductible with the option to make a committal pledge monthly quarterly or
yearly.  Your immediate response is necessary due to the time sensitivity of
this matter.  Other ways of being counted among those to whom we are
thankful God is using is to make a reasonable donation for prayer cloths
(T-shirts) Icon cards and the book Coltrane Speaks  from our website
www.coltranechurch.org.   Make Secure Online Contributions:
www.coltranechurch.org.  Click on store, then click on donation.  Or mail
checks payable to:  St. John Coltrane AOC, 1286 Fillmore St., San Francisco,
CA, 94115.
"A Love Supreme
"+Archbishop Franzo King, D.D."

John Coltrane : new book

For the french reading John Coltrane fans we have some good news. There is a new book out on what "John Coltrane learns us on the essence of Jazz".

It's quite a voluminous work of about 448 pages.

You can read more on the work here.

John Coltrane needs your help!

The Village Voice has a curious contest but i fear Trane might need your help.

Check out here.

Go Trane, go!!

Joe Brazil Project

Steve Griggs will publish an article in the april issue of Earshots magazine on Joe Brazil.

He is "researching the life and impact of jazz saxophonist Joe Brazil for an article in the April issue of Earshot Jazz and a book proposal for the University of California Press.  (He) set up a web site at http://joebrazilproject.blogspot.com/ to collect and share information."

So if you have ay info please contact Seve Griggs...

The house of John Coltrane

Story on the BBC website about the efforts to preserve John Coltrane's Long Island house.


Check it out here.


On a french blog on the Blues someone posted about Live in Japan, shows some japanese lp covers unknown to TuneUp.


Have a nice weekend!

A Night with John Coltrane

France Musique has a good present for us these days. Tonight from 1.00 AM till 7.00 AM it will broadcast a whole special program dedicated to John Coltrane.
Here's the program :

Nuit John Coltrane

par Eric Dahan
dans la nuit du 17 au 18 décembre 2011, de 1h à 7h

 

L’existence de John Coltrane fût brève, mais elle n’en a pas moins été déterminante pour l’histoire du jazz, car durant les deux décennies couvertes par sa carrière, soit de 1946 à 1967, année de sa disparition à l’âge de 40 ans, Coltrane a successivement embrassé le be bop, le hard bop, le jazz modal et le free jazz. Des styles musicaux qu’il n’a pas à proprement parler inventés mais à l’éclosion desquels il a parfois contribué et qu’il a définitivement marqués de son empreinte.
Pendant six heures, Eric Dahan, retracera chronologiquement le parcours exceptionnel de ce géant du jazz, qui collabora entre autres avec Thelonious Monk et Miles Davis, livra des disques majeurs, et qui fit de sa musique une véritable quête de l’absolu, au risque, après l’avoir enchanté un temps de son soprano extatique, de se couper totalement de son public.
Durant cette nuit Coltrane, Eric Dahan évoquera les différentes facettes - le virtuose, le rebelle, le gourou, le visionnaire - de John Coltrane pour comprendre pourquoi il incarne, plus que jamais, le modèle du musicien intègre et inspiré.

> première partie : L'enfance d'un maître
Contrairement à nombre de ses pairs, John Coltrane a mis très longtemps à trouver sa voix. De Johnny Hodges à Coleman Hawkins, et de Lester Young à Dexter Gordon, sans oublier Charlie Parker dont il clona littéralement le style à ses débuts, cette première partie propose d'écouter les nombreux saxophonistes qui l'ont influencé.

® DR

> deuxième partie : L'éclosion d'un génie
Entre vingt et trente ans, John Coltrane joue dans de fameux orchestres dont celui de Dizzy Gillespie. Mais c'est au contact de Thelonious Monk et de Miles Davis —le légendaire "premier quintet" — qu'il se dépasse et devient le plus sidérant saxophoniste de son temps, éclipsant Charlie Parker, vieillissant, mais également Sonny Rollins, pas moins virtuose ou musicien que lui.

> troisième partie : La quête d'absolu
Passionné par l'astrophysique, la spiritualité orientale, la musique extra-européenne, c'est à dire avant tout africaine et indienne, le dernier Coltrane est en quête de l'énergie cosmique à la source de toutes celles qui animent le vivant. Il cherche à éclater les cadres de sa musique et de l'improvisation, en termes de style, de langage, de durée, et embrasse autant qu'il l'inspire la révolution du "free jazz".

Yasuhiro Fujioka - Coltrane Chronicle

Got this from the Coltrane-L.

http://diskunion.net/book/ct/detail/JZ111110-60

http://blog.livedoor.jp/coltranehouse/archives/2011-11.html#20111113

Any additional info is more than welcome!

John Coltrane : a new biography

The October issue of SoJazz (a french jazzmagazine) has an article  on Trane by Karl Lippegaus. Mr. Lippegaus  wrote a new bio on Trane.

It's in german, don't know if it will be translated in another language.

Here's a short overview of the bio on it's editors site and  here's an interview with the author.

Did anyone read this biography already?

Texts On Miles Davis & John Coltrane

I stumbled by pure coincidence at this site and they dispose of some dissertations or thesises on Miles & Trane, just click on the image and it will lead you to the download link. I haven't read either of them (just started the downloads) so can't tell you anything about the content.

http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4348/?q=john%20coltrane
 

http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3693/?q=miles%20davis

 Enjoy! 

Holidays Upload : John Coltrane - Newport 02.07.1966

Sorry for the infrequent posting the last weeks, way too much to handle but to make it up to you here's a special holiday upload :

It has been around on a Coltrane Tree and was issued by Free Factory.
Details are as follows : (scan of cover art and booklet is included)

John Coltrane (ss, ts, per)
Pharoah Sanders (ts, picc, per)
Alice Coltrane (p)
Jimmy Garrison (b)
Rashied Ali (d)
"Newport Jazz Festival", Newport, RI
July 2, 1966

01. My Favorite Things (incomplete)  
02. Peace On Earth  
03. Leo

More Masks of God: Versions of Interstellar Space

Perfect Sound Forever, an online music magazine has an article on John Coltrane's Interstellar Space. I didn't read it yet but thought i shared the link already. Happy reading.

Trane, Dolphy and Anti-Jazz...

 
Howard Mandel wrote a lenghty article on the Coltrane - Dolphy collaboration called 'Anti-Jazz : The New Thing Revisited' and which can be read here.
Enjoy!

John Coltrane & Elvin Jones

as remembered by german bassist Lothar Meid :

John Coltrane on WKCR

WKCR in New York will present its annual John Coltrane Birthday Broadcast tomorrow Wednesday, September 23d. The station will broadcast the music of Coltrane for 24 hours.You can listen at it here. Hopefully something unissued will show up ;-)
So sit back and relax ...