An Album (Or Two) In My Head 0066

Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric DolphyJohn Coltrane2023Impulse Records Call this document the Book of Coltrane III, recorded in the summer of 1961, just predating his quintet’s now-iconic Live at the Village Vanguard releases. This means we are treated to the stellar nebula of Coltrane’s new genesis — a revelation, if you […]

HAPPY BORN DAY, TRANE.

Thinking about John Coltrane’s birthday today reminds me of what Carlos Santana had to say about the late creator: “When you listen to the sound resonant vibration, that flows freely from the center of his luminous spirit, you remember at a molecular level, that we are all holy, sacred and divine.” Enough said …