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| JPSaxMan |
AOTW #7This week's artist (not to rush into things)....John Coltrane
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| Jacob |
Obscure fact #1: He enjoyed drinking a glass of warm water between sets at some gigs to refresh his mind. | ||
| Altosaxophonerules |
Have a look at http://www.johncoltrane.com/
Videos, Movies and biogarphy. |
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| Jacob |
Fact #2 (not really obscure): Coltrane named his son Ravi after Ravi Shankar (sitarist), who was a spiritual influence of his during the 1960s. | ||
| JPSaxMan |
I knew he played on a Selmer Balanced Action tenor. I think I might have seen him with a Mark VI, but that's up for debate. He played on Otto Link pieces. He also played a Mark VI (I think?) soprano. If it wasn't a Mark VI, then it was another SBA. Not sure what alto he played, and I knew he did play an alto, I saw a picture of him with one, just not sure what it was.
What kind of reeds did he play on? Or don't we know?  ??:
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| reisio |
popsicle sticks, like Bird when he ran out of reeds :p (j/k of course) |
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| JPSaxMan |
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| Tully |
Pretty close. He played Rico 5's. He was known for playing his 5-and-5 set-up, which was the above reeds with a metal Link 5. However, some say he played Rico 4's with a metal Link 5* (which suggests he played both set-ups at some point). |
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| Matt AV |
This is a very interesting movie of the Classic Quartet featuring McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elivin Jones:
http://www.dvdcorner.net/html/jcoltrane.html |
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| Louis Scuderi |
I looked at same that DVD in a music store earlier this week... 
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| Jacob |
It was said that when the quartet played live, it was even a workout for the AUDIENCE. If there was one gig I wish I could have lived to hear, it would have been his Vanguard date(s) with Tyner, Garrison, and Jones... and Eric Dolphy. | ||
| OldEyes |
Greetings,
I am a big enthuisist on his latter work such as A Love Supreme, Meditations, Ascension, and Interstellar Space. Regards, Alexander |
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