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John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, which the famed saxophonist performed live only once, has the distinction of being one of jazz’s most widely celebrated yet imperfectly understood recordings. At its half-century, the devotional piece is seen as the culmination of Coltrane’s “dark night of the soul,” the sound of his heroic overcoming, and his personal entreaty to the divine.
The post Religion in and beyond A Love Supreme appeared first on OUPblog.
By Michelle Rafferty
What made Louis Armstrong embarrassed? Why was Cab Calloway on Sesame Street? To learn a little more about these two legends check out the podcast below with BBC Producer Alyn Shipton and the talented interviewer Annie Shipton (yes, that would be Alyn’s daughter).
Happy JAM (Jazz Appreciation Month)!
More Sesame Street…Cab teaches us how to jump AND jive:
Click here to view the embedded video.
To read up on Cab Calloway check out Alyn Shipton’s biography
Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway. And for cool footage from Gail Levin’s new documentary
Cab Calloway: Sketches go
here!
