Existing comment:
Music manuscripts
1964
for John Coltrane's A Love Supreme
Jazz saxaphonist John Coltrane (1926-1967) recorded his masterpiece, a Love Supreme, fifty years ago. He dedicated the album to God in thanks for his 1957 spiritual awakening and recovery from drug addiction. Although he embraced Christianity, Coltrane was deeply interested in world religions and cultures, and was said to own over 1,000 books primarily on Jewish and Islamic mysticism. He increasingly introduced African and Indian elements into his music in the 1960s. |