Show description for Sunday 9/26/2010 @ 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
This afternoon on New Day Jazz, we celebrate the music of John Coltrane, born September 23, 1926, in Hamlet, North Carolina. Rather than exploring the canonical compositions & improvisations, we will focus on Coltrane as both balladeer and bluesman, exploring his earliest dates as a leader. We will continue on to his first experiments building his "classic quartet," and conclude with his most fully realised concert work from his final years. Along the way we will hear poetry from Michael S. Harper, Wanda Coleman, Nathaniel Mackey, and the underground legend of Chicago, Amus Mor, all in tribute to Coltrane and his legacy.
"There is a daringly human quality to John Coltrane's music that makes itself felt, wherever he records. If you can hear, this music will make you think of a lot of weird and wonderful things. You might even become one of them." ~ LeRoi Jones, Coltrane Live at Birdland
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Coltrane | While My Lady Sleeps (Kahn-Kaper) | Coltrane | Prestige | ||
| John Coltrane | Violets For Your Furs (Adair-Dennis) | Coltrane | Prestige | ||
| John Coltrane | Trane's Slo Blues | Lush Life | Prestige | ||
| John Coltrane | Slowtrane | The Last Trane | Prestige | ||
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| John Coltrane | Like Someone In Love (Van Heusen-Burke) | Lush Life | Prestige | ||
| John Coltrane | I Love You (Cole Porter) | Lush Life | Prestige | ||
| John Coltrane | Slow Dance (Alonzo Levister) | Traneing In | Prestige | ||
| John Coltrane | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | Lush Life | Prestige | ||
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| Michael S. Harper (read by Justin Desmangles) | A Narrative of the Life and Times of John Coltrane: Played by Himself | Moments Notice | Coffee House Press | ||
| John Coltrane | I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All? (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson) | Bahia | Prestige | ||
| John Coltrane | Something I Dreamed Last Night (Magdison-Fain-Yellen) | Bahia | Prestige | ||
| Wanda Coleman (read by Justin Desmangles) | Cousin Mary | Moments Notice | Coffee House Press | ||
| John Coltrane | Cousin Mary | Giant Steps | Atlantic | ||
| John Coltrane | Spiral | Giant Steps | Atlantic | ||
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| Nathaniel Mackey (read by Justin Desmangles) | "John Coltrane Arrived with an Egyptian Lady" | Moments Notice | Coffee House Press | ||
| John Coltrane | Exotica | Like Sonny | Roulette | ||
| John Coltrane | Mr. Day | Like Sonny | Roulette | ||
| John Coltrane | Like Sonny | Like Sonny | Roulette | ||
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| John Coltrane | India | Complete Village Vanguard Recordings | Impulse | ||
| John Coltrane | Spiritual | Complete Village Vanguard Recordings | Impulse | ||
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| Amus Mor (read by Justin Desmangles) | The Coming of John (the evening and the morning are the first day) | Moments Notice | Coffee House Press | ||
| John Coltrane | Peace On Earth | Live In Japan | Impulse | ||
