Friday, December 09, 2005
My new holiday
To heck with Pearl Harbor Day, I was persuing allmusic tonight and I noticed that John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and Rudy Van Gelder recorded "A Love Supreme" on Dec. 9, 1964. I think I'll take the day off henceforth and maybe re-read Ashley Kahn's excellent book about the making of the Coltrane masterwork.
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2 comments:
Wow, Greg...I had no idea. It's my all-time favorite jazz recording. We'll have a listen tonight to celebrate -- even though we're one day late.
And I didn't know about the book. Thanks for the heads-up!
Janet
(lordcelery.blogspot.com)
Kahn's book on the making of "Kind of Blue" also is good, although I think I liked the "A Love Supreme" book better.
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