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...1950s, after swing and bebop, jazz was wedded to the classics through the progressive jazz of Brubeck, the Modern Jazz Quartet and others. It took on an increasingly formal, warmed-over character. At that moment, the need for the New Thing first stirred among future jazz movers like Alto Saxophonist Ornette Coleman, Pianist Cecil Taylor and Tenor Saxophonist John Coltrane...
...calendar includes portraits of famous black men, ranging from Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. to Saxophonist John Coltrane. There are also some fascinating but sometimes disputed footnotes, such as the story that a black adventurer called "El Negro" piloted one of Columbus' ships to the New World. Or that black men and women have held patents on the gas mask, the ironing board, the lawn mower, the golf tee, the folding chair and the automatic traffic light...
...Jazz Saxophonist John Coltrane records A love Supreme...
...artists can be found at home in the Village Vanguard on Monday nights. All the joy, humor and vigor of these home-stand evenings are preserved on this second live recording. Fluegelist Jones does most of the arrangements and conducts the crew, which includes Baritonist Pepper Adams, Soprano Saxophonist Jerome Richardson, Pianist Roland Hanna and Bassist Richard Davis. They give Mornin' Reverend a tongue-in-cheek but toe-to-floor gospel treatment and swagger to glory on St. Louis Blues...
ALBERT AYLER, NEW GRASS (impulse!). Alto Saxophonist Ayler uses a gospel-rock background and a group called The Soul Singers to help him get a mystical word across: "The music I bring to you is of a different dimension in my life, the message one of spiritual love, peace and understanding." The tension of his wavering whines and reedy growls is somewhat dispelled by the propelling, regular beat, making such tunes as New Generation and Everybody's Movin' an oddly felicitous blend of spiritual and material...