Happy 80th Birthday to John Coltrane! - Democratic Underground

WritingIsMyReligion

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Sat Sep-23-06 10:12 AM
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Happy 80th Birthday to John Coltrane!

Edited on Sat Sep-23-06 10:16 AM by WritingIsMyReligion

With tenor saxophone

Soloing on Miles Davis's "So What" for the album Kind of Blue...Miles is in the background

John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist
(September 23rd, 1926--July 17th, 1967)

Fundamental jazz musician of the late 1940s through to his death. Model standard for saxophonists after him. Innovator in style and form, pursuing even avant-garde jazz at the end of his life. Prolific recorder of dozens of albums in less than two decades. One of the greatest musicians of any genre in the twentieth century.

:toast::toast:

:patriot:

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WritingIsMyReligion

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Sat Sep-23-06 10:20 AM
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1. Kick! This is jazz we're talking about, folks!

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WritingIsMyReligion

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Sat Sep-23-06 10:33 AM
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2. Okay, another kick!

Peace and love to Trane!

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swag

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Sat Sep-23-06 10:37 AM
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3. Maybe we can get some Coltrane on

wemu in a very short while.

Natural Fs, F sharps, the works.

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WritingIsMyReligion

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Sat Sep-23-06 11:09 AM
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4. Hahaha....

Going to check in on Jess/prog right now. ;)

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otherlander

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Sat Sep-23-06 01:39 PM
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5. His songs sound like rain.

Over here, the jazz station has been playing Coltrane all day for his birthday.

A love sumpreme... A love supreme...
:loveya:

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NewWaveChick1981

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Sat Sep-23-06 01:44 PM
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6. A group here in town just unveiled a statue commemorating John

Edited on Sat Sep-23-06 01:46 PM by NewWaveChick1981

Coltrane on his 80th b'day. He grew up here. :) It's one of this town's few claims to fame, besides Fantasia Barrino and the International Home Furnishings Market. :P

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billyskank

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Sat Sep-23-06 01:46 PM
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7. Is it John Coltrane's birthday today?

I don't believe you mentioned it before. :D

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otherlander

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Sat Sep-23-06 02:14 PM
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8. Bump

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Telly Savalas

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Sat Sep-23-06 02:33 PM
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9. It's a complete disgrace...

that there's not a three-day weekend for his birthday and that North Carolina hasn't been renamed Coltraneland in his honour.

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Arkham House

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Sat Sep-23-06 05:59 PM
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10. RIP, Trane...

...God. What a loss...you wonder where he could have gone in the years since, that he hadn't already been? I heard him at Newport in '65...an incredibly strong memory...

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Sat Sep-23-06 08:53 PM
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11. I'm seeing McCoy Tyner tomorrow night at the Blue Note!

He and Pharaoh Sanders are playing in celebration of Trane's 80th! :D

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