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John Coltrane draws a picture illustrating the mathematics of music.
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common.
Herbie Hancock describing the time he played the wrong chord with Miles, and what that taught him about life.
Miles is quoted as saying: “ It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.”
Pianist & composer Stefano Bollani and Wayne Marshall (pianist, organist and conductor) enjoy improvising together at the piano... four hands. Bravo, maestros!
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Pharoah Sanders, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison and Rashied Ali outside the Village Vanguard, New York, May 28, 1966 photographed by by Ch. Stewart.
Photo cover of the album "Live at the Village Vanguard Again" 1966.
On November 12, 2001, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison met for the last time. The meeting took place due to the few days of life left to George. 😥
Once he played 60 consecutive games of ping pong with John Coltrane, winning 59 of them. Coltrane considered Thelonious Monk his mentor and as such just kept playing because that’s what Thelonious wanted to do.
The Legend Dorothy Donegan (Chicago Illinois, April 6, 1922 – May 19, 1998) was a classically trained pianist who was renowned for her stride and boogie boogie skills as well as bebop, swing, and classical, In 1942 she made her recording debut, protégée of Art Tatum.
John Coltrane quartet with McCoy Tyner (piano), Elvin Jones (drums) e Jimmy Garrison (bass) playing the jazz standard "My Favorite Things" live in Belgium in 1965.
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“His shit was the most exciting music I was hearing in 1982. Here was someone who was doing something different, so I decided to keep an eye on him. Prince can be the new Duke Ellington of our time if he just keeps at it.”
Miles Davis
Nina Simone would have turned 91 this week. In the song titled Love Me or Leave Me, she plays her own jazzy twist on Bach’s Fugue in C Major No. 1 from The Well-Tempered Clavier. This performance was on the Ed Sullivan Show on Sep. 11, 1960.
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Why is jazz not part of the pop scene anymore?
Hancock - “Because it's not the music that matters anymore. People don't care about the music itself anymore, but about who makes the music. The public is more interested in celebrities
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Why is jazz not part of the pop scene anymore?
Herbie Hancock: “Because it's not the music that matters anymore. People don't care about the music itself anymore, but about who makes the music. The public is more interested in celebrities and how a certain artist is more famous
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Ella Fitzgerald was not allowed to perform in Hollywood's most popular nightclub, The Mocambo, because of her race & body size. Marilyn Monroe, who was a big fan, called the owner and explained that if he booked Ella, she would be there every night, ➡️
“I don’t believe that jazz will ever really die. It’s a nice way to express yourself”
Chet Baker solo on “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” with his Quartet Michel Graillier (piano), Wolfgang Lackerschmidt (vibraphone), Jean-Louis Rassinfosse (double bass) live in Kongsberg, 1979
“I don’t believe that jazz will ever really die. It’s a nice way to express yourself.”
Chet Baker Quartet solo on “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” with Michel Graillier (piano), Wolfgang Lackerschmidt (vibraphone), and Jean-Louis Rassinfosse (double bass) live in Kongsberg, 1979
"I'd drive my car out toward Malibu, park it on the side of the road, and go down to the beach to practice. I invited Ornette to come with me and we'd play, just the two of us standing in the sand, putting our sound out over the ocean.”
Sonny Rollins 2007
Remembering the legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin... R.I.P. 🌹(March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) She was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Franklin won 18 Grammy Awards, including the first eight awards given for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Chet Baker - Time After Time - Live in Belgium 1964
Vocal : Chet Baker
Alto Sax, Flute : Jacques Pelzer
Piano : Rene Urtreger
Bass : Luigi Trussardi
Drums : Franco Manzecchi
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Charles Mingus Sextet (with Eric Dolphy), “So Long, Eric”, live in Belgium, 1964.
Charles Mingus (bass), Eric Dolphy (alto sax), Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Jaki Byard (piano), Danny Richmond (drums).