John Coltrane :: Alabama :: Jazz Casual

hoo el jazz es de lo mejor hoo es majestuoso que espctaculo men

IMPRESIONANTE,  y de acuerdo con algunos, no es tan importante de donde obtuvo su inspiracion coltrane, lo imprtante es lo que te hace sentir. gracias INPNTMSC

I kind of agree with this. Sometimes musicians who are well practiced with certain sounds just want to experiment with the layering of those different sounds. They may ultimately end up with a certain mood, but often, they're just experimenting with their favorite sounds and chords. I'm married to a jazz musician, so its kind of all over my house. My husband rarely writes music because he was inspired by a certain political situation.

Preach on, honey....

JacquesBrel11 wrote: "How come this is the only jazz song I've hear that I like?"

Probably because Jazz was ruined with post-1970's smooth Jazz and Kenny G-ism...

@SujitJP
So very well put earlier, this was a "Trane Statement", for that awful day in '63, nothing more, nothing less.

agreed and respected.

How come this is the only jazz song I've heard that I like?

Coltrane was an exceptionally modest and humane man who was often prompted by interviewers to comment on the political situation but always declined. I can easily believe he would put it into his music instead.

Don't get me wrong I'm sure John Coltrane had his inspirations for the music he made, but ultimately it's unimportant to me personally what his inspiration was, it's only important how it makes me feel when I hear it. If someone is listening to this piece for the first time, without any knowledge of who the musicians are, they would simply get the mood of the piece and nothing more than that. Therefore when I listen to it I'm not thinking about church bombings, I'm thinking my own thoughts.