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John Coltrane’s Landmark Turns 50
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John Coltrane’s Landmark Turns 50

ByMatthias Kirsch 12/11/201412/11/2014

Many things have been said about John Coltrane‘s “A Love Supreme”, the landmark album which has sold 500.000 copies and which consists of a four-piece suite. The spiritual, enlightening, meditative masterpiece was recorded on December 9th, 1964 and features McCoy Tyner on piano (who turns 76 today), Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on…

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Donald Byrd and His 125th Street, N.Y.C. Band
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Donald Byrd and His 125th Street, N.Y.C. Band

ByMatthias Kirsch 12/09/2014

I never quiet understood why Donald Byrd was criticized when he recorded his infamous albums in 1981 and 1982 which were produced by Isaac Hayes. Sell-out was the quote of the day and yet, his 1981 album “Love Byrd” for me belongs to my all-time favorite top ten albums. The album starts with an eight-minute…

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