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In other words, Coltrane practiced or enacted a concept of tradition, community, and identity (in sound) that sonically expressed and illustrated for black people a range of possibilities for crafting individual and collective selves into a more expansive and complex notion of blackness.
Leonard Brown • John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music
Tavis Smiley • Rare Interview with D'Angelo Part 1 of 4
The Self
cityhash64 • 5 cards
his understanding of the roles and functions of music in Black American culture, the legacy of black aspirations for freedom in the United States, and his intent to follow the “creative urge.”
Leonard Brown • John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music
“Someone like Mozart or Bach remains relevant because they either contradict or embody the idea of the hero’s
Chuck Klosterman • But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
Sonny said, “If music is in your heart, you can’t do anything wrong.”
John F. Szwed • Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
Music
josh • 1 card
For a jazz quartet to produce great music, discipline is as important as improvisation and serendipity. It’s not magic, even if the result is often magical.