Exploring Jazz: A Journey Through Culture and Expression
Explore the essence of jazz and its profound impact on culture and creativity through insights from leading artists and thinkers.| Jason Toney
Some are allergic to jazz, just like some are allergic to many delicious and nourishing foods, or think they are. I get it. Alice Coltrane’s Journey to Satchidananda (1970), from the eponymous album, is jazz, but gentle jazz, also delicious and nourishing. It features Alice Coltrane on harp and Pharaoh Sanders on sax. Nothing wrong, […]| Bob Schwartz
Explore the essence of jazz and its profound impact on culture and creativity through insights from leading artists and thinkers.| Jason Toney
Alice Coltrane has been lionized for her light and her loving devotion to God and the spirits since her first collaborations (on albums with Terry Gibbs and her husband, John Coltrane), and her earliest band-leader albums on “Impulse!” such as 1971’s “Journey in Satchidananda” and “Universal Consciousness.” With her newest work, however, the posthumously released […] The post The Holy Spirit of Alice Coltrane first appeared on The Smart Set.| The Smart Set
