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John Coltrane was born 100 years ago today September 23, 1926. Trane was still near the start of his remarkable creative journey when he went into Rudy Van Gelder’s living room studio on September 15, 1957 & recorded his 1st great masterpiece: “Blue Train” bluenote.lnk.to/JohnColtrane…
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Before John Coltrane experienced the divine touch of God, he felt the fists of Miles Davis.
On his 100th birthday, I wrote about Coltrane's quest to shed his demons, summon the divine through the saxophone, and make "A Love Supreme."
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100 years ago today, John Coltrane was born.
For 20 days, I’ve shared one essential Coltrane recording each day.
For the final one, something more personal: a family film edit set to my all-time favorite Coltrane piece: “Equinox”
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane. To mark it we have selected a number of essays and reviews from back issues of The Wire going back over 40 years, all attempting to come to an understanding of the meaning and significance of Coltrane’s life and music.
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Throwback to Steve Carless, a music executive, revealing Blue Ivy was the reason Beyoncé agreed to record ‘BROWN SKIN GIRL’, the song ended up being nominated and winning at the 2021 GRAMMYs.
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The bassist played with Prince. The drummer played with D'Angelo. The guitarist is one of the best young blues players alive.
Together they're Atomic Habitz, and here they are covering "Be Thankful for What You Got" at Newport Jazz, 2026.
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Get all the HYPE Mixtapes here: drive.google.com/drive/folde…
You’re welcome!
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“Something New” single out now
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Thank you’s:
Produced by @themostrha
Artwork: @mageba_osoft
Mixing Engineer: @highseasstudios
Mastering Engineer: @rogankelsey
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Replying to @SVG__Collection
The music testifies that Hugh Masekela was spending time with Fela Kuti.
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James Brown, B.B. King & Bobby Bland performing this blues medley is absolutely hilarious
12 July ‘24 sinawe groot. 👊🏾
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Was reminded yesterday why I love my job (most of the time) when I had the most fabulous interview with Thandiswa Mazwai about her new album, ‘Sanfoka’.
It was entertaining, stimulating, thought-provoking and fun. #interview #journalism
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