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John Coltrane : Jazz, Racism and Resistence: The Extended Version
JOHN JAZZ, RACISM AND RESISTANCE (EXTENDED VERSION)
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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August 10, 2018
Beatiful!!!!
June 15, 2024
Muy buena lectura. No se centra mucho en Coltrane, ya que más bien su vida es un hilo conductor que sriev de excusa para lo principal de la obra: el racismo y la vida negra en los EEUU desde los 20 a los 60 principalmente.
November 20, 2020
Una buena descripción sociopolítica del contexto en el que Coltrane fue desarrollando su obra. Excelente lectura para iniciarse en este genio del jazz.
August 25, 2021
No se puede entender la música sin entender al músico, la pasión, la cultura, la raza, el activismo.
Altamente recomendable.
Altamente recomendable.
January 1, 2023
Está bien, con un fondo històrico bueno
November 3, 2025
Concise and great intro into the conversations between jazz and civil rights / Black Power movements
January 2, 2019
Whilst this little book's focus is specifically on John Coltrane and his music, it's scope means that it serves as little more than just that.
It aims to place Trane's, and indeed Jazz's musical development into the context of the American socio-political climate of the latter half of the C20th; as a means of expression, protest and political galvanisation. In so doing it not only charts the music's course over the last 80 years, mentioning nearly all the major players but also that of the American Civil rights movement of the 1950's and 60's, and shows how symbiotic both of these were to each other.
This focus does mean that there are certain necessary omissions, Jessie Jackson and Herbie Hancock to name but two, but if you wanted a short introduction to either of these subjects, this would be a good place to start.
It aims to place Trane's, and indeed Jazz's musical development into the context of the American socio-political climate of the latter half of the C20th; as a means of expression, protest and political galvanisation. In so doing it not only charts the music's course over the last 80 years, mentioning nearly all the major players but also that of the American Civil rights movement of the 1950's and 60's, and shows how symbiotic both of these were to each other.
This focus does mean that there are certain necessary omissions, Jessie Jackson and Herbie Hancock to name but two, but if you wanted a short introduction to either of these subjects, this would be a good place to start.
January 20, 2023
" My Favourite Things, el vals de Rogers y Hammerstein, es famoso sobre todo por ser una de las canciones que canta Julie Andrews en la película Sonrisas y lágrimas. Coltrane grabó esta pieza en 1960, convirtiendo una bonita melodía en una afirmación solemne y sinfónica. My Favourite Things fue una canción que Coltrane tocó durante toda su carrera, y el álbum del mismo nombre vendió más de 50,000 copias durante el primer año que estuvo a la venta; esta es una cifra impresionante, ya que los álbumes de jazz de éxito de la época vendían unas 5,000 copias. Solo Miles Davis había conseguido vender más. Las muchas y muy diferentes grabaciones de esta canción por parte del cuarteto muestran al oyente cómo el grupo fue cambiando constantemente su rumbo musical."
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