“Damn the Rules, it’s the Feeling that Counts.”
John Coltrane (Hamlet, 23 settembre 1926 – New York, 17 luglio 1967)
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Charlie Bird Parker“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.”
Una foto stupenda. Al centro Bird e Dizzy scherzano. All’estrema destra, di profilo, un giovanissimo Coltrane.“La musica è la tua esperienza, quello che pensi, la tua saggezza. Se non la vivi a pieno, non verrà mai fuori dal tuo sax. Ti insegnano che c’è un confine alla musica. Ma, ti assicuro amico, non c’è nessun confine all’arte.”
Charlie Parker – Cool Blues (1947)
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Albert Ayler Quartet – Love Cry, Truth Is Marching In, Our Prayer,
July 21, 1967, John Coltrane Funeral, St. Peter’s Church, New York City.