Offcourse music is part of any religion, but also jazz? A San Francisco church recognized jazz saxophone player John Coltrane (R.I.P) as a saint. All hail the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church! One of the statements the church has made about their beliefs: “The ascension of St. John Coltrane into one-ness with God [...]
[Watch] The Church of John Coltrane
March 10, 2011
R.I.P. Rashied Ali (1935 – 2009)
August 13, 2009
Legendary jazz drummer Rashied Ali died today according to citizenjazz.com. Ali did some great late recordings with John Coltrane and is one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time. RASHIED ALI Biography: Rashied Ali was born into a musical family; his mother had sung with Jimmie Lunceford. His brother, Muhammad Ali, is also a [...]
John Kruth interviews Sun Ra
July 1, 2008
JK: Sun Ra, what do you think of Charles Mingus’ music? SR: Mingus? He was psychic but I was thinkin’ everything he ever thought before he thought it! JK: Sun Ra, what do you think about Ornette Coleman’s music? SR: Ornette Coleman? He’s not even black! JK: hmm…(baffled by his response) What are your thoughts [...]
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Exitmusic – Passage This duo consists of husband and wife Devon Church en Aleska Palladino, from (Shit, again?!) Brooklyn, New York. With EP From Silence, which they released a year ago Exitmusic showed us their first sign of life.. Passage, their debutalbum, is a bit more bombastic, but still got the sultry sound. Next to this sultry [...]