Some jazz cats blast through the air like lightning bolts — fierce, fiery, untamed. But then there’s Gerry Mulligan, who’s more like a mischievous breeze whistling through the alleyways of sound. He didn’t just play the baritone sax; he romanced it, coiled his long limbs around it like a dance partner, and whispered secrets into its brass heart that still echo in smoky corners of old clubs and restless record […]
Once upon a bebop in time, before Spotify algorithms and lo-fi hip hop study beats, there came a man so cosmically talented, he made saxophones cry, blush, and experience existential dread. His name? John William Coltrane. His mission? To bend the very fabric of jazz, time, and possibly space itself until even Einstein would scratch his head and go, “Wait, is this 11/8?” Coltrane wasn’t just a musician. No, my […]
Let’s be honest: if you met a woman who wore flowing robes, played jazz harp, ran an ashram, and claimed to receive music directly from the divine… you might assume she was either an interdimensional being or your coolest aunt on ayahuasca. But Alice Coltrane was both—and more. She didn’t just push jazz into new spiritual realms; she dragged it there in a chariot made of stars, incense smoke, and […]
At home we kept debating the wisdom of Wayne Shorter - spurred by watching the fine 3-hours doc ‘zero gravity’. He grew up in a nurturing home and explored the world with his brother - later he found nurturing and brotherhood in Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock. His music and talent for composition expanded - I love how his theme for ‘ Nefertiti’ with the […]
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