quinta-feira, 27 de novembro de 2008

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domingo, 16 de novembro de 2008

domingo, 9 de novembro de 2008

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John William Coltrane - (Hamlet, Carolina do Norte, 23 de setembro de 1926 — Long Island, Nova Iorque, 17 de julho de 1967) foi um saxofonista e compositor de jazz norte-americano, comumente considerado pela crítica especializada como o maior sax tenor do jazz e um dos maiores jazzistas e compositores deste gênero de todos os tempos. Sua influência no mundo da música ultrapassa os limites do jazz, indo desde o rock até a música erudita.




Atuou principalmente durante as décadas de 1950 e 1960. Embora tocasse antes de 1955, seus principais anos foram entre 1955 e 1967, durante os quais reformulou o jazz e influenciou gerações de outros músicos. As gravações de Coltrane foram prolíficas: ele lançou cerca de cinqüenta gravações como líder nestes doze anos, e apareceu em outras tantas lideradas por outro músicos. Através de sua carreira, a música de Coltrane foi tomando progressivamente uma dimensão espiritual que iria consagrar seu legado musical.




Junto com os saxofonistas tenores Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young e Sonny Rollins, Coltrane mudou as perspectivas de seu instrumento. Coltrane recebeu uma citação especial do Prêmio Pulitzer em 2007, por sua "perita improvisação, musicalismo supremo e um dos ícones centrais na história do jazz."


Coltrane faleceu em decorrência de câncer do fígado no Hospital Huntington em Long Island - Nova Iorque, em 17 de julho de 1967 com 40 anos de idade. Em uma entrevista em 1968, o saxofonista Albert Ayler revelou que Coltrane estava consultando um curandeiro Hindu para se tratar, ao invés de usar a medicina ocidental, fato negado mais tarde por Alice Coltrane. Em ambos os casos, no entanto, o tratamento convencional seria inútil.



Especula-se que a família de Coltrane esteja de posse de diversas peças inéditas do músico. A maioria seriam fitas em mono, de referências que o saxofonista teria feito, como o lançamento em 1995 de Stellar Regions, além de master tapes que nunca saíram do estúdio. O selo Impulse!, de 1965 a 1979 conhecido como ABC Records, lançou grande parte desse material na década de 70. O biógrafo Lewis Porter declarou que Alice Coltrane pretendia lançar essas músicas mas, assim como seu filho Ravi Coltrane, responsável por rever o material, pretendiam dar mais prioridade a suas carreiras.



Embora alguns ouvintes de jazz ainda considerem os últimos álbuns de Coltrane contendo um pouco de cacofonia, muitas de suas últimas gravações - entre elas Ascension, Meditations e a póstuma Interstellar Space são largamente consideradas obras-primas.



A música modal de Coltrane e seu período no Village Vanguard foi a principal influência no que seria a primeira gravação de jazz-rock fusion, a música "Eight Miles High" do grupo The Byrds em dezembro de 1965. Algumas outras inovações seriam incorporadas no movimento fusion, mas com uma diminuição do fervor espiritual.



A influência a qual Coltrane exerceu abrange muitos gêneros de músicas e músicos. Por exemplo, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana, Primal Scream, Jah Wobble, Tom Verlaine, Allan Holdsworth, Jerry Garcia, The Stooges, The Doors, Erykah Badu, Mike Watt, Phil Lesh, OutKast, Christian Vander e Duane Allman citaram Coltrane como inspiração em seus trabalhos.



A influência maciça de Coltrane no jazz, tanto no mainstream e avant-garde, começou durante sua vida e continuou crescendo mesmo depois de sua morte. Ele é uma das maiores saxofonistas de jazz influentes no pós-60 e inspirou uma geração inteira de músicos de jazz. Em 1965, ele entrou para o Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame, e foi postumamente premiado com o Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award em 1992.



A viúva, Alice Coltrane, após décadas de reclusão, ganhou brevemente um perfil público antes de sua morte em 2007. O filho de Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, nome dado em homenagem ao tocador de sitar Ravi Shankar, quem Coltrane admirava, seguiu os passos do pai e é um notável saxofonista contemporâneo.



A Igreja Ortodoxa Africana Saint John Coltrane, uma Igreja Ortodoxa Africana em São Francisco, considerou em 1971 Coltrane como um santo. Incorporando a música de Coltrane com suas letras e orações. Um documentário sobre Coltrane, falando sobre a igreja, foi produzido pela BBC em 2004 apresentado por Alan Yentob.





Sua casa na Filadélfia foi designada patrimônio histórico em 1999.





Druante sua carreira relativamente breve, John Coltrane gravou mais de 100 álbuns, tanto ao vivo como em estúdio, ou como líder ou sideman (integrante de um grupo com posição secundária, sem liderá-lo), criando um dos mais variados e profundos trabalhos musicais do século XX. A maior parte dos trabalhos de Coltrane foi gravado para os selos Prestige, Atlantic e Impulse!. Entre os outros selos que Coltrane gravou como líder, o mais notável foi o Blue Note, para o qual ele gravou o famoso álbum Blue Train. Seus últimos trabalhos, particularmente gravações ao vivo, foram lançados por outros selos. A maioria de suas gravações como sideman foram feitas ao lado de Miles Davis e seu quinteto. A maioria foi coletada em caixas pela Columbia Records, mas o quinteto também fez uma série de importantes gravações para a Prestige Records.


John Coltrane Quartet - Afro Blue









Fonte: Wikipedia
 
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