Re: SydArthur Festival Day 11: July 17th 1967 – Death of John Coltrane
Jul 17, 2018, 08:52
Today's entry is an excellent piece of writing, not only as a eulogy to Coltrane himself but as an illustration of his essential influence on the psychedelic rock groups of the 60s. The free-jazz pioneers (including Albert Ayler, Sun Ra etc) were undoubtedly as much of an direct inspiration for musicians to expand their artistic horizons, to loosen up and stretch out as LSD itself - and that is a beautiful thing.