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Article: A son supreme: Ravi Coltrane explores his father's daunting legacy.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- August 27, 2004
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Byline: Howard Reich
CHICAGO _ Like a mass by J.S. Bach _ but set to surging jazz rhythms and searing blues melodies _ John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" still sings to the ages, 40 years after it was created.
Revered wherever jazz is spoken, recorded (at least in part) by no less than Wynton Marsalis and Carlos Santana with John McLaughlin, praised by critics, dissected by scholars, rehearsed by young tenor saxophonists who dream of greatness, the indelible recording long since has earned a sacred place in American culture.
So much, in fact, that musicians often hesitate when asked to perform this music publicly, for fear of presuming to step ...