The impact of A Love Supreme on two generations of listeners led Kahn to report on its history and cultural significance. If you are going to be an open and honest listener, and allow this music to enter you - which was (John) Coltrane’s intent - you have to be willing to speak about yourself.” “If you look at the book ( A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album),” author Ashley Kahn tells us in our interview, ” it starts and it ends with me talking about myself and how A Love Supreme forces me to talk about my own spirituality. It might even “stomp the blues,” as the critic Albert Murray suggests.įew recordings, however, actually challenge a listener to address one’s personal essence. We typically respond to an effective performance by humming the melody, tapping our feet, and sharing it with friends. Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Debbie Harry & the Jazz Passengersįame induction program and ceremony, a Miles Davis documentary, tribute concerts, various panels and speaking engagements.A successful recording generally entertains and communicates passion on an earthly, mortal level. Including a ten-year stint as tour manager for a multitude of music groups, including: North Sea Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Barcelona Jazz Festival, Berklee School of Music, and other universities,ĭuring a thirty-year career in the music business, Kahn has helped produced countless concerts, tours and festivals New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Clark University, Umbria Jazz Festival, Interviews at a variety of festivals and conferences including: SXSW, CMJ,
Most recently, he has spoken, presented, and conducted Year distinctions from the Jazz Journalists Association. Generating two Grammy nominations, three ASCAP/Deems Taylor Awards, and two Book of the Kahn’s writingĮarned him a Grammy Award for album notes (John Coltrane’s Offering) in The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album, Kind of Blue: The Making Santana’s memoirs, The Universal Tone, and other titles such as A Love Supreme: History and criticism at NYU who lectures at other institutionsĪs well, his books include co-writing Carlos Ore 17.30-19: Jazz & Hip-Hop: Two Musical Rivers That Come Together, Again and AgainĪshley Kahn is a Grammy-winning author, educator, music Ore 12.30-14: A Love Supreme: John Coltrane and the Power of Spiritual Music Lunedì 9 marzo 2020 - Biblioteca del Conservatorio Il Conservatorio di Bologna ospiterà la masterclass di Ashley Kahn su A Love Supreme: John Coltrane and the Power of Spiritual Music e Jazz & Hip-Hop: Two Musical Rivers That Come Together, Again and Again nei seguenti giorni e orari:
0 kommentar(er)
