Between avant-garde jazz and free jazz, star jazz was one of the most experimental times in jazz history. Star jazz rose in the chaos and drastic changes in the 1960s, constantly breaking through the boundaries of form, integrating new musical instruments and the influence of the East, and deeply studying more abstract expressionism.
John Coltrane and Impulse Records!
From John Coltrane's Supreme Love to Impulse Coming Records, his music followers passed on this creativity like a torch after his death. We investigated the status of star jazz in the whole jazz and avant-garde music circles, as well as the important figures who broadened their minds and minds in the creative process.
In the mid-1960s, great changes took place in culture, and jazz experienced drastic changes and was pushed in different directions. There was a free jazz movement led by artists like ornette coleman, while others sought inspiration from the rhythm of rock music, thus achieving the fusion of jazz, and (among many other milestones) Miles Davis's groundbreaking album Bitches Brew.
In the chaotic new music framework, a series of different beliefs and influences have brought about potential spiritual awakening, from Islamic nation, eastern mysticism and Zen philosophy to Egyptian antiquities and Buddhism.
Cortland's album "Supreme Love" represents his own spiritual pursuit. He explored mysticism, Hinduism, Sufism, Kabbalah, African history and the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle. But as tenor saxophonist Marion Brown explained in his book The House Built by Cortland: The Story of Impulsive Brand, "I think you will find that the spirituality of music in the 1960s was not foreign, but came directly from the church. I know there is a complete saxophone tradition in the church. I don't know if Albert (Eller) is involved, but what he did must be related to it. "
1965 February impulse! Coltrane's four-part music exploration released by the label reveals all the demons he fought before and eliminates them through songs. He continued to test the limitations of traditional jazz, and further integrated more spiritual elements into OM (1967), Meditation (1966), Ascension to Heaven (1966) and other albums. Ke Chuan is a prophet and impulsive! The label is his pulpit.
"Impulse is in the right place at the right time," said Ed Mitchell, a veteran jazz producer, in his book A House Built by Trane. "We are the beneficiaries of cultural deep breathing."
In 1968, The Beatles made a long journey to India, and soon other cultures in the world began to gradually accept oriental philosophy, such as transcendental meditation and African centralism. 1July, 967, Trane died young. Before that, Trane blessed the next generation of musicians, including Marion Brown, Archie Shep, John Chica, Dewey Johnson and Farrow. Their spiritual dedication is sometimes literal, as Ayler once said: "Trane is the father, Pharaoh is the son, and I am the Holy Spirit."
Pharoah Sanders
Coltrane's death left a gap in spirit and creativity, which was later filled by his wife Alice Coltrane and saxophone Rao Sanders, both of whom were members of his later team. Starting from the place where Coltrane stopped, they combined melody with rich improvisational environment music, and created a new musical vocabulary called Cosmic or Astral Jazz by introducing African and Indian percussion instruments, harps, chimes and vocals.
Saunders has worked with everyone, such as Sun Ra and Don Cherry, and also performed in Coltrane's later discovery album. Although in his days with Coltrane, he never put more energy into rough free jazz, but he guided the original energy of music to something more sacred. Impulse! During the brand promotion, he also introduced Arabic and Indian folk music, African-Cubans, southern gospel music and R&; The elements of B are combined into a series from Tauhid of 1967 to Thembi of 1969, Thembi of 197 1, and then to Love in Us All of 1974. During this period, 1 1 movies were completed.
Five years after the release of Supreme Love, Pharoah pushed Coltrane's Wide Voices, Karma and his famous track The Creator has a Master Plan to the peak of logic. The clock-in time exceeded 32 minutes, which occupied the whole first part of the original, and even got the mainstream FM broadcast at that time. Saunders not only created the template of star jazz, but also used his circular bass line, repeated calls for peace and happiness and free jazz exploration to create the template that later became "world music".
tony scott
Like Saunders, clarinetist Tony Sugert was an early supporter of world music. His record 1964 meditation is considered as the first new era record. Scott has a serious jazz pedigree and plays with everyone, including Salava Han, Miles Davis and Benny Green. He is willing to try different musical styles before creating new styles.
1960, he slipped to Japan with the famous Japanese 13-string guzheng player Shinichi Yuzawa and shakuhachi flute player Hirozo Yamamoto. In 1970s and 1980s, he combined the impromptu clarinet with the synthesizer and continued to explore various instruments with global influence. According to Scott, "jazz will survive without experimenters." I believe I can accept all kinds of music. If you stop studying, you might as well throw away your horn. "
Alice Coltrane
As "another" Ke Chuan, Alice is a controversial image in jazz. Although she respected her talent not by choice, she was accused of replacing McCoy Tyner, which led to the dissolution of the greatest jazz band in the mid-1960s.
Alice's album abandoned the limitations of bebop and became a pioneer of modern experimental electronic music. Her exploration of psychological synthesizer music brought a gorgeous album, which mixed Indian classical instruments, harp meditation and exciting strings. The first time she played alone, she was impulsive! Brand monk trio. She played the harp for the first time, composed of PharoahSanders, JimmyGarrison and RashiedAli, and played the free and open jazz that her late husband admired.
To be continued June 25th, 2022