I just found this lil fragment today. John Coltrane wrote the melody to the cadence of King's speech. Incredible melodic skill. Something every producer should take note of.
skip to 2:45 if you don't wanna hear the intro
King's speech was in response to the 16th st Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham Alabama, where the KKK killed 4 girls by planting an explosive at its entrance. Gives that melody more presence, those low notes really hit hard.
Many thanks for posting this profound bit of music, and must admit that I wasn't aware of the program this came from, a series called 'Jazz Casual' and Ralph J. Gleason, the person behind it who was along with Hunter S. Thompson was one of Rolling Stone magazine's founding editors.
Actually, after watching this, one of the related videos that comes up is equally incredible, as it intersperses interview footage from longtime JCQ stalwart drummer Elvin Jones. I think his words are equally profound, and you could tell that this was very heartfelt indeed.
Wish I knew which documentary this came from.
pozz
hey man, thanks for the post, i know very little about jazz -- almost nothing actually -- could you recommend some albums?
Mise
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Originally posted by pozz
I just found this lil fragment today. John Coltrane wrote the melody to the cadence of King's speech. Incredible melodic skill. Something every producer should take note of.
skip to 2:45 if you don't wanna hear the intro
King's speech was in response to the 16th st Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham Alabama, where the KKK killed 4 girls by planting an explosive at its entrance. Gives that melody more presence, those low notes really hit hard.
