![]() ![]() ![]() Just walking distance from The John Coltrane House, Lawson and Nelson, joined by Gerald Roberts on bells and percussion and additional support of tenor saxophonist, Elliott Levin, re-imagined Coltrane’s, “ Interstellar Space” for the Jazz Walk-Giant Steps event of the Coltrane At 90: Philadelphia Celebrates John Coltrane festivities. ![]() Now, let's fast forward almost 50 years, to Saturday afternoon, September 17th, 2016, in East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. However, many young musicians all around the world were fascinated with the energy and the freedom that this new approach provided and would follow suit, expanding on many of Coltrane's ideas during the 1970s. Many critics and fans alike were uninterested in Coltrane's new direction. Interstellar Space presents an unrelenting, torrent of sound produced by a duo of just John Coltrane on tenor axophone and percussion and Philadelphian, Rashied Ali on drums. This album, much like his 1959 classic, " Giant Steps" marked a creative shift for Coltrane personally and for the music, generally. We asked two artists, tenor saxophonist, Terry Lawson and drummer, Alan Nelson to take on the challenge of interpreting Coltrane’s groundbreaking, 1967 album, entitled, " Interstellar Space.” Of the many events that took place, one was very special. In September of 2016, Philadelphia Jazz Project and a group of collaborators presented nine days of free events celebrating the 90th birthday of the legendary Philadelphia Jazz artist, John Coltrane. ![]()
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