Guest guest Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 Dear Swami Yogeshananda and others, Thanks very much for the information. Jonathon Ramakrishna , Swami Yogeshananda <yogeshananda@v...> wrote: > Alice Coultrane is an expert profession jazz pianist and organist and is > the widow of Jazz great John Coultrane. They were both introduced to > Vedanta before he passed away. Alice went on to visit India, found a Guru, > and began an independent Vedanta Society in Thousand Oaks, CA. of which she > is the leader. I believe her name in religion is Turiya Chaitanya. The > Society had over 60 members when I last heard. > Yogeshananda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 When I first heard John Coltrane's music, it reminded so much of Indian Carnatic music which brings out the devotional feelings in me...I had realised then that American jazz and Indian classical have much in common in that the performer can improvise as they go along..i have gotten to like jazz as much as i do Indian classical... When i sensed this connection to Indian music i read about him to see whether he was influenced by Indian music but i did not learn anything till Swami Yogeshananda's message... John Coltrane is special and an American Icon. If you like the music listen his Love Supreme Album...i guarantee you will melt...the more times you hear it the more it will grow on you >I don't know much about Jazz music really, but I was listening >today to a piece by a pianist named Alice Coltraine. I really liked >it a great deal. Then I found out it was called " Ramakrisna and >Turiya. " I did some searching and found out that she has other titles >like " JOURNEY IN SATCHIDANANDA " and " Om Supreme. " > >Does anyone know anything about this person? Does she make a lot of >music such as this? > > > _______________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:13:58 -0500, Jai~ Raam <jai_raam wrote: > When I first heard John Coltrane's music, it reminded so much of Indian > Carnatic music which brings out the devotional feelings in me...I had > realised then that American jazz and Indian classical have much in common > in that the performer can improvise as they go along..i have gotten to > like jazz as much as i do Indian classical... > > When i sensed this connection to Indian music i read about him to see > whether he was influenced by Indian music but i did not learn anything > till Swami Yogeshananda's message... John Coltrane's interest in Indian music led him to meet with Ravi Shankar in the early 1960s. He received a few lessons from Ravi Shankar at that time and was preparing for a more extensive study when he was stricken with liver cancer in 1967. John and Alice Coltrane named their son Ravi in honor of Ravi Shankar. BBC produced a biography of Ravi Shankar, called variously " Ravi Shankar in Portrait " or " Between Two Worlds " , in which the the great Indian sitarist discusses John Coltrane. I don't recall for sure, but I think there may be some footage of them playing together. The production is available as a DVD and is reviewed in many places on the internet, including: http://www.sonarupa.co.uk/itm00927.htm and http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/b/bbc00853dvda.html Also see the following for more discussion of Indian influences on John Coltrane: http://home.earthlink.net/~ewcc/newsltr/coltrane.htm Pranams, Shivaram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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