HUM 396 - Jazz in Film and Literature: Performance

Recorded by his quartet in a single session in 1964, A Love Supreme is widely considered John Coltrane's magnum opus and one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. In Beyond A Love Supreme, Tony Whyton explores both the musical complexities of A Love Supreme and the album's seminal importance in jazz history. Marking Coltrane's transition from the bebop and hard bop of his earlier recordings to the free jazz style perfected throughout the rest of his career, the album also embodies the deep spirituality that characterized the final years of his life.

Series: Listener's Companion

Contents: Diva -- A status report on the contemporary scene : part one -- A status report : part II -- Remembrance of things passé : Jill McManus recalls the frustrations of the jazz sisters in the 1970s -- Several successful contemporary young women musicians talk about their inspiration and commitment -- Pianists Renee Rosnes and Rachel Z, rising to the top in the 1990s, ruminate about their worlds -- A view from the business women -- The instrument is the image -- Kit McClure, big-band leader : "You did the right thing" -- Tracy Wormworth, bassist : "Doors just opened" -- Emily Remler and the guitarists --Focusing on trumpeter Rebecca Coupe Franks, alto saxophonists Virginia Mayhew, Charol Chaikin, and Sue Terry, French horn player Stephanie Fauber, oboist Kathy Halvorson, and saxophonists Laura Dreyer and Paula Atherton -- Trumpeters Laurie Frink and Stacy Rowles -- Flautists Elise Wood and Ali Ryerson -- Carol Sudhalter, a role model -- Jane Ira Bloom, soprano saxophonist and experimentalist -- Terri Lyne Carrington -- Cindy Blackman and Sylvia Cuenca -- Percussionist Carol Steele -- Individualists -- Shirley Horn : "I got older and bolder" -- Joanne Brackeen lives and plays without any dos and don'ts -- The wily Miss Dorothy Donegan, mistress of fiery medleys -- Marian McPartland : " ... something you really need in life, someone to encourage you" -- A few words about love, marriage, and motherhood -- A view from the West Coast / Frankie Nemko -- Appendix : Women instrumentalists active in the 1980s and early 1990s