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Music 80E: History of "Jazz"
Dr. Karlton E. Hester

Film Questions: John Coltrane - Coltrane Legacy

 

Title: The Coltrane legacy [videorecording] / produced and directed by Burrill Crohn ; a production of Jazz Images Inc.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Video Artists International, c1985.
UCSC Library Call No.: VT 888

 
  1. What do you notice about the musical interaction between the performers in Coltrane's band?

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  2. How does drummer Elvin Jones describe the manner in which Coltrane communicated as a leader with the members of his ensemble?

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  3. What happened to the ensemble's musical style when Eric Dolphy joined the band?

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  4. Was Coltrane aware the passage of time and conscious of his surrounding environment when he performed?

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  5. How did Miles Davis suggest to Coltrane that he shorten his solos when the saxophonist said he did not know how to bring his developing musical ideas to an end?

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  6. Name 3 of the members of Coltrane's rhythm section.

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  7. How would you characterize the style of Coltrane's composition "Impressions"?

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  8. Elvin Jones tells us that what happened during one of the ensemble's performances at a particular matinee he describes?

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  9. At the end of the film Elvin also confides that he felt so strongly about his association with Coltrane that he felt the saxophonist was an __________________.

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  10. What effect does Coltrane's music have on you?

 

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Living Encyclopedia of Global African Music
Received 11/27/2002
Posted 11/27/2002