Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously.

Music is a feeling inside the soul.

 If a tune isn't grabbing your attention emotionally, without questioning  "why" you  should Ilike it...
it isn't for you.

Other than maybe reading a bit of history of Classical, Jazz and Blues, it's a matter of something latching on inside.

Also, a read  on a particular musician especially Classical and Jazz, helps me understand where they may be coming from.

No graphs,tweaks,cable,fuses,tubes....

Listen to A Love Supreme! Maybe the pinnacle of spiritual Jazz!

 If a tune isn't grabbing your attention emotionally, without questioning  "why" you  should Ilike it...
it isn't for you.

Well, that's true, don't buy / listen to what you don't like, but it is also true in art that the temporal and historical context a piece was written in and responding to is the language.


You might see a Picasso and think nothing of it, but if you study art history and see the discussion happening in art suddenly Picasso makes sense as a response.
Leaving art and music to personal taste in the moment may leave you impoverished.

“You might see a Picasso and think nothing of it, but if you study art history and see the discussion happening in art suddenly Picasso makes sense as a response.
Leaving art and music to personal taste in the moment may leave you impoverished.”

super-sage advice, Erik. I was lucky enough, I guess, to not have to “get” Coltrane, I just like his stuff. Certainly, he was one to push boundaries in his career. What are the tracks that puzzle you about him?

Dave