You can play

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• You can play
• a shoestring if
• youre sincere.
• -John Coltrane-

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John Coltraneand his part inKind of Blue

• ...maybe it sounds angry because I'm trying so
  many things at one time...I haven't sorted them
  out...

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Before Miles

• Born in 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina
• Ornstein School of Music
• Played in Navy Band during WWII
• Hard Bop
• Dizzie Gilespie band

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Kind of Blue

• Recorded in 1959
• The tunes were new to the musicians
• Modal Improvisation
• Although it was Miless album, it was most
  important for John musically

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• Scrambled Eggs
• Bill Cosbys standup made fun of Johns noise,
  until he echoed back to him every joke Cosby
  played.

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After Miles

• Miles music gave me plenty of freedom.
• Giant Steps
• A Love Supreme
• My Favorite Things

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• Trane

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