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From Premier Guitar:
John Coltrane was a titan of jazz saxophone and an improvisor of unparalleled genius. Every jazz musician since has had to confront his instrumental prowess and musical legacy. In this lesson, we’ll relate elements of his improvisational material to the guitar. His note choices are frequently addressed and much of his music is available in transcriptions, but authentic phrasing is not often attempted by guitarists. After all, jazz isn’t just about what you say, it’s how you say it.
John Coltrane’s Undeniable Improvisations | 2020-11-13 | Premier Guitar
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11-17-2020 10:25 PM
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It is interesting to consider a left-hand fingering technique necessary to phrase along the lines of a horn player (legato, slurs, etc), rather than being a typical guitaristic staccato approach. Position playing using all four fingers to fret the strings, as I originally learned, lends itself to sounding like a guitar.
Watching the videos linked in the article, however, I am reminded that of that combo I find McCoy Tyner's piano playing far more interesting than Coltrane's horn. I would be more interested in pursuing Tyner's musical concept than Trane's.
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Originally Posted by zdub
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What is "undeniable" about his improvisations? Who is denying that he improvised?
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Those crazy Coltrane-denyers, they’re all over social media.
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Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
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Undeniably!
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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From a Fake Book!
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