Great interview. Bret Primack is a remarkable man with an amazing life story. His reference to Rashied Ali brings me back 50 years when I heard him perform at the college I attended and he absolutely blew my mind. After that I went back to those later Coltrane recordings and started to get what he was doing at that pivotal time. Thanks for sharing this.
That's a great conversation with Bret! I'm a subscriber of his YouTube-Channel "Jazz Video Guy" since years but I didn't know that you in such a good contact with Bret. And he helped you with "Substack" 🙂. I just found out that his book is also available as paperback. So, I will think about it tonight if I will buy it as Kindle or good old paperback.
Coltrane changed my life, hearing his music gave me a feeling I had never experienced. and I remember my mother upon hearing "my favorite things" saying "this is perfect music!".. I had already been converted :) so I said "I know", she said "you don't understand.. this is PERFECT music!", and I knew, she had that feeling too. Nice to hear from a fellow human who experienced just such a coltrane epiphany! thank you!
Interesting. Coltrane as the soundtrack to a life. Me? I've always struggled with his post-Blue Note work...like I need more grounding than his "outside" efforts have been able to provide. I'm pretty sure I'm not flying solo here.
Great final question and answer Marc and Bret!
Great interview. Bret Primack is a remarkable man with an amazing life story. His reference to Rashied Ali brings me back 50 years when I heard him perform at the college I attended and he absolutely blew my mind. After that I went back to those later Coltrane recordings and started to get what he was doing at that pivotal time. Thanks for sharing this.
That's a great conversation with Bret! I'm a subscriber of his YouTube-Channel "Jazz Video Guy" since years but I didn't know that you in such a good contact with Bret. And he helped you with "Substack" 🙂. I just found out that his book is also available as paperback. So, I will think about it tonight if I will buy it as Kindle or good old paperback.
Coltrane changed my life, hearing his music gave me a feeling I had never experienced. and I remember my mother upon hearing "my favorite things" saying "this is perfect music!".. I had already been converted :) so I said "I know", she said "you don't understand.. this is PERFECT music!", and I knew, she had that feeling too. Nice to hear from a fellow human who experienced just such a coltrane epiphany! thank you!
And I just ordered the book.
As usual, another great and insightful interview, Marc.
Bret has also become an extraordinarily eloquent and impactful writer, and I read him regularly
Best
Neal
I'm deeply grareful, Neal.
Sigue escribiendo, amigo!!
Interesting. Coltrane as the soundtrack to a life. Me? I've always struggled with his post-Blue Note work...like I need more grounding than his "outside" efforts have been able to provide. I'm pretty sure I'm not flying solo here.
Me, too,David. But every so often, the intensity grabs me, with Kulu Se Mama, for example. Like going on an amusement park ride.
Fantastic -- I loved your questions about his childhood and development over time. Thank you.