Coltrane Meditations
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The music Carlos Santana released in 1973 and 1974, while heavily informed by his devotion to guru Sri Chimnoy, was hardly the lightweight worship fodder of some other religious rockers. In fact, only Santana's gorgeous, fluid guitar work marked it as rock at all; with the likes of John McLaughlin, Alice Coltrane, and a wide array of percussion and string players on board, the Santana/McLaughlin Love Devotion Surrender and Santana/Coltrane Illuminations had more in common with the rich, eclectic sound paintings that Miles Davis was then presiding over... |
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New Age Music Jazz Origins?
I'm rediscovering some of my ECM recordings and have found many to be reclassified as New Age (iTunes, etc....) when the original recording was classified as Jazz.
Do you think New Age music has its origins in Inspirational Jazz? In a more accessible / mainstream form?
The ultimate being John Coltrane's, A Love Supreme, some from his First Meditations, Ornette Coleman's songbook.
What do you think? Comments?
It's a real shame that the entertainment industry has to label things a certain way.
I am very familiar with ECM, having listened to that label for decades and enjoying Pat Metheny, Ralph Towner, Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber, Keith Jarrett and a host of other 'modern' jazz musicians who emerged in the 1970s. It is a European label (German I believe) and they were a really 'cutting edge' sound back in the 70s. If you were to listen to Ralph Towner's Winter Solstice LP from the mid-70s, you would hear a lot of what may have influenced a New Wave movement.
New Age also began in the 1970s (on a parallel track) with recordings by Oregon, Mannheim Steamroller, George Winston (and the rest of the Wyndham Hill catalog). New Age then evolved and split into: (1) a minimalist movement, with lots of solo instrument recordings such as Alex deGrassi's guitar and George Winston's piano works, and (2) A more jazz and fusion sound with bands like Shadowfax, Acoustic Alchemy and others.
Eventually, New Age became so benign and mindless, it was labeled as 'Elevator Music' and pretty much dismissed by most serious musicians and listeners. However, there were some really great moments in some of Mannheim Steamroller's works before they became so mindless and 'cutesy'.
I do not agree that what you cited as 'inspirational' jazz is the basis for New Age. Coltrane's A Love Supreme is one of the greatest jazz compositions of all time and any New Age music totally pales in comparison - not even in the same ballpark.
