Vinylrausch #71 – John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Burdon

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Vinylrausch will kick off the new year 2025 with a furious start!

On January 10, 1965, an album was released whose influence on the development of rock music cannot be overestimated: on A Love Supreme, John Coltrane set off into a new world 60 years ago. His improvisations on the tenor saxophone break free from all rules and reflect the unconditional search for new forms of expression by one of the most passionate jazz musicians ever.

John Coltrane's liberated playing echoes five years later in Jimi Hendrix's dissolved blues chords. On New Year's Day 1970, Hendrix recorded Band of Gypsys at Filmore East. In the ever-moving, monumental piece Machine Gun, he created a complex portrait of man, in which his electric guitar makes inner conflicts and physical suffering equally audible.

The innovative power of African-American musicians, fed by oppression, exclusion and resistance, has fascinated many European rock musicians. With The Vision of Rassan, Eric Burdon declares 'War' contains an emphatic evocation of the great American jazz innovators.

At Vinylrausch, we listen to vinyl albums as works of art: from an excellent sound system, loud and concentrated in a dark cinema room, with an introduction and song lyrics and band photos on the screen at the same time.

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