Coltrane Code
Bret PrimackThe Coltrane Code is a space where jazz, spirituality, and personal storytelling intersect to explore how John Coltrane’s music offers lessons for living with depth, clarity, and purpose.
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The Last Chorus
On July 14, 1967, John Coltrane met with his producer Bob Thiele to finalize plans for a new album. He had been suffering from liver cancer for over a year, though almost nobody outside his immediate circle knew it. The meeting lasted long...
Adding Another Saxophonist
John Coltrane brought Pharoah Sanders into his band in 1965, during the period when Coltrane was pushing furthest into free jazz and spiritual exploration. What made it unusual is that Sanders wasn’t really a sideman in the conventional sen...
Coltrane's Biggest Controversy
Coltrane's final years were strange to listen to. He stopped locking into a steady beat, started chasing sound itself—texture, the space inside a note. Lewis Porter, who spent years on the definitive Coltrane biography, traces how this happ...
Coltrane and the Audience
In this clip, legendary saxophonist Joe Lovano discusses the relationship between artists and their audience, using John Coltrane as a powerful example.
Lovano reflects on how musicians communicate through their work, how they balance...
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Journalist, filmmaker, and self-appointed major factotum, Bret plays a dangerous kazoo, writes sharper sentences, and believes art saves lives, aliens are real, and swing is not music but a moral position. Proceed accordingly.
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