themaninthegreenshirt: “There’s nobody like Coltrane” - Patti SmithInterviewer - You speak well and
themaninthegreenshirt: “There’s nobody like Coltrane” - Patti SmithInterviewer - You speak well and repeatedly in Just Kids of John Coltrane’s records from the ‘60′s. Do they possess something that today’s records don’t?Patti - Well, I feel like Coltrane, of course he was an innovator and invented a whole style and a way of improvisation that we all draw from now. But I think the most interesting thing about Coltrane, besides his tone and his sense of improvisation, was his deep spiritual center. You really felt his relationship with God in his playing.Patti - You can listen to a virtuoso; you might think, “Wow, that person plays really great.” But Coltrane has a different dimension. He brought God into his playing. I always feel that when I hear him. There’s nobody like Coltrane. -- source link