John Coltrane’s saxophone floats like a meadowlark over the spare notes Thelonious Monk co-pilots on his keyboard, a 6 minute 21 second balance between gravity and weightlessness.
I didn’t need to google the song to know 31-year-old Coltrane was externalizing a deep emotional experience, soon learned that that the innocently tender composition was inspired by his first love, Ruby Richardson.
Listen to the lush tones on your favorite device. Ruby My Dear: Album by John Coltrane
The horn gave him freedom.The needle killed him.
It is said that this one of Coltrane's recordings changed American music.
Not an exaggeration.
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