![]() ![]() I mean that it's directed to us and they swing so hard, through the whole thing. HORWITZ: You know that first cut is so reflective, but at the same time, the music is always outer-directed. The CD is a statement of the ecstatic dervish who is willing to surrender the self completely to the divinity. And then he offers us music that is expressive of the mystic that he was becoming through his studies of Eastern music and Eastern religions, particularly Sufism. In the notes, he describes how a religious revelation pulled him out of a life of dissipation. ![]() The CD is John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. SPELLMAN, National Endowment for the Arts: That's right, Murray. A.B Spellman, today's selection for our NPR Basic Jazz Record Library is a particularly heartfelt devotion.Ī.B. ![]() MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Musicians throughout history have made religious statements through their music, and jazz musicians are no exception. ![]()
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