{"title":"John Coltrane \/ Ravi Shankar","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"jazz-raga-spiritual-explorations-of-the-two-greatest-melodic-creators-on-the-planet","title":"Jazz Raga Spiritual Explorations of the Two Greatest Melodic Creators on the Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane\u003c\/strong\u003e played tenor on \u003cem\u003eMiles Davis'\u003c\/em\u003e monumental \u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, an album that was a template for the style of modal improvisation to which he would devote himself in the fertile early 60s. A period which would culminate in his career masterpiece \u003cem\u003eA Love Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe modal approach freed Coltrane to improvise with limitless invention on a sensual carpet of sound and bore immediate (if highly controversial) fruit with \"\u003cem\u003eMy Favorite Things\u003c\/em\u003e\", his expansive meditation on the popular song from 'The Sound of Music'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut success in itself did not satisfy Coltrane. He had encountered the music of \u003cstrong\u003eRavi Shankar\u003c\/strong\u003e and became entranced by its serenity; a quality he longed to find in his own work. Eventually the two men met and liked each other enormously. Ravi saw much of himself in Coltrane; he admired that the saxophonist had overcome heroin addiction, become a vegetarian, taken to reading Ramakrishna, and had committed himself to a rigorous regime of practice and study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey discussed Indian classical music and the possibility of recording an album together but their plans came to nothing as Coltrane tragically succumbed to liver cancer shortly before they were due to meet again. Coltrane named his son Ravi, after the sitar legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Coltrane works in this set really grew out of the '\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e' experience and are simply captivating. The \u003cstrong\u003eRavi Shankar\u003c\/strong\u003e ragas featured here are the magical recordings upon which his reputation was built and include selections from both of the historic Abbey Road sessions in 1956 and 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"El Records","offers":[{"title":"3CD","offer_id":51794019254603,"sku":"R4111-1437","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot2025-05-09at13.27.56_5dcf7100-7fab-4e62-8755-bf38d291e739.png?v=1752235487"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/john-coltrane-ravi-shankar.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}