John Coltrane and LSD

[JRL]

In researching the question "did he or didn't he?" ( I have always believed he did) I came across this:

//http://www.miqel.com/jazz_music_heart/coltrane/coltrane_lsd.html

[lucidistortions]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane

[JRL]

"It is alleged that Coltrane began taking LSD around the time of the Om session."

From Lucids link

[JRL]

//http://www.johncoltrane.com/automat/swf/main.htm

[JRL]

I'm gonna bump this one too, cause I thought it would go......

[cenacle]

I play a lot of Coltrane on my radio show, especially the late 60s stuff he was doing. There's little doubt that he was chasing some pretty deep grooves at that point, that his mind was pushing further than conventional rhythm and melody would let him. I don't know enough technically about jazz to say much, but I do know that listening to his masterpiece A Love Supreme and then something like Om shows a man gifted with the genius of music but unwilling to stay in even the most majestic of familiar musical spaces. He kept pushing to the end...and we have his records so those gropings can be experienced still...

PS--JRL, that first link you posted is *awesome* and man, I may just have to play some 'trane on my show tomorrow! :twisted:

[samba]

In San Francisco since 1971,Yes they jam as a form of worship.
http://www.coltranechurch.org/index.htm