Jazz Magazine Janvier '62 Much has been written about John Coltrane's obsession with self improvement, including obsessive practising with his instruments. In Philapdelphia, young musicians who would later become established artists, would sit across from Coltrane's home to listen to him practice. He would practice during band breaks and would often prefer to practice in his hotel room, and eat a couple of apples from a store, rather than eat in a restaurant. One of the main reasons Bob Thiele of Impulse wanted the joint recording with Duke Ellington, was to try to show Coltrane the Duke's regular one-take recording philosophy. Often-times it wouldn't get any better. Jimmy Heath, horn player and Trane's longtime friend did say that his own heroin addiction forced deep concentration. He imagined that during Trane's addiction, despite the terrible curse, it would have driven him to increasing concentration on practising tenor lines. Frank Tenot was a...
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