Live(ish) at SpragueLand Episode 33 Wise One —Peter Sprague Plays John Coltrane

00:04:34 - Wise One 00:20:28 - Some Other Blues 00:32:35 - In A Sentimental Mood 00:41:47 - Miles Mode 00:50:12 - Naima 00:59:33 - Digital Brian's Presentation 01:08:26 - Coltrane 01:22:28 - My One and Only Love 01:31:38 - Giant Steps I have many influential musical mentors in my life and perhaps topping the list is John Coltrane. His music and equally as important the reason he played music resonates deeply with my way of exploring music. He played as a form of spiritual meditation and his quartet shaped an entire era of jazz. First, in the mid 1950’s he played in Miles’ band and later in the early ’60's he formed his own group with McCoy Tyner on piano. I love the whole timeline of Coltrane and for this livestream we’ll explore some of his early compositions traversing through to his later modal masterpieces. We’ll bop the bee on “Some Other Blues” and “Giant Steps,” slow it down with “Naima” and “Wise One,” and even include a song I wrote back in 1985 and recorded on the “Na Pali Coast” album called “Coltrane.” The band includes some of the best with: Peter Sprague — guitar Tripp Sprague — sax and flute John Opferkuch – piano Justin Grinnell — bass Duncan Moore — drums It’ll be fun and I sure hope you can tune in. all best, Peter Price of admission? Actually the concert is free but we will have a “virtual tip jar” complete with PayPal, Zelle and Venmo info for you to donate whatever you feel good about. Also, old reliable snail mailing checks works too. You folks have been super generous with this and it makes us happy. Paypal: [email protected] (It’ll show up as Satyam Music, that’s my music company) Be sure when asked “Paying for an item or service” to hit the Change button and select the “family or friends” option to bypass the fees. Venmo: @PeterSprague Zelle: Peter Sprague [email protected] mail checks via snail mail to: Peter Sprague 311 East Glaucus St. Encinitas, CA 92024 A few notes: You don’t have to watch the show live. The same YouTube link will bring up the recording for you to view anytime. If you do watch it live (and we recommend this), you can participate in the live chat during the concert as long as you have a YouTube account.  Click here    • How to setup a YouTube Account, How to Set...   to watch a vid, leading you through the easy process of creating a YouTube account. Maybe do this before the concert begins. If you do have an account and you're logged in, you can type something fun into the chat box and that’s how we create modern day jazz community in this era of the pandemic. Maybe start with something simple like “Hi, this is Lisa from Wyoming" or “Hi, I’m Reggie from Portland.” By doing this we’ve got an app that will magically take your name and location and drop a pin on a spinning globe. During the show we'll visit all of the listeners and say hi and marvel at your exotic places of residence.  No worries about privacy...How many Lisa's are in the entire state of Wyoming? Or "Reggie's in Portland, Maine?