John Coltrane: After the Rain

John Coltrane‘s liner notes for his definitive work A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1964) were full of praise for the benevolence that’s always there “through the storm and after the rain.” The (probable) source of that phrase from the previous year is decidedly less famous, but then, it’s the kind of calm moment you have to seek out and make space for anyway… [ read more ]