John Coltrane

John William Coltrane (also known as "Trane"; September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.


 * "The pervasive influence of ingesting acid may have produced the eerie, mystical vibrations that emanated from their recording of Om, which included, in addition to some of the freest and strangest music Coltrane ever recorded, the chanting of selected verses from the Bhagavad-Gita. And when Trane returned from his LSD trip, he said, as if quoting a Sufi sage, "I perceived the interrelationship of all life forms.""
 * - Chasin' the Trane: The music and mystique of John Coltrane by J. C. Thomas


 * "Coltrane had begun using LSD during this time, in order to inverstigate its ability to access new levels of consciousness. It has long been rumored that Coltrane was under the influence of the drug while recording Om, and while this has never fully been corroborated, it would almost make sense, as the recording sounds disjointed and hallucinatory, almost as though Coltrane is not in full control of his normal faculties... the opening chant is followed by some of the most dissonant and paint-peeling shrieks on any Coltrane recording. Whether or not Coltrane was on LSD when recording this piece, it is perhaps not the most suitable for listening while on LSD, as the music communicates an intense feeling of unrest."
 * - Lavezzoli, Peter (April 2006). The Dawn of Indian Music in the West: Bhairavi. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 285


 * "Coltrane's LSD experiences confirmed spiritual insights he had already discovered rather than radically changing his perspective. After one early acid trip he said, "I perceived the interrelationship of all life forms," an idea he had found repeated in many of the books on Eastern theology that he had been reading for years. For Coltrane, who for years had been trying to relate mystical systems such as numerology and astrology, theories of modem physics and mathematics, the teachings of the great spiritual leaders, and advanced musical theory, and trying somehow to pull these threads into something he could play on his horn. The LSD experience gave him visceral evidence that his quest was on the right track. "
 * - Ascension: John Coltrane and His Quest by Eric Nisenson


 * "Once when I was discussing Coltrane with Miles he said "Coltrane died from taking too much LSD". He did not mean this literally;of course/ Miles often talked in code. What he meant was that Coltrane had looked too far within and this caused his playing to become ttoo "outside"."
 * - Eric Nisenson, http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Tgpr7jRUHZMJ:listserv.uh.edu/cgi-bin/wa%3FA2%3Dind9806%26L%3Dcoltrane-l%26D%3D0%26O%3DA%26T%3D0%26P%3D24860+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=fi&lr=lang_en%7Clang_fi