How Nat Hentoff wrote John Coltrane liner notes.
When most Coltrane albums came out in the ‘60s, one thing that used to amuse me was how Nat Hentoff could write a full set of liners talking about how John Coltrane didn’t want liner notes and that the music should speak for itself. Nat explains the process here. And in reality, Coltrane was evolving so quickly that his albums needed liner notes far more than most. (Read the article here.)
-Michael Cuscuna
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