JAZZIZ Essentials: A Short History of John Coltrane's 'ALABAMA'

JAZZIZ Essentials is a series of videos exploring the stories of artists, songs and events that gave rise to jazz. In this episode, we take a look at John Coltrane Civil Rights Movement elegy, "Alabama," written in response to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of 1963.

Listen to John Coltrane's "Alabama" here:

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[varloko]

Beautiful and sad at the same time. Much love brotha!