There are countless ways to create bridges, influences and references between the works of John Coltrane comes from Murderous. But beyond the theories and technical terms regarding scores and musical schools, it is essential to bring these two geniuses closer to their time through the word “love”, which they both used to define the most important works of their careers, in this case: A supreme love, by John Coltrane (1965); AND Yellow, by Emicida (2019). Now, the São Paulo rapper has the challenge of connecting these two universes in the unprecedented show he presents at the Rio Montreux Jazz Festival, scheduled for October 14, at Parque Bondinho Pão de Açúcar, in Morro da Urca, Rio de Janeiro. The show is a production of Laboratório Fantasma.
During the festival Emicida will present a version of Yellow which has not yet been presented. There will be the songs already known to the public, but the colors chosen to paint each of them will be filled with the tones and stratifications that had John Coltrane’s musicality as their starting point. This because Yellow, among his many inspirations, has a good dose of Coltrane and, now, the time has come to highlight him on stage, promoting the meeting of his rap-neo-samba with the spiritual jazz of his idol, John Coltrane. This show is a way to thank those who came before her, as Emicida has done throughout her career.
“There was a time in my life when I researched and read a lot about the life and work of John Coltrane. I was deeply touched by the accounts of the experience he had in Japan and how he wanted to feel the silence of Hiroshima to transform transform it into music”, reports Emicida. “At the beginning of 2019 I realized my dream of going to Japan with my family and, when we arrived in Hiroshima, in the same place where my idol passed and also where one of the biggest terrorist attacks in the history, I started reflecting on silence in its sense of respect and reflection. The city seems to emanate this, but without undertones of revenge or hatred, it is just reflection in the sense of being better”, adds the rapper.
Considering all this reflection, Emicida understood that people are used to hearing the noises of the world, but not to hearing their own interior. And it is in this disconnect that society finds itself at odds with who it is or who it would like to be. “The experience proposed in Yellow aims precisely to connect us with our inner greatness so that it can save what is outside of us”, concludes Emicida.
With the musical production of Emicida and Julio Fejuca; and general executive direction by Evandro Fióti, the show AmarElo meets A Love Supreme, at the Rio Montreux Jazz Festival a special band formation is planned for the occasion. Emicida will be accompanied by Julio Fejuca (guitar and vocals), DJ Nato PK (vocals and turntables), Carlos Café (drums, percussion and vocals), Rodrigo Digão (bass and vocals), Pé Beat (drums), Jamah (vocal accompaniment) , Thiago Jamelão (backing vocals), Oscar Júnior (piano), Robinho Silva (trumpet), Arthur Rita (trombone) and Fermino (saxophone) in a true sensorial and spiritual journey.
John Coltrane, who was in a relationship of alcohol and heroin addiction, created A supreme love as a way to thank God for your salvation. In this spiritual liberation, he used music as a way to give back, being influenced by African and Asian religions. This is how the masterpiece that shaped what would become modern jazz was born. The music website Pitchfork states that “A supreme love it was Coltrane’s way of expressing his gratitude, a hopeful prayer for a better world.” And, if in 2019, Emicida can publish works such as Yellow It is because this prayer has transformed hearts and the new generations are there to follow this mission and carry forward “supreme love”, as will happen on the stage of the Rio Montreux Jazz Festival.
Source: Terra
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