Ellington and Coltrane Behind the Scenes:
No, this isn't a blog post about the classic album Duke Ellington & John Coltrane. Rather, it's a post providing links to two short clips: a 6-minute audio interview of John Coltrane from 1960 in which he discusses his music, and a 5-minute clip from 1937 about the making of a Duke Ellington record. The Coltrane interview is particularly fascinating; it was conducted soon after Giant Steps and just before Coltrane formed his quartet with McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones.