Wednesday, December 10, 2014

John Gilmore Interview - The Wire July 1985


Val Wilmer, whose photographs have appeared in several Sun Ra releases, interviewed John Gilmore for the July 1985 issue of The Wire.  Some time later, the Hinds brothers printed and bound it for their Sun Ra Research project.






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14 comments:

  1. rev.bDecember 10, 2014 at 10:13 AM

    Thanks for posting this yotte! I remember reading a reprint of this interview back in the day. The British version seems to have been cleaned up a bit. The Coltrane quote as I remember it went; “John Gilmore! John Gilmore, you motha f*cker, you got it! You got it! You got the concept!” Then reason I remember is I was in a band that would rehearse every week or so and when someone came up with an interesting idea, we’d substitute their name in that quote.

    Still waiting on the “official” site to open……

    http://www.sunra.com/

    Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 10, 2014 at 7:22 PM

    what a gem, yotte!

    I-)

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  3. AnonymousDecember 10, 2014 at 8:20 PM

    Yotte:
    Thanks for the Gilmore post, both the music and interview complement one another.

    rev.b quoted Coltrane correctly.

    Best

    Jim

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    1. AnonymousDecember 11, 2014 at 9:11 AM

      > rev.b quoted Coltrane correctly.

      so coltrane was telling gilmore that gilmore was doing it right? playing 'in the coltrane style'? or am i missing it all completely?

      I-)

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    2. rev.bDecember 12, 2014 at 10:34 AM

      Can’t say for certain, but I imagine Coltrane meant that what Gilmore was doing was a concept of improvisation that Coltrane was interested in and wanted to explore further. The article doesn’t provide an exact date, but I’d guess it was circa 1962-63

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  4. Doug S.December 10, 2014 at 9:42 PM

    Just magnificent stuff. Val Wilmer is a treasure, too. As Serious as Your Life is a holy text. Thanks for sharing!

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  5. AnonymousDecember 12, 2014 at 9:10 AM

    whatta great interview. and some behind the scenes scenes of life in the arkestra, too!

    I-)

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  6. QuibusDecember 13, 2014 at 5:54 AM

    Thanks ever so much for this!

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  7. nikosDecember 16, 2014 at 6:32 AM

    Thanks - what a great find!

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  8. Mr ArnoldDecember 21, 2014 at 8:21 PM

    SO COOL !!! Thanks for bringing the site back to life Yotte

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  9. EricApril 12, 2016 at 9:09 AM

    thanks yotte for this!

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  10. roberthMay 24, 2016 at 5:33 PM

    thank you for sharing this!!!
    solar flare
    robert

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  11. MeanMrKiteJune 21, 2016 at 12:13 PM

    many, MANY thanks for this and all else :)

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