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VOL. 18, ISSUE 8
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016
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DIX HILLS
Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ Honored By Janee Law jlaw@longislandergroup.com
Legendary jazz musician John Coltrane, above, composed “A Love Supreme,” inset, in his Dix Hills home in 1964. Earlier this month, the song was named to the Library of Congress’ 2015 National Recording Registry.
Legendary jazz musician John Coltrane composed “A Love Supreme” in his Dix Hills home in 1964. Earlier this month, the song was named to the 2015 National Recording Registry by The Library of Congress. “Alice Coltrane, his wife who was a tremendous musician in her own right, describes John as having sequestered himself in the upstairs room of that home for about five days and finally descending down the stairs like Moses coming down from the mountain tops having completed this masterpiece,” said Ron Stein, president of the
board of directors of the Friends of the Coltrane Home. “It had that kind of weight to it and it’s fascinating to look at the process of the music because it came to him all at once.” The song is “one of the most influential recordings of the 20th century so it was more or less a no brainer for the registry to have selected it,” Stein said. Each year, the Library of Congress selects 25 sound recordings to preserve and recognize for their cultural, historical or aesthetic significance. The National Recording Registry collection is maintained at the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Virginia, said Stephen Leggett, program coordinator of the National Recording Preservation Board. “A Love Supreme,” which released as a two-sided vinyl album of
the same name, has four movements within one song, including “Acknowledgement,” “Resolution,” “Pursuance,” and “Psalm.” The album begins with pianist McCoy Tyner, drummer Elvin Jones and Coltrane playing tenor saxophone before bassist Jimmy Garrison enters as well. “Whether you’re a jazz lover or just a regular music lover, listen and appreciate the artistry and majestic and transcendent nature of this piece of music,” Stein said. “To this day, the song is just as relevant and as fresh as it was when it was made in ’64, with arguably one of the greatest musical quartets that ever worked together.” This is the second John Coltrane recording selected by the Library of Congress for the registry. In 2004 “Giant Steps” was selected. (Continued on page A21)
DIX HILLS
Carlisle On The ‘Go-Go’ A9 To Huntington
Rest Stop Plan Has 135 Parking Spots By Jano Tantongco jtantongco@longislandergroup.com
New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Matthew Driscoll said last week that the department is moving forward with controversial plans to build a Taste NY Long Island Welcome Center rest stop between Exit 51 and Exit 52 of the Long Island Expressway in Dix Hills. The proposed 15,200-squarefoot rest stop would include 135 parking spaces for cars, restrooms, better lighting, 24/7 video monitoring and on-site police presence. The most-recently pro(Continued on page A21)
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SPOTLIGHT
The New York State Department of Transportation is moving forward with plans to create a rest stop between Exit 51 and Exit 52 on the Long Island Expressway in Dix Hills. The proposed 15,200-square-foot structure, pictured above in a rendering, is 27 feet high.
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