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"I'm really try to get away from this kind of 'musical communication' sort of dialogue. I really don’t want that." @orenambarchi.bsky.social Cooked out today: andybeta.substack.com/p/oren-ambar...

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Oren Ambarchi

The Australian guitarist on the solo album as a construct, getting away from predictability, and his perverse Pat Metheny fandom.

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reading Chuck Klosterman does approximate the symptoms of CTE

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Apparently there's also an entire other album's worth of unreleased John Coltrane-Johnny Hartman material still in the vaults. Could go for more silkiness like this: youtu.be/sgbLtG8PBv4?...

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John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman : Lush Life

YouTube video by Mr Kleeg

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Coltrane 100 listening rolls on. Love peak Classic Quartet but also love these dates where the band is starting to pull apart at the seams. Really hoped that these centennial reissues would finally get to albums like this one: youtu.be/7jmAC8mOwJU?...

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John Coltrane - Living Space

YouTube video by Praguedive

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Next up on Coltrane 100 listening, this early masterpiece that established the Classic Quartet template, even though Jimmy Garrison was not yet in the fold: youtu.be/9Zyr0IDaRXQ?...

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Equinox

YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's the sound of a man deeply in love.

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Phonic Underground @phonicunderground.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy 100th John Coltrane

A jukebox single of John Coltrane’s “Ascension”

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Re-watching SS for a third time.

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you're in Michigan, I'm on public radio today talking about Alice Coltrane/ Cosmic Music/ Spiritual jazz in the 3 o'clock hour.

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Coltrane actually raised this music from the secular to an area of serious, religious world music. It was like being in church.” Glad to be part of @darkforcesswing.bsky.social deep dive into how John Coltrane oddly gets left out of spiritual jazz discussions: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/a...

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‘Spiritual Jazz’ Has Turned Cozy. John Coltrane Demanded More.

The term has lately become synonymous with sonic serenity (and chic merch). But the saxophone great challenged listeners with radical honesty.

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Looking forward to seeing Italian maestro Gigi Masin at a church in Brooklyn tonight: andybeta.substack.com/p/in-the-fri...

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In the Fried Archives: Gigi Masin

From 2017, a chat with the Italian ambient maestro

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"I'll bring the beers next time."

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was just in a bar and a skeleton walked in and said "Gimme a beer and a mop."

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

♍ Mafia too damned strong

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here for Kelela on Fiery Furnaces: "I can’t explain it. It’s just so *white*. This is a time when white people were doing white shit, remember that? [Stops music.] They tore." pitchfork.com/story/the-mu...

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Kelela on the Music That Made Her

The singer’s taste is just as eclectic as her own work

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Madlib: “It’s electric and acoustic, traditional and non-traditional — that’s what I’m all about.” On Woody Shaw's first two albums, finally back in print: andybeta.substack.com/p/twofer-tue...

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Twofer Tuesday #18

“Now there’s a great trumpet player.”

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Outside The Dream Syndicate All-Stars

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Cover gives me Tetuzi vibes:

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Pics of you in your Meta glasses

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Nothing like the retail experience of them looking up "highest price sold" right there in front of you

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Wewantsounds @wewantsounds.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

OUT 23 OCT 2026 BRIGITTE FONTAINE COMME A LA RADIO SPECIAL EDITION (1970) Brigitte Fontaine’s 1970 masterpiece returns with a 2nd LP of rare bonuses, 24-page booklet. with contributions by Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social , and Wadada Leo Smith and more Order 2LP/CD/Dig tinyurl.com/29dkrtcj

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Flavor that lasts and lasts

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Ultimate Ultimate Painting

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In China, their "American Pizza" features hot dogs stuffed in the crust 🇺🇸

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Going to be chatting with the awesome DJ Tana Yonas on KCRW this afternoon. Tune in!

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Tonight! In conversation with Moor Mother, Radha Botofasina, and Alice Coltrane's longtime recording engineer Baker Bigsby at the legendary Philosophical Research Society: www.eventbrite.com/e/cosmic-mus...

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COSMIC MUSIC: ALICE COLTRANE Book Event + ETERNITY'S PILLAR rare screening

An evening celebrating Andy Beta's book COSMIC MUSIC: THE LIFE, ART, AND TRANSCENDENCE OF ALICE COLTRANE with conversation and screening

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Toppermost @toppermost.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

New book choice Tony Thompson (author of The Doors On Track) reviews “Cosmic Music” by @andybeta.bsky.social -the life of Alice Coltrane "Curiosity will be rewarded. Longtime fans will swoon over the detail. Highly recommended." @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social Full review at: www.toppermost.co.uk

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Cali pals, a bunch of LA sessions this week at Blue Note LA, PRS, LAPL, Lore, Harp Center LA. Come through for cosmic music

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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

sorry you can't cite without posting this bananas video though: youtu.be/LI8khooPyJk?...

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Sting - I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

YouTube video by StingVEVO

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