Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje Patron-Only Early Access | Ad-Free

Lovely review, the book looks like an interesting read! Maybe you know it already, but if not then I highly recommend you check out Jelly Roll Morton's 'Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say' -- a moving piece by that no less tragic second inventor of jazz singing in celebration of the first, his mentor Buddy Bolden. And it's all so goddarn glorious

I dig these oddball books about obscure musicians and musical obsession. I liked what you said about Jazz and Rock and Roll both having a similiar level of unthinking somatic experience to them. I think the greatest musicians are often just untrained philosophers, seeking the limits of vibrational matter based reality. Sounds all pretentious, i know but come on... just listen to some Archie Shepp and tell me that dude wasnt transcending. There is indeed a spiritual aspect to music that we dont yet fully understand.