John Coltrane (tenor sax), McCoy Tyner (piano), Steve Davis (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums). From the album Coltrane’s Sound (1964).
As we all know, a satellite is a small planet that revolves around another larger one. The moon is the satellite that we know best, since it is the one that revolves around the Earth. There are also irregular satellites, which are those that have been captured by the gravitational force of a planet instead of being part of its natural system, and tend to be smaller. And an asteroidal satellite is one that orbits around another. The Moon always shows the same face towards the Earth, and it has been the only satellite visited by man.
Coltrane begins the theme in a somewhat gloomy way, but then becomes animated. In the solo seems to come out of that dark feeling. This is replaced by a more positive attitude, like when you wake up in the morning with your left foot and then everything goes back to its normal course. The day begins and daily activities are happening. Breakfast, the trip to the workplace, the usual tasks. Then a well-deserved rest taking lunch with your loved ones. But from time to time these negative thoughts come back, even if only for short periods of time. But in the end everything ends well.
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