Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Mo’ Better Blues”
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Victoria Uwumarogie
The Film Was Originally Going To Be Titled, A Love Supreme
However, Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane’s widow, denied Lee usage of the title, which is the name of John’s 1965 studio album. As Lee told Wax Poetics a few years back:
“She read the script and thought there was too much profanity in the film, and she preferred that we not use that title, but she would still let us use the song. The recording was much more important than the title.”
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