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Hamlet NC, United States (1926 – 1967)
John William Coltrane (Hamlet, North Carolina, September 23, 1926 – Huntington, New York, July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
American jazz great John Coltrane emerged in the 1950s, playing tenor and soprano sax with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. A leader of “hard bop”, in the 1960s he led his own groups and changed the face of jazz with experimentation and improvisation, his later recordings reflecting his belief that music was a form of spiritual expression. Sometimes called simply ‘Trane, his recordings include Giant Steps (1959), My Favorite Things (1960), Olé (1961) and A Love Supreme (1964). In his later recordings he collaborated on avante-garde music with his wife, Alice Coltrane (b. Alice McLeod, 1937-2007), who had a career in her own right.
The band sometimes called Coltrane’s “classic quartet” of the early 1960s included McCoy Tyner (piano), Elvin Jones (drums) and Jimmy Garrison (bass).
Despite a relatively brief career (he first came to notice as a sideman at age 29 in 1955, formally launched a solo career at 33 in 1960, and was dead at 40 in 1967), saxophonist John Coltrane was among the most important, and most controversial, figures in jazz. It seems amazing that his period of greatest activity was so short, not only because he recorded prolifically, but also because, taking advantage of his fame, the record companies that recorded him as a sideman in the 1950s frequently reissued those recordings under his name and there has been a wealth of posthumously released material as well.
American jazz great John Coltrane emerged in the 1950s, playing tenor and soprano sax with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. A leader of “hard bop”, in the 1960s he led his own groups and changed the face of jazz with experimentation and improvisation, his later recordings reflecting his belief that music was a form of spiritual expression. Sometimes called simply ‘Trane, his recordings include Giant Steps (1959), My Favorite Things (1960), Olé (1961) and A Love Supreme (1964). In his later recordings he collaborated on avante-garde music with his wife, Alice Coltrane (b. Alice McLeod, 1937-2007), who had a career in her own right.
The band sometimes called Coltrane’s “classic quartet” of the early 1960s included McCoy Tyner (piano), Elvin Jones (drums) and Jimmy Garrison (bass).
Despite a relatively brief career (he first came to notice as a sideman at age 29 in 1955, formally launched a solo career at 33 in 1960, and was dead at 40 in 1967), saxophonist John Coltrane was among the most important, and most controversial, figures in jazz. It seems amazing that his period of greatest activity was so short, not only because he recorded prolifically, but also because, taking advantage of his fame, the record companies that recorded him as a sideman in the 1950s frequently reissued those recordings under his name and there has been a wealth of posthumously released material as well.
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Neue_regel_ wrote:
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deaddogg wrote:
Ballads is great.
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SunMan24 wrote:
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Release the video footage for the last performance at Newport PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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@WilliamStonier: Your wish is granted.
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WilliamStonier wrote:
Some one give this guy a picture on Wikipedia, it's annoying the hell outta me.
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DaoudPacha wrote:
@quipu, haha very funny, I love that :)
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ColonelTheSlav wrote:
Hah, there actually are saxophones about that small. They're called soprillo saxophone.
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quipu wrote:
I love the current pic. People think he's smoking a pipe, but actually he's playing the world's tiniest sax.
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ColonelTheSlav wrote:
Haven't seen her in a while complaining about that. And she deleted all of her old posts. In other news: Black Pearls album deserves more love.
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pic with a pipe? just a matter of days before that smoking-is-the-devil-and-not-cool nutjob shows up in this shoutbox... brace yourselves!
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street_dawg wrote:
@baslisten2rock this one is pretty good http://www.amazon.com/John-Coltrane-World-According/dp/B00006672L
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baslisten2rock wrote:
do you guys know any (good) documentary's about john coltrane? i could only catch the last 10 minutes of one on TV last night but I really want to see more. Thanks in advance
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bloodmaw wrote:
current profile pic is great. keep it that way
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mayskey wrote:
New profile picture I see. Looks pretty bad-ass with a pipe
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Bluetraner wrote:
''En ningún momento hay fin. Siempre hay que imaginar nuevos sonidos, nuevos sentimientos que transmitir. Y siempre, está la necesidad de mantener lo más refinado posible esos sentimientos y sonidos, de manera que podamos ver realmente lo que hemos descubierto en su estado puro, ver lo que realmente somos y poder transmitirlo.''
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maestro
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WilliamStonier wrote:
John and Miles really loved using the name puns.
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barryvs wrote:
Coltrane Plays The Blues is really good.
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Arcadius13 wrote:
I wish he was alive. www.soulhouse.fora.pl
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