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John Coltrane
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American Jazz Musician
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Avant-Garde Jazz
Early Life
Coltrane took this popular song from the "Sound of Music" and performed in his own style in 1961.
A year earlier he was given a Soprano Saxophone from Miles Davis as a gift. This recording is with a Soprano Saxophone.
At the end of his life and career, Avant-Garde Jazz was a new & popular style. In this style, improvisations were much more free and did not follow the themes in the music as closely.
John Coltrane died in 1967. He was 40 years old.
John Coltrane was born in North Carolina. He enlisted in the Navy after high school and played in the Navy band. Other famous Jazz Musician like Charlie Parker and Miles Davis were an early influence on him.
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane & Miles Davis
"Kind of Blue"
"Compassion" (1965)
Coltrane in the Navy
Miles Davis
A Love Supreme:
John became the leader of his own Jazz band. During this time, he wrote "A Love Surpreme," which was one of his most popular albums. A Love Supreme was a great example of a "Hard Bop" jazz style.
Hard Bop is known for repeating ideas and dance rhythms.
A Love Supreme was released in 1964