John William Coltrane
(also known as "Trane"; September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967)
John’s father, a notable musician himself, had led his son to the E Flat Horn and clarinet at a very young age, but, while in high school, the young John Coltrane’s musical influences shifted to the likes of Lester Young and Johnny Hodges prompting him to switch from clarinet to alto saxophone…
During WWII Coltrane was in the U.S. Military Band in Hawaii…
After the war, Trane began playing tenor saxophone with the Eddie "Clean Head" Vinson Band, and was later quoted as saying, "A wider area of listening opened up for me…"
An important moment in the progression of Coltrane's musical development occurred on June 5, 1945, when he saw Charlie Parker perform for the first time. In a DownBeat article in 1960 he recalled:
"The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes."
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| Trane & Bird |
Parker became an early idol, and they played together on occasion in the late 1940s…
However, it was his work with the Miles Davis Quintet in 1958 that would lead to his own musical evolution...
"Miles music gave me plenty of freedom," he once said...
During that period, he became known for using the three-on-one chord approach, and what has been called the ‘sheets of sound,’ a method of playing multiple notes at one time...
(A forerunner of Phil Spector’s
“Wall of Sound”)…
Trane organized at least fifty recording sessions as a leader during his recording career, and appeared as a sideman on many other albums, notably with trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk:
COOKIN’
RELAXIN’
WORKIN’
STEAMIN’
By 1960 Coltrane had formed his own quartet which included pianist McCoy Tyner, drummer Elvin Jones, and bassist Jimmy Garrison. Eventually adding players like Eric Dolphy, and Pharoah Sanders. The John Coltrane Quartet created some of the most innovative and expressive music in Jazz history including the hit albums: "My FavoriteThings”
" Impressions"
And…" GiantSteps"
And his monumental work
"A Love Supreme" which attests to the power, glory, love, and greatness of God…
Coltrane felt we must all make a conscious effort to effect positive change in the world, and that his music was an instrument to create positive thought patterns in the minds of people…
John Coltrane’s Masterpiece,
A LOVE SUPREME…Check out the whole album and you’ll know why...
—WITHOUT A DOUBT!!!—
John Coltrane received many posthumous awards and recognitions, including canonization by the African Orthodox Church as Saint John William Coltrane. In 2007, Coltrane was awarded the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for his "masterful improvisation, supreme musicianship and iconic centrality to the history of jazz."
R.I.P. JOHN COLTRANE
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