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His father was John R. Coltrane [8] and his mother was Alice Blair. [9] He grew up in High Point, North Carolina, and attended William Penn High School. While in high school, Coltrane played clarinet and alto horn in a community band [10] before switching to the saxophone, after being influenced by the likes of Lester Young and Johnny Hodges.
The music recorded that day was released on The New Wave in Jazz, and served to solidify Coltrane's association with the avant-garde. (Coltrane's performance of "Nature Boy" was also included as a bonus track on the CD reissue of The John Coltrane Quartet Plays.) Given Coltrane's success, recognition, and respect within the jazz community, his ...
Blue Train is a studio album by the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was released through Blue Note Records in January 1958. [1] It is Coltrane's only session as leader for Blue Note. [8] The recording took place at Rudy Van Gelder's studio on September 15, 1957. Coltrane wrote four of the record's five tracks.
Giant Steps is a studio album by the jazz musician John Coltrane.It was released in February 1960 through Atlantic Records. [1] [2] [4] This was Coltrane's first album as leader for the label, with which he had signed a new contract the previous year.
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane.It was released in January 1963 through Impulse!Records. [1] [2]It was one of Ellington's many collaborations in the early 1960s with musicians such as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus, and placed him with a quartet (in this case, saxophone, piano, bass, and drums ...
On Dec. 9, 1964, saxophonist John Coltrane, bassist Jimmy Garrison, pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones assembled at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey’s Van Gelder Studio. That one-day ...
The title track is a modal rendition of the Rodgers and Hammerstein song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.The melody is heard numerous times throughout, but instead of playing solos over the written chord changes, both Tyner and Coltrane take extended solos over vamps of the two tonic chords, E minor and E major (whereas the original resolves to G major), [8] played in waltz time. [9]
Coltrane Plays the Blues is an album of music by the jazz musician John Coltrane.It was released in July 1962 by Atlantic Records. [1] [2] It was recorded at Atlantic Studios during the sessions for My Favorite Things, assembled after Coltrane had stopped recording for the label and was under contract to Impulse Records.