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John Coltrane

Musician
23 Sep 1926 — 17 Jul 1967
United States United States

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Musician John Coltrane

Overview

Biography

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.

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Styles

Member of

Miles Davis Sextet (tenor saxophone)
1957 January - 1960 April
Thelonious Monk Quartet (tenor saxophone)
1956 - 1956

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Discography

Studio Album

1956
Album has 4 releases
1956
Album has 2 releases
1956
Album has 9 releases
1956
Album has 27 releases
1956
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1956
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1957
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1957
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1957
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1957
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1958
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1958
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1958
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1959
Album has 17 releases
1960
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1960
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1960
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1960
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1960
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1960
Album has 7 releases
1960
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1960
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1961
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1961
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1961
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1963
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1963
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1963
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1964
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1964
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1964
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1964
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1964
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1965
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1966
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1966
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1967
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1970
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1970
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1971
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1973
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1973
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1976
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1991
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1994
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1996
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2002
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2006
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