Gnid john coltrane biography
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John coltrane - the first trane
John Coltrane
John Coltrane | |
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Coltrane, 1963 | |
| Birth name | John William Coltrane |
| Also known as | "Trane" |
| Born | (1926-09-23)September 23, 1926 Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | July 17, 1967(1967-07-17) (aged 40) Huntington, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Saxophonist, composer, bandleader |
| Instruments | Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet |
| Years active | 1946–1967 |
| Labels | Prestige, Blue Note, Atlantic, Impulse! |
John William "Trane" Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967[1]) was an Americanjazzsaxophonist and composer.
Coltrane played the bebop and hard bop styles of jazz early in his career, and helped start the use of modes in jazz and later was a very important part of free jazz. He made about fifty recordings as a bandleader, and appeared on many other albums, for example with trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk.
As his career progressed, Coltrane's musi