John Coltrane

John Coltrane
John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane", was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and was later at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions during his career, and appeared as a sideman on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth23 September 1926
CountryUnited States of America
says Jackson. ''It's a major part of our cultural landscape. Football comes in the fall, and so does the Coltrane concert.
I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.
It starts with this group: with McCoy and Elvin and Jimmy Garrison.
Ive found youve got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light.
My goal is to live the truly religious life and express it through my music. If you can live it, there's no problem about the music, because it's part of the whole thing.
I want to be a force for real good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.
This Half Note material really comes at a summit, ... It's the high point of a sound that the band had been cultivating, basically, since 1961. The music that was recorded there comes at the strongest point of that band, playing that sound. Right after that, they start changing and going other places.
All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.
I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft
Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
I think I know what it is but don't ask me to play it