John Coltrane

John Coltrane is a popular Jazz artist from United States, born on September 23, 1926.

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. . Popular albums include "A Love Supreme", "My Favorite Things", "Ballads", "Lush Life", "Duke Ellington & John Coltrane", "A Love Supreme", "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman", "Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane", "Giant Steps", "Kind of Blue", "My Favorite Things" and "Blue Train".