Friday, January 27, 2017

John Coltrane






































Artist:  John Coltrane
Birth Name:   John William Coltrane
Born:  September 23, 1926, Hamlet, North Carolina, USA.
Died:  July 17, 1967 (Aged 40),  Huntington, New York, USA.
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone.

John Coltrane was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer.  He played in style of Bebop and Hard Bop and helped pioneer the use of the modes in Jazz and was later at the forefront of Free Jazz.  He also appeared as a sideman on many album by other musicians, including Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.  His best known and best-selling albums Blue Train i 1958 and A Love Supreme in 1964.














Title:  Soultrane  (2016)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Prestige Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Good Bait  (12:09)
 2.  I Want To Talk About You  (10:56)
 3.  You Say You Care  (6:17)
 4.  Theme For Ernie  (4:56)
 5.  Russian Lullaby  (5:32)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone
Red Garland:  Piano
Paul Chambers:  Bass
Art Taylor:  Drums

Soultrane is the fourth studio album by John Coltrane, originally released on October, 1958 by Prestige Records, remastered and reissued in 2016 by Prestige Records, featuring Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Art Taylor.


















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