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

Tracks:

 1.  Lover  (7:59)
 2.  Slowtrane  (7:20)
 3.  By The Numbers  (12:02)
 4.  Come Rain Or Come Shine  (8:44)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone'
Donald Byrd:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1, 4
Red Garland:  Piano on Tracks:  1, 3, 4
Paul Chambers:  Bass on Tracks:  1, 3, 4
Earl May:  Bass on Track 2
Louis Hayes:  Drums on Tracks:  1, 4
Art Taylor:  Drums on Tracks:  2, 3

The Last Trane is an album by John Coltrane, originally released on January, 1966 by Prestige, remastered and reissued in 2016 by Prestige Records, featuring Donald Byrd, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Earl My, Louis Hayes, and Art Taylor.