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 John Coltrane Quartet Plays (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Impulse!/Verve

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Chim Chim Cheree (6:56)

 2.  Brazilia (12:56)

Side Two:

 1.  Nature Bly (8:02)

 2.  Song Of Praise (9:49)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Art Davis:  Bass on Track 2/1

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass except on Track 2/1

Elvin Jones:  Drums

The John Coltrane Quartet Plays is an album by John Coltrane, originally released on August 1965 by impulse!, remastered and reissued on August 29, 2025 by Impulse!/Verve. 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.