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:  Contrane (2026) 

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

Label:  20th Century Masterworks

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Out Of This World (14:04)

 2.  Soul Eyes (5:26)

 3.  Impression (4:34) *

Side B:

 1.  The Inch Worm (6:15)

 2.  Tunji (Toon-Gee) (6:32)

 3.  Miles Mods (7:30)

 4.  Up Gainst The Wall (3:14) *

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass

Elvin Jones:  Drums

Bonus Tracks:

From The Same Sessions

Contrane is an album by John Coltrane, originally released on May 1962 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on May 22, 2026 by 20th Century Masterworks.  180 Gram Blue Colored Vinyl.