John Coltrane

Saxophonist

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Quietly forceful, original, and sensitive. Tend to stick to things until they are done. Extremely intuitive about people, and concerned for their feelings. Well-developed value systems which they strictly adhere to. Well-respected for their perserverence in doing the right thing. Likely to be individualistic, rather than leading or following.

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Biography

John William Coltrane, also known as “Trane”, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and was later at the forefront of free jazz.

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Quotes by John Coltrane

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.

All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

My music is the spiritual expression of what I am - my faith, my knowledge, my being.

I first met Miles Davis about 1947 and played a few jobs with him and Sonny Rollins at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. During this period, he was coming into his own, and I could see him extending the boundaries of jazz even further.

Overall, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give to the listener the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe... That's what I would like to do. I think that's one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do that in some way. The musician's is through his music.

God breathes through us so completely... so gently we hardly feel it... yet, it is our everything.

From a technical viewpoint, I have certain things I'd like to present in my solos. To do this, I have to get the right material. It has to swing, and it has to be varied.

I've been devoting quite a bit of my time to harmonic studies on my own, in libraries and places like that. I've found you've got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light.

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