50 great moments in jazz: John Coltrane's giant step for improvisation
Perhaps the most influential saxophonist all of time, Coltrane produced an intensely soulful sound that reached way beyond the jazz cognoscentiMiles Davis was a good authority on the saxophonist John Coltrane, who played in one of the trumpeter's bands in the 1950s. Their time spent working together began with Davis's rise to stardom and ended not long after the magnificent Kind of Blue, on which Coltrane played a masterful role. In his autobiography written with Quincy Troupe, Davis summed up C...
Guardian Music — Perhaps the most influential saxophonist all of time, Coltrane produced an intensely soulful sound that reached way beyond the jazz cognoscentiMiles Davis was a good auth... more info