Celebrating Trane: John Coltrane (1926-1967)

This informational blog celebrates the life of John Coltrane, composer and accomplished jazz saxophonist.

Note: Compiled by and Reprinted with Permission from Abdul Aklaimat, PhD

BIOGRAPHY

John Coltrane.com https://www.johncoltrane.com/biography

Quotes https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/john-coltrane-in-20-quotes/

Images https://www.google.com/search?q=john+coltrane&client=firefox-b-1-e&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjl-ZCT8YnsAhUDZjUKHacICQoQ_AUIDCgC&biw=832&bih=344&dpr=2.31

Alice Coltrane - his wife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA_Ae-rc6Ws

Ravi Coltrane - his son https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/ravi-coltrane-directions-interview/

Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane

Recording Sessions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_John_Coltrane_recording_sessions

Discography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane_discography

Bibliography https://coltrane.room34.com/bibliography

DOCUMENTARY STUDIES

Saint John Coltrane: A Love Supreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVPmfkNbm4 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/03/st-john-coltrane-church-eviction-san-francisco-jazz

Alabama https://musicaficionado.blog/2016/04/14/alabama-by-john-coltrane/

The World According to John Coltrane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5ufDRywnUE

Chasing Trane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvBQys2Wl8M https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4283892/

Doc film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI0kZ3i6cyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFNizq7wKdo

Trane, Monk, Rollins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fX4ctNws5o

INTERVIEWS

1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1966 https://www.johncoltrane.com/interviews

1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0sru1t6YpE

PEER COMMENTARY

Jimmy Heath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8J9JNWwaGQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5ufDRywnUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaf6TNfuDuk

McCoy Tyner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJVYRcJGpMU

Barry Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTTNL-RHEMs

Terry Callier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHkgI3ocGL4

Archie Shepp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DePaJJwwliw

Benny Golson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVOYT5iX-4c

Ernie Watts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0AV5jw_hk

Mulgrew Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FWwWewz1g0

Yasuhiro Fujioka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEbWzOLETuU

David Crosby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KekSaZ160uw&t=4s

Cornel West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFcKjok4ZZ4

LIVE PERFORMANCE

1946 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypcCcpob27k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGnY-axUH0U

1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VGp_qBtZbg

1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev578bFRdGI

1961 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3JpqhpkXg

1963 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX95_3DYej4

1964 http://www.openculture.com/2014/04/john-coltrane-performs-a-love-supreme-and-other-classics-in-antibes-july-1965.html

1965 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsBbM5PIAHk

1965 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF48MozcU2U

FULL ALBUMS

1957 Coltrane https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvTlLwkT-KCsICE9mg8-RN2NdBr4718fK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltrane_(1957_album)

1958 John Coltrane and the Red Garland Trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddCdTI8a75Y https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane_with_the_Red_Garland_Trio

1958 Soultrane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XRXznkaHHo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soultrane

1968 Blue Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEqrnR7_yT8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Train_(album)

1960 Giant Steps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll3CMgiUPuU&t=20s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Steps

1961 Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1ALT0vuS9M

1961 Africa Brass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8XEmGhTm3A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa/Brass

1961 Ole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr5BotYA3U8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ol%C3%A9_Coltrane

1961 My Favorite Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FBItYZLOM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favorite_Things_(John_Coltrane_album)

1963 Duke Ellington and John Coltrane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XRXznkaHHo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington_%26_John_Coltrane

1963 John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecrE80rnjhw&list=PLBb8tqXzZ4AQT3y4Js4YLGO6GaYG2MMmI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane_and_Johnny_Hartman

1966 Live in Japan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep5s0EvudRg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_Japan_(John_Coltrane_album)

1964 Crescent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOwW9j0YzgM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_(John_Coltrane_album)

1965 A Love Supreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll3CMgiUPuU&t=20s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Love_Supreme

1966 Live at the Village Vanguard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa6gNwpt5sY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Village_Vanguard_Again!

1966 Meditations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuzfMR-7v1I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations_(John_Coltrane_album)

1966/68 Cosmic Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct-aXk2MTLk&t=107s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Music

1966 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRKX-NZTDVI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_(John_Coltrane_album)

1967 Expression https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDHvAm-od0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expression_(album)

TRANSCRIPTIONS

My Favorite Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBO9HUVL_nY

Giant Steps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kotK9FNEYU

So What https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI6-W1g-cRk

Moments Notice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MSXA_xaP-k

Nutty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf4Y7uLDDuc

Impressions https://kennybrooks.com/transcriptions/impressions-john-coltrane/

MUSIC THEORY

Changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdIstkTHqO8

More changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SalBNnzUVME

Fractals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J98jwtm5U4E

Coltrane, Einstein and math https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nhIEO59OnY