In September, his mother bought him his first saxophone, an alto. Beginning in December 1938, his father, aunt, and grandparents died within a few months of one another, leaving him to be raised by his mother and a close cousin. He grew up in High Point, North Carolina and attended William Penn High School. Ĭoltrane's first recordings were made when he was a sailor.Ĭoltrane was born in his parents' apartment at 200 Hamlet Avenue in Hamlet, North Carolina, on September 23, 1926. (1964–1982), a bassist Ravi (born 1965), a saxophonist and Oran (born 1967), also a saxophonist.

His second wife was pianist and harpist Alice Coltrane. He remains the most influential saxophonist in music history and has received numerous posthumous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 2007, and was canonized by the African Orthodox Church. Over the course of his career, Coltrane's music took on an increasingly spiritual dimension, as exemplified on his most acclaimed albums A Love Supreme (1965) and Ascension (1966). He led at least fifty recording sessions and appeared on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was one of the players at the forefront of free jazz. John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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