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John Coltrane Born September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina, John Coltrane was always surrounded by music. He was called to military service during WWII, where he performed in the U.S. Navy Band in Hawaii. Coltrane began playing tenor saxophone with the Eddie "CleanHead" Vinson Band. He was always working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career. He helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz. An important moment in the progression of Coltrane's musical development occurred on June 5, 1945, when he saw Charlie Parker perform for the first time. Parker became an early idol, and they played together on occasion in the late 1940s. During the later part of 1957 Coltrane worked with Thelonious Monk In his late period, Coltrane showed an increasing interest in avant-garde jazz. In 1965 Coltrane may have begun using LSD. Despite the radicalism of the horns, the rhythm section with Ali and Alice Coltrane had a more relaxed, random but meditative feel than with Jones and Tyner. John Coltrane died of Liver Disease in 1967. In 1972, "A Love Supreme" was certified gold by the RIAA for exceeding 500,000 units in Japan. In 1982, the RIAA awarded John Coltrane a Grammy Award of " Best Jazz Solo Performance" for the work on his album, "Bye Bye Blackbird". On June 18, 1993 Mrs. Alice Coltrane received an invitation to The White House from former President and Mrs. Clinton, in appreciation of John Coltrane’s historical appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival. In 1999, Universal Studios and its recording division MCA Records recognized John Coltrane’s influence on cinema by naming a street on the Universal Studios lot in his honor.

April 2011
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