Marking the 100th Birthday of Jazz Great John Coltrane
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The legendary saxophonist pioneered free jazz and musical reference of the civil rights movement
This September 23rd marks the centenary of the birth of the most mythical jazz saxophonists. Mythic, because always prodigiously influential: exploration of his many contributions to the music of yesterday and today.
Born just a hundred years ago, John Coltrane marked the history of jazz with his innovations, whose legacy is still felt almost 60 years after his death. Alex Dutilh, a well-known voice of jazz lovers on France Musique, tells the story of this icon of the saxophone.
John Coltrane would turn 100 on 23 September 2026. Born in Hamlet, North Carolina, the most innovative saxophonist in jazz history celebrates today his centenary with an inheritance that continues to echo in the notes of musicians from all over the world. Son of Alice Blair and John R. Coltrane, tailor with [...] The article John Coltrane turns 100 years: the king of the sax who changed jazz (and not only) comes from CaffèBook.
Jazz musician John Coltrane would have grown 100 years old on September 23rd. His album "A Love Supreme" tells of a radical turn of life and became a milestone in jazz.
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