By Stephen G. Hall
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/
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
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
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
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