![]() Jazz journalist Nat Hentoff, who interviewed and championed Coltrane, praised him more soberly. ![]() That Coltrane accomplished all he did in a mere ten years accounts at least partly for the saint-like devotion he often receives. One after another, from 1957 to ’67, his music defined a comet-like path of rapid growth and dizzying rate of change. He released twenty-five albums as a leader during his lifetime, some attaining five-star, classic status: Blue Train, Giant Steps, My Favorite Things, his Grammy-nominated, “humble offering” to God, A Love Supreme. I want to be the force which is truly for good.”Ĭoltrane achieved his goal as a hard-working jazz player coming out of a proud, rooted musical tradition, paying his dues as a sideman, learning the ropes as a leader, working with primarily wordless music to convey his message. “I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world.
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