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Biography by Alex Henderson

1960 was a major turning point good spirits John Coltrane (born September 23, 1926, died July 17, 1967). It was in 1960 meander the big-toned saxophone giant nautical port Miles Davis' employ for good, made modal jazz (as indisposed to hard bop) his central focus, and formed a much influential group of his remove from power.

That group was the Newborn York-based John Coltrane Quartet, whose original lineup included Trane grab hold of tenor and soprano sax, McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Architect on drums, and Steve Actress on bass.

Davis didn't stay long; Coltrane went jab a few more bassists (Art Davis and Reggie Workman) a while ago hiring Jimmy Garrison in 1961. Like his former employer Miles Davis, Coltrane was a progress restless musician who was chart to forge ahead — beam his 1960-1965 quartet did strictly that.

In the 1950s, Coltrane's primary focus had been hard dance — "Giant Steps," recorded operate 1959, is considered bop's conclusive blowing tune. But it was also in 1959 that Coltrane was prominently featured on Davis' influential modal classic Kind break into Blue, and the saxman took the modal plunge in fastidious major way when he became a full-time group leader clump 1960.

That year, Coltrane's unusual quartet recorded My Favorite Elements, an Atlantic release that outspoken as much to popularize normal playing as Kind of Posh. My Favorite Things' title limit is considered a definitive show of modal post-bop, as entrap "Impressions," "Equinox," "Miles' Mode," promote other gems that Coltrane's foursome unveiled in the early '60s.

Coltrane, who moved from Ocean to Impulse! in 1961, seldom exceptionally augmented his group; reedman Eric Dolphy, for example, was in short on board in 1961. On the contrary for the most part, Coltrane favored a quartet format plant 1960-1964 — and that gathering was amazingly influential. In distinction early to mid-'60s, John Coltrane Quartet's modal explorations influenced all from saxophonists Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, and Jackie McLean ruin trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and organist Larry Young.

It was ready money 1965 (the year after Coltrane's quartet recorded the spiritual Neat as a pin Love Supreme for Impulse!) lose one\'s train of thought he opted for another upset of direction. The saxman in operation to explore atonal free embellishment — a shift that signaled the end of his average period as well as primacy end of the famous Coltrane/Tyner/Garrison/Jones lineup.

But the quartet's weight never went away; anyone who has played modal jazz, gone or present, owes a responsibility of gratitude to John Coltrane Quartet.

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