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John Coltrane
Okay, who’s crazy enough to say anything negative about John Coltrane? In recent times, his legacy has grown into something like a mild-mannered Malcolm X. The man’s personality was thoroughly unprovocative, gentle even, but his musical ideas challenged even the most liberal of jazz lovers. Coltrane marched to his own drummer (usually Elvin Jones) and he wasn’t so concerned about whether or not his audience was hip enough to follow him. This, combined with his early death, has combined to make the man a modern-day legend, and the CD does a credible job of presenting the constantly expanding pace of Coltrane’s expressive musical imagination. Starting conservatively with "’Round Midnight," his first major burst onto the jazz scene as Miles’ right-hand man in the first classic quintet, and ending with the so-called "anti-jazz" of "Jupiter," Ken Burns’ Jazz has only touched on the various facets of a fascinating man. After this, you’ll be hungry to hear more.
Grade: 
 
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