What instruments could John Coltrane play?

John studied clarinet and alto saxophone as a youth and then moved to Philadelphia in 1943 and continued his studies at the Ornstein School of Music and the Granoff Studios. He was drafted into the navy in 1945 and played alto sax with a navy band until 1946; he switched to tenor saxophone in 1947.

What kind of Sax did Coltrane play?

John Coltrane initially played a Selmer Super Balanced Action tenor, before switching to a Selmer Mark VI, with which he recorded his masterpiece, A Love Supreme.

What was John Coltrane’s instrument of choice?

Instruments. In 1947, when he joined King Kolax’s band, Coltrane switched to tenor saxophone, the instrument he became known for playing. In the early 1960s, during his contract with Atlantic, he played soprano saxophone.

What instruments were used in my favorite things?

“My Favorite Things” is a recording Coltrane made with his new quartet of McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums and Steve Davis on bass. The group recorded the album at Atlantic Records’ studios in New York over three days in October 1960.

What genre is my favorite things John Coltrane?

Jazz
My Favorite Things/Genres

How many times did John Coltrane record my favorite things?

In the ensuing seven years, until his death in 1967, Coltrane made “My Favorite Things” a regular part of his concert repertoire. At least eighteen of these performances have been released on recording (Cole 228-248).

What was the name of John Coltrane’s best selling jazz album of the 1960s?

John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme in December of 1964 and released it the following year. He presented it as a spiritual declaration that his musical devotion was now intertwined with his faith in God.

What did John Coltrane drink?

Or maybe it is more appropriate to say the music moved through him. Sometimes, like when he labored as a member of Dizzy Gillespie’s and Miles Davis’s respective bands during the early-to-mid 1950s, Coltrane moved recklessly and wild-eyed, constantly drinking to excess and getting high on heroin.

What is a soprano saxophone?

The soprano Saxophone has been the stepchild to its large brothers, the Alto and Tenor saxophones in jazz music. Despite a lineage that dates to the early twenties, the soprano was not widely used as a solo instrument in many early jazz recordings, with most soloists preferring the clarinet for its warmer, richer sound.

Did Miles Davis buy John Coltrane a soprano saxophone?

Reportedly Miles Davis purchased a soprano for his saxophonist at the time John Coltrane, while the group was on tour in Europe in March of 1960. Coltrane started progressively using the straight horn and he soon after broke from Davis to form his own group with McCoy Tyner on piano, Steve Davis on bass and Elvin Jones on drums.

What is the most played song on the saxophone?

Amazingly it is Kenny G’s soprano saxophone on “Going Home” that has probably been the most played song on the instrument in its history! It is often used in China, even twenty-five years after it was recorded, to signal to shoppers that it is closing time and indeed time to go home.

Who played the soprano saxophone with Louis Armstrong?

Boyd Atkins was famously heard several years later playing a momentous soprano saxophone solo while with Louis Armstrong and his Stompers on “Chicago Breakdown” from 1927.