MUS 2000 Chapter : John Coltrane
Document Summary
After charlie parker, the most widely imitated saxophonist in jazz. Came to fame in 1955 with the miles davis quintet. Worked with monk in 1957, an important period. A love supreme celebrates this victory and the religious experience associated with it. Believed in a universal musical structures which transcended ethnic distinctions (musica universalis) Turned to radical musical styles in the mid 1960"s, attracted large audiences. One of his main objectives was to elaborate the full implications of bop chord progressions. Entrenched in the thesaurus of musical scales by nicholas slonimsky. Re-established soprano saxophone as a modern jazz instrument. He sold hundreds of thousands of albums in his final years and established. Avant-garde jazz as a popular music (temporary) ii-v7-i. Coltrane used this standard compositional tool and exploited it. Resulted in a fast harmonic rhythm, the opposite of so what .
