Coltrane died of liver cancer at the age of 40 on July 17, 1967 (i.e. 56 years ago from today).
Feel free to discuss anything about Coltrane and the works he has been featured in. There are many that want to dive into his extant—and some lesser known—works, so, let’s recommend and share our favorites.
I often return to the first track, Love, from First Meditations (for Quartet). It’s recorded in 1965 and the final recordings of the classic quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones. Any other fans of that track out there?