John Coltrane
Day 90
#2 – John William Coltrane (1926–1967), also known as ‘Trane’. American jazz saxophonist and composer. Albums include: Blue Train (1957), Giant Steps (1959) and My Favourite Things (1960).
Coltrane’s music developed over his short life into what some would describe as ‘free jazz’. Listening to the music, I first selected an italic typeface to hint at the speed of playing and the way the notes seem to merge into one another, then started overlapping the letters to emphasise this even more.
1 hour
Listen…
to excerpts from ‘Blue Train’