y something. It goes very very deep. My music is the spiritual expression of what I am, my faith, my knowledge, my being."He would get rid of his addictions and rejoin the scene with Thelonious Monk at New York?s Five Spot, which is know to many jazz historians as a ?legendary gig?. He eventually rejoined Miles, by January1958. From this point on, his tenor work displayed amazing fire and invention. His music used basic jazz as a starting point, incorporated Eastern ideas and free-jazz tendencies which included multiple or lengthy soloing with boundless energy. With Miles Davis, Coltrane's big tone would help make that group one of the greatest jazz Pg. 4ensembles ever assembled. While with Miles he participated in such classic Davis sessions as Milestones and Kind Of Blue.In 1959, Coltrane released "Giant Steps," a groundbreaking album that firmly established him as a tenor master. His classic Giant Steps album contained the mighty tunes "Giant Steps" and "Countdown?. In 1960, Coltrane formed his own group. This group included McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison. This group has be acknowledged as one of the greatest and most celebrated groups in the history of jazz. They recorded and released a series of great albums including "My Favorite Things," "A Love Supreme," "Coltrane Live at Birdland," "Transition," and others.Coltrane later formed another innovative group, working with his pianist wife, Alice. Together they went ahead with an extremely free and continuous improvising style. Coltrane sought to lead a more healthy life, but unfortunately the excesses of his youth resulted in his early death at the age of 41 of liver disease on July 17, 1967.. It is impossible to grasp the truth behind John Coltrane through a slue of facts and dates. All the facts about his short life, all the memories of his friends and fellow musicians, and all the analysis of his playing style tell us hardly anything about the man Coltrane himse...
