The real value in what John Coltrane did was that what he accomplished, he did as a human.”Ĭertain aspects of Coltrane’s humble beginnings point to what he would become. He was just a human being like you and me - but he was willing to practice more, to do all the things that somebody has to do to excel. “By the time A Love Supreme hit, Trane struck such a spiritual chord in so many listeners that people started to think of him as being beyond human. Jazz journalist Nat Hentoff, who interviewed and championed Coltrane, praised him more soberly. That Coltrane accomplished all he did in a mere ten years accounts at least partly for the saint-like devotion he often receives. One after another, from 1957 to ’67, his music defined a comet-like path of rapid growth and dizzying rate of change. He released twenty-five albums as a leader during his lifetime, some attaining five-star, classic status: Blue Train, Giant Steps, My Favorite Things, his Grammy-nominated, “humble offering” to God, A Love Supreme. I want to be the force which is truly for good.”Ĭoltrane achieved his goal as a hard-working jazz player coming out of a proud, rooted musical tradition, paying his dues as a sideman, learning the ropes as a leader, working with primarily wordless music to convey his message. “I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world.
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