John Coltrane

American saxophonist and jazz composer (born September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA; died July 17, 1967 in Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA (aged 40) from liver cancer). Coltrane's early recordings caught a musician in the confines of bebop and hardbop, but his enduring legacy primarily rests on the modal jazz pioneered by his classic quartet (1961-65) and by free jazz explorations late in his career…