JOHN COLTRANE AT 100

His music set not only the jazz world but the entire music community around the world afire. By the time of his passing in 1967, music fans from across the globe were hip to the music of JOHN COLTRANE. Mr. Coltrane was born September 23, 1926, a year that would welcome the births of eventual jazz greats such as Miles Davis and Randy Weston as well. Coltrane took the music of the bebop era and spent a tireless career expanding the language of music, incorporating musical influences from around the world and developing an unmatched approach to his unique style.