ARTISTJohn Coltrane

John Coltrane was born in Hamlet on September 23, 1926, and died in Huntington on July 17, 1967. In 1946 he was a member of Dexter Culbertson's U.S. Navy Band; he later played with Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra and sextet. From 1955 to 1961 he was a member of the Miles Davis Quintet, and from 1959 to 1965 of the John Coltrane Quartet, playing soprano and tenor saxophones in the latter.

Mating Call, with Tadd Dameron, and Coltrane were released in 1957. That year he also appeared on Tenor Conclave with Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, and Zoot Sims. John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio, with the Red Garland Trio, followed in 1958. Releases issued after his death include Interstellar Space (1974), Stellar Regions (1995), and Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (2018).