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John william coltrane september 23, 1926 july 17, 1967 was an american jazz. The creator of a love supreme, john coltrane was a revered, at times controversial saxophonist and composer whose abundant creativity transformed the world of jazz. The primary challenge was to find fingerings which would facilitate accurate execution of the lines at performance tempo around 290bpm whilst maintaining a representative articulation. The story of a love supreme john coltrane presented a love supreme as a spiritual declaration that his musical devotion was now intertwined with his faith in god. Great transcription book of coltrane playing standards and his own compositions. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play tenor sax transcription score in minutes. John coltrane so what the jazzomat research project. Having been on the to do list for a few years, i finally got round to learning this iconic solo. John coltrane omnibook for c instruments hal leonard.
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