Essay on John Coltrane

Tragedy soon hit Buddy Holly, and he unfortunately died in a plane crash and Waylon just barely escaped death. Buddy Holly, Waylon and a few other men had a show to go to in Iowa, Jennings gave up his plane seat to JP Richardson and Waylon decided he wouldn't go. The plane crashed right after it took off, and everyone on it was killed. Waylon then moved back and went on to be a radio disk jockey again, but soon began his music career again in 1960. He created a new band, and named them the "Waylors". The band never really got successful. However, it did cause Waylon Jennings to score a contract with A&M Records, but not the rest of his band. He had issues with his record label, because they wanted him to change his sound. Waylon Jennings swore to stay Country, while the record label wanted him to sound

     James Brown was born on May 3, 1933, in South Carolina. He lived a life without parental guidance. His mother left him with his father when he was only 4 years old. James was often left alone while his father traveled to turpentine camps selling tar for a living. James recalls the times he spent alone walking around in the woods looking for doodlebugs, and playing

He would arrange dance bands for weddings and parties for extra money. He put his knowledge of piano playing to use and played at a few of the dance parties and weddings. After employing his artistic talent in painting posters, Duke then decided to put together his own band.

James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was very small, and his father (who found American racism made his desires to be a lawyer impossible) left the family and emigrated to Mexico. Hughes' mother moved with her child to Lawrence, Kansas, so she and he could live with his grandmother, Mary Langston.

the beginning of his musical life, Duke began to take a promising interest in a

In 1916, Joplin's career came to an abrupt end. Joplin contracted syphilis and began suffering the terminal effects of this disease. He suffered from paranoia, dementia, penalization, and other symptoms. In the latter part of 1916, he was admitted to Manhattan State Hospital, a mental hospital, where he would never leave until he passed away on April 1, 1917. After his death, Joplin's body was buried in the Astoria section of Queens, New York in St. Michael's Cemetery.

As surprising as it may seem, Nat King Cole didn't start as a singer or jazz pianist. In fact, he started out as a pianist playing religious music. At the age of four he was taught the piano by his mother. With his parents being so involved with the church. He, himself participated in church, playing the piano and singing. Eventually,

from big band to bebop. He did not always want to play the piano; he also had a love for

Because of his contact with people in the New York Clubs, Miles became addicted to heroin. Because of this, in 1953, Miles returned to his father's farm and remained there until his addiction was broken. In 1954 Miles made a number of important recordings, and began to utilize the Harmon mute which darkened the sound of his trumpet. Miles used this mute throughout the rest of his career. 1955 was perhaps one of the most important years of Mile's career. Miles played one his most popular solos ever for Thelonius Monk's "Round Midnight" at the Newport Jazz Festival. Miles was almost immediately popularized and continued to sign a record deal with Columbia and form his first quintet.

     Jazz is a style of music that began and has been revolutionized within the United States. Jazz music first appeared in the city of New Orleans and eventually moved onto Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and New York City. Jazz unites different elements of African, African- American, religious, brass brand, and blues style of music. The music of Jazz, and its changes through the years, is now a form of music that is known and respected throughout this nation and the world.

Frederic Chopin, the Polish composer and pianist, was born on March 1,1810, according to the statements of the artist himself and his family, but according to his baptismal certificate, which was written several weeks after his birth, the date was 22 February. His birthplace was the village of Zelazowa Wola, part of the Duchy of Warsaw.

After being fired from Miles Davis's band in 1957 for his chronic use of heroin, John Coltrane was hurt tremendously. He decided it was time he quit using heroin. He took a month off from music while he went "cold turkey." During this month in the early spring of 1957, Coltrane had a momentous religious experience (Nisenson, 40). Coltrane asked God to give him "the means and privilege to make others happy through music" (Coltrane, 1995, 2). As time went on, Coltrane felt that he was leading a life that was "contradictory to the pledge and away from the esteemed path" that he had made to God (Coltrane, 1995, 2). Starting with A Love Supreme (recorded in December, 1964), Coltrane stuck to

He was inspired by his father to explore different musical instruments, Paul initiated his lifelong love affair with music as a young kid growing up in Liverpool. Although he took proper music lessons as a kid, he found it easier to learn by ear, teaching himself the Spanish guitar, piano and trumpet. The teenaged musician met John Lennon in 1957 at a church festival where

up the bass and became the permanent bassist. After hearing the young Beatles at The Cavern,

Over time there have been many eras of music and many genres. One could say that the Classical music, or the Romantic era has been the most significant in music history. Although those times are very important to the music world, Jazz in the early 20th century is very significant to the history of music in the United States. Next is a little bit of history and what makes Jazz music Jazz.