Coltrane playing Afro Blue by Mongo Santamaria, you can hear his version too- Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria

John Coltrane on tenor sax

McCoy Tyner- piano

Jimmy Garrison- bass

Elvin Jones- drums

Coltrane Quotes

All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.
-John Coltrane

I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.
-John Coltrane

You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
-John Coltrane