The 'Stream' is delighted to mark the eighty-first anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane, one of the twentieth century's greatest composer|musicians, with a YouTube clip of a performance of one of his signature renditions, the Oscar Hammerstein|Richard Rogers tune "My Favorite Things" from "The Sound of Music."
The clip provides the following information: "1961 in Baden-Baden Germany.
John Coltrane - soprano sax, tenor sax
Eric Dolphy - flute, alto sax
McCoy Tyner - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Elvin Jones - drums"
From many interesting clips on YouTube we include a second below, a performance of his composition "Naima" [identified as from 1965] with the 'classic' John Coltrane Quartet, with McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; and Elvin Jones, drums.
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Happy Birthday, Trane. For printed word tributes and history, see Ashley Kahn's remarkable books: The House that Trane Built, and A Love Supreme.
Thanks Brian! Here's a link to an npr piece on "The House that Trane built.
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