Happy birthday, Saint John!

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Many jazz musicians have been devoutly religious, but only one has been canonised – Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane, who would have turned 85 on 23 September 2011. The influential tenor player was born in Hamlet, North Carolina, in middle class circumstances into a family with deep religious roots. He started playing other instruments, especially alto, [...]Happy birthday, Saint John! is a post from: Tony McGregor


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