John Cotrane - Timeline Chart for Research
Autor: andrey • November 3, 2011 • Essay • 374 Words (2 Pages) • 1,297 Views
Timeline Chart for Research
Biographers usually talk about a person's whole life from beginning to end (and sometimes after). Using the chart below, organize the information that you have found about your subject. Make sure you are putting similar things together. Also, you will need to provide the website addresses for the specific information that you find.
Early Life (Childhood, school, and anything else pre-career)
• John studied clarinet and alto saxophone as a youth and then moved to Philadelphia in 1943 and continued his studies at the Ornstein School of Music and the Granoff Studios.
• Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career,
• As his career progressed, Coltrane and his music took on an increasingly spiritual dimension.
Web Resources
www.biography.com/people/john-coltrane-9254106
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane
Beginning of Career (How they got their start, where they got started, etc) He was drafted into the navy in 1945 and played alto sax with a navy band until 1946; he switched to tenor saxophone in 1947.
• As his career progressed, Coltrane and his music took on an increasingly spiritual dimension.
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Web Resources
www.biography.com/people/john-coltrane-9254106
The Height of Fame (the When, Where, and How of their work when they were most famous) During the late 1940s and early '50s, he played in nightclubs and on recordings with such musicians as Eddie ("Cleanhead") Vinson, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Bostic, and Johnny Hodges. Coltrane's first recorded solo
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