John Coltrane’s Birthday

Sep 23, 2022

We’re celebrating one of the most acclaimed jazz musicians of all time today. John Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926, in Hamlet, North Carolina. A composer and saxophonist, Coltrane was leader on 25 albums over a 10 year period. He died at only 40 years old from liver cancer and was posthumously awarded a special Pulitzer Prize.