J azz Journal in September 1967 published an article on John Coltrane by Barry McRae. It was #9 in a journal series - Column for The Newcomer to Jazz. Presumably Coltrane was chosen because he had passed away the month before the article was written. I haven't seen the August issue, but it doesn't appear to highlight a John Coltrane feature, so I’m not sure if it had anything more substantial. But if not, this presumably is his Jazz Journal obituary. "As the face of jazz changed in the ‘fifties, certain players emerged as the dominant voices. Men such as Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman became central figures in a jazz world that more than ever before was fighting for its economic survival. Saxophonist Coltrane was perhaps the most fortunate, for his period under the Miles Davis aegis gave him both the financial security and the fame to support his later ventures as a combo leader. John Coltrane was born in Hamlet, North Carol...
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