In every biography that I read for researching this paper expressed how Coltrane thanks composers such as Beethoven and Mozart for his musical success. With that said, musicians today have been inspired by his music such as Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, and Mike Watt. Throughout this course we have discussed all periods of the musical timeline. I chose John Coltrane for this paper because I feel that he was a significant part of his era of music and the types of music and the composers we have studied have a large effect on him and Jazz music. I believe music is an on-going chain in which composition from the previous decade benefits and influences the music of the future and that is exactly what John Coltrane was looking to do. Before taking this course and writing this paper, I had little knowledge about Classical and Jazz music but now I have realized that if it wasn't for them, music wouldn't be what it is
In every biography that I read for researching this paper expressed how Coltrane thanks composers such as Beethoven and Mozart for his musical success. With that said, musicians today have been inspired by his music such as Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, and Mike Watt. Throughout this course we have discussed all periods of the musical timeline. I chose John Coltrane for this paper because I feel that he was a significant part of his era of music and the types of music and the composers we have studied have a large effect on him and Jazz music. I believe music is an on-going chain in which composition from the previous decade benefits and influences the music of the future and that is exactly what John Coltrane was looking to do. Before taking this course and writing this paper, I had little knowledge about Classical and Jazz music but now I have realized that if it wasn't for them, music wouldn't be what it is