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On 16 September Walthamstow's Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub will host a full day of free improvisation at an event called Discovery. Taking place 50 years after John Coltrane's death, the festival is keen to mark another event which had John Coltrane play at this east London town in the London borough of Waltham Forest, some 56 years ago. Coltrane performed at the Granada Theatre in Walthamstow on 17th November 1961 while on a Jazz at the Philharmonic European tour. To mark this, there will be a raffle for a signed test pressing of Evan Parker, John Edwards and John Russell's Walthamstow Moon: '61 Revisited , a recording made in commemoration of Coltrane's Walthamstow appearance, and which was recorded last year in the same space on 186 Hoe Street E17, now called the Mirth, Marvel & Maud. The release is forthcoming on Byrd Out. Also on sale at the event is a print of a painting by Gina Southgate of Thurston Moore and John Russell.
The momentous line up includes: Lee Boyd Allatson, Steve Beresford, Alison Blunt, Mark Browne, Nigel Coombes, Viv Corringham, Claude Deppa, Jim Dvorak, John Edwards, Satoko Fukuda, Kay Grant, Rick Jensen, Ivor Kallin, Stefan Keu
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John William Coltrane is one of the most influential jazz musicians to ever play, and today remains even more relevant than during his life. A saxophonist, he was initially drawn to the popular jazz formats of bebop and hard bop, before eventually becoming one of the guiding forces behind free jazz. Later in his short life, he became a very spiritual man and this was reflected in his music. However, before the genius of his musical talent could surface, he enlisted in the US Navy to serve his country during World War II.
Born in Hamlet, North Carolina on September 23, 1926, Coltrane’s family moved to High Point when he was a child. He was raised in a religious family, his father and grandfather both preached, and at early age he was exposed to gospel music. This had a significant influence on his life as he grew into adulthood. When he was 12, his father and grandfather both died, and young Coltrane took to playing the clarinet as a way to escape the sadness around him. While he was attending William Penn High School in High Point, North Carolina, he played clarinet in local bands and eventually switched to the saxophone.
Coltrane evidently decided that instead of being drafted into the Army, he preferred the Navy, and on August 6, 1945 he enlisted