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History of Jazz Time Line: John Coltrane 1959
- Miles Davis reorganizes his group, replacing drummer Philly Joe Jones with Jimmy Cobb and replacing pianist Red Garland with Bill Evans. The new sextet (along with Wynton Kelly, who will eventually replace Evans) records Kind of Blue in March and April. Kind of Blue will become the best selling classic jazz album ever, and will have a huge influence on jazz artists for generations to come.
- In September, Coltrane plays on George Russell's big band recording New York, New York (Decca) along with some of the biggest names in jazz.
- About two weeks after his work on Davis's Kind of Blue, John Coltrane records Giant Steps (Atlantic), an eloquent demonstration of his "sheets of sound" style. Along with Blue Train, this is one of his most influential early recordings.
- Coltrane also records Coltrane Jazz (Atlantic), which experiments with tone polytonality. Polytonality involves playing a melody in one key over a chord sequence in another.
- Coltrane discovers the soprano saxophone by accident in another musician's suitcase. He begins to explore the possibilities of this new instrument.
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