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Article: Coltrane's adopted hometown honors him: Goals and programs publicized
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- The Philadelphia Tribune
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- August 2, 1996
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Steve Bryant
Philadelphia Tribune, The
08-02-1996
Coltrane's adopted hometown honors him: Goals and programs publicized from a year-long project
The musical and artistic gifts that the late John Coltrane imparted to the world are immeasurable. In the short space of seven years, he managed to completely transform and revolutionize the jazz idiom, exploring new sounds and developing new ways of interpreting melody and harmony. It is little wonder, then, that the culture organizations of Coltrane's adopted hometown decided to honor this musical genius in this the year of what would have been his 70th birthday.
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