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Like Charlie Parker, Coltrane marked a watershed in jazz and has been revered by his fans. The free-jazz movement of the 1960s owed much to his extended exploratory solos, for example on Giant Steps (1959), the year he traded tenor saxophone for soprano. His first recording with a soprano saxophone was the Rodgers and Hammerstein song My Favorite Things, which became a jazz hit. A highly original musician, he has been much imitated, but the deeply emotional tone of his playing, for example on A Love Supreme (1964), was unique.
The disc represents the full moon, traditionally the most auspicious time for work and celebration. The disc is set towards the hoist. Effective date: 1 January 1981.
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