The unmistakable sound of John Coltrane

Celebrating the jazz legend’s 100th birthday. Coltrane’s Sound, by John Coltrane. Sept. 23 marks the jazz legend’s 100th birthday. The title of his “highly underrated” 1964 album Coltrane’s Sound “could not have been more accurate, as each of the six pieces bear the unmistakable and indelible stamp of Coltrane’s early-’60s style,” AllMusic wrote. The album’s fifth track, Equinox, brimming with “double-jointed bop swing and military band precision,” is a particularly apt choice for the day, as Coltrane’s birthday falls on this year’s autumnal equinox. Listen to Coltrane’s Sound on Spotify.