^Lot 875 John Coltrane

Saxophonist, band leader, and composer (1926–1967) whose brilliant improvisatory skills and experimental spirit made him one of the most influential and highly regarded musicians in the history of jazz. After playing tenor and soprano sax with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk, he led his own groups and made such classic recordings as ‘Giant Steps,’ ‘My Favorite Things,’ and ‘A Love Supreme.’ He died of liver cancer at the age of 41. Early musical manuscript in pencil, signed with a “J” along the top edge, on one side of an 8 x 11 off-white sheet. Coltrane draws a large G-clef and stave lines, labeling bars and spaces and various notes. A key like this would only be necessary at the beginning of a study of music theory. Beneath the clef, Coltrane adds a pale yellow crayon sketch of a female profile. Reverse of sheet bears the Coltrane estate’s “2005 Jowcol Music” copyright ink stamp. In very good condition, with sketch very light, but mostly legible, scattered light soiling and toning, rough right edge with paper loss, and an ink spot near initial. Coltrane is extremely rare in any autograph material, let alone anything musically-related.