Changes

In the early sixties, he persued a more modal direction, eschewing harmonic complexity for driving rhythm and pure melody - in this he was helped by drummer [[Elvin Jones]] and pianist [[McCoy Tyner]] who together with bassist [[Jimmy Garrison]] provided the pulsating backdrop for Coltrane's increasingly extreme adventures.

In the early sixties, he persued a more modal direction, eschewing harmonic complexity for driving rhythm and pure melody - in this he was helped by drummer [[Elvin Jones]] and pianist [[McCoy Tyner]] who together with bassist [[Jimmy Garrison]] provided the pulsating backdrop for Coltrane's increasingly extreme adventures.

Coltrane's last works border on the [[atonal]], and are still considered extremely challenging for the listener.

Coltrane's last works border on the [[Atonal music|atonal]], and are still considered extremely challenging for the listener.

Although he had given up [[alcohol]] and [[heroin]] abuse many years previously, he had done enough damage to cause his death from liver [[cancer]] in 1967.

Although he had given up [[alcohol]] and [[heroin]] abuse many years previously, he had done enough damage to cause his death from liver [[cancer]] in 1967.