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OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. John Coltrane runs through 5 of them, each one placing them inside a wider story. They appear most often alongside Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders and Herbie Hancock.
The 1960s transformed jazz, as Coltrane's modal innovations, Dolphy's free explorations, and Adderley's soul grooves radically diversified the sound.
2 of 8 tracks — My Favorite Things · Acknowledgement
Alice Coltrane's spiritual journey, from Dorothy Ashby's harp to Eastern philosophies, births a cosmic jazz language that echoes John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders.
1 of 8 tracks — Ogunde
Ariana Grande's "7 rings" flips Rodgers and Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things" into a modern luxury anthem, tracing the melody's journey from Julie Andrews' innocence to John Coltrane's jazz and Luther Vandross's soul.
1 of 8 tracks — My Favorite Things
Yusef Lateef's 'Autophysiopsychic Music' brings global sounds to jazz by 1957, from Egyptian argol to Indian flutes, profoundly shaping John and Alice Coltrane's spiritual explorations.
1 of 8 tracks — India
Pharoah Sanders' ecstatic saxophone, alongside John and Alice Coltrane, defines spiritual jazz's transcendent sound, a legacy still echoing from Impulse! to Kamasi Washington.
1 of 8 tracks — Naima