How John Coltrane’s ‘My Favorite Things’ Changed American Music Looking back at the moment when one of our greatest jazzmen raised the stakes for everyone who came after ...

John Coltrane’s My Favorite Things isn’t just a jazz standard—it’s a complete transformation of a Broadway classic. This video explores how Coltrane took the cheerful Sound of Music tune and turned it ...

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of John Coltrane ’s My Favorite Things, Rhino has announced a remastered deluxe edition of the album, slated for release on May 20th.

The first time he heard John Coltrane's version of "My Favorite Things," Robin Washington was about 6 years old, killing time outside the Chicago office of the Congress of Racial Equality.

Coltrane was a musical seeker who has been one of the most important influences on my musical tastes and career. I will always be a follower of this amazing artist, his powerful music, and gentle ...

A year after the record’s release, Coltrane spoke to Jazz Hot magazine about the album. ‘‘My Favorite Things’ is my favorite piece of everything we’ve recorded,’” Coltrane said.

The song has been one of my very favorites ever since, and when I heard Coltrane’s full-length version — it clocks in at 13:44 — it immediately became my very favorite version of the song.

While The John Coltrane Quartet Plays may not be My Favorite Things or A Love Supreme, it is very, very good. And it has never sounded better than it does on SACD.

In connection to the newly released album The John Coltrane Quartet plays The Sound Of Music (Impulse!), this article describes the evolution of the song "My Favorite Things" up until the last entry ...

On My Favorite Things, Coltrane performed on the soprano saxophone; his playing was so muscular and beautiful that in a single stroke he retrieved this most slender of saxes from obscurity.

50 years after his death, John Coltrane's last record is still making its mark on jazz, electronic, and hip-hop artists today.