In the late ‘50s John Coltrane honed his voice in a stunning sequence of appearances as a sideman for mentors (Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis) and peers (Sonny Clark, Johnny Griffin). In a short span, Trane's style experienced a major evolution. This playlist shows his rich, bluesy lines expanding in intensity and complexity before finally culminating in the birth of his “sheets of sound” style, in which solos metamorphose into infinitely cascading ribbons of notes.