Essay #3 Supplemental Materials

Number of Albums: 45

Chart Performance: 1958’s Gold Train, 1961’s My Favorite Things, and 1965’s A Love Supreme were all certified Gold in the United States. A Love Supreme is considered to be one of the greatest albums in jazz.

Accolades: A preeminent saxophonist, John Coltrane’s legacy has influenced countless musicians and has changed the course of music history, from jazz to even rock ‘n’ roll. In 1997, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and 10 years later he received a special Pulitzer Prize for his “masterful improvisation, supreme musicianship and iconic centrality to the history of jazz.”

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John William "Trane" Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967^[1]) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

Coltrane played the bebop and hard bop styles of jazz early in his career, and helped start the use of modes in jazz and later was a very important part of free jazz. He made about fifty recordings as a bandleader, and appeared on many other albums, for example with trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk. As his career progressed, Coltrane's music became more spiritual. he died of liver cancer. His second wife was pianist Alice Coltrane, and their son Ravi Coltrane is also a saxophonist.

He influenced many musicians, and is one of the most important tenor saxophonists in jazz history. He got many awards, including Special Citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board in 2007 (many years after his death) for his "masterful improvisation, supreme musicianship and iconic centrality to the history of jazz."^[2]

Birth name

John William Coltrane

Also known as

"Trane"

Born

September 23, 1926

Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.

Died

July 17, 1967 (aged 40)

Huntington, New York, U.S.

Genres

Jazz

Occupation(s)

Saxophonist, composer, bandleader

Instruments

Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet

Years active

1946–1967

Labels

Prestige, Blue Note, Atlantic, Impulse!

Associated acts

Miles Davis Quintet, John Coltrane Quartet, John Coltrane Quintet

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Number of Albums: 6

Chart Performance: OutKast’s 1994 debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik debuted at No. 20 in the US. Both 1996’s ATLiens and 1998’s Aquemini peaked at No. 2 and went Platinum twice. 2000’s Stankonia hit No. 2 and sold 530,000 copies in the first week and has since gone quadruple Platinum. Their 2003 double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below became their first album to reach No. 1 and went on to be certified Diamond and a staggering 11 times Platinum.

Accolades: The most beloved hip-hop group of all time, they won six Grammy Awards — Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (“Ms. Jackson”), Best Rap Album (Stankonia), Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (“The Whole World”), Best Urban/Alternative Performance (“Hey Ya!”), Album of the Year (Speakerboxxx/The Love Below), Best Rap Album).

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Outkast are two American hip-hop musicians, André "André 3000" Benjamin and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. At first they were known as Two Shades Deep. Their early music was a mixture of Southern hip hop and G-funk. Their later music includes rock, electronic, soul, jazz, funk, and blues sounds. In 2003 Outkast's singles "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move" reached number one in the Billboard Hot 100. Outkast have won six Grammy Awards.

Beginning years, Southernplaylisticadillacmuzic, ATLiens, Aquemini and Stankonia (1992-2001)

Outkast started in 1992 when Benjamin and Patton were students at Tri-Cities High School in Atlanta. They were signed to LaFace Records that year. Their first album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, was released on April 26, 1994. The album was produced by Organized Noize. The album was important in the making of Southern hip hop.

In 1996 Outkast released their second album, ATLiens. It entered the US Billboard 200 at number two.^[1] Three singles were released from the album.

Outkast's third album Aquemini was released on September 29, 1998. It got good reviews from music critics.

On October 31, 2000 Stankonia was released. It entered the Billboard 200 at number two after selling over 530,000 copies in its first week. Outkast's first greatest hits album Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast was released on December 4, 2001.

They did have tours for these four albums. The Southernplaylisticadillacmuzic Tour (1994-1995)

The ATLiens Tour (1996-1997)

The Aquemini Tour (1998-1999)

The Stankonia Tour (2000-2001)

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2002-2004)

In September 2003 Outkast released Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The album was different to Outkast's previous albums because it was a double album. The "album" is actually two albums. Speakerboxxx, the first disc, is an album by Big Boi. The Love Below, the second disc, is an album by André 3000. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is Outkast's best selling album so far. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2004. It was the first hip hop album to win the award. The album's first single "Hey Ya!" was number one in the United States for nine weeks. It sold over one million copies there. It also reached number one in Canada, Australia, Norway, and Sweden. The second single "The Way You Move" spent eight weeks at number two in the Billboard Hot 100 while "Hey Ya!" was number one. In 2004 the album's third single "Roses" was released. It reached number four in the UK Singles Chart.

They had a tour for this album from 2003-2004.

Idlewild (2005-2006)

On August 22, 2006 Outkast's sixth album Idlewild was released. The album was the soundtrack for the movie Idlewild. Rolling Stone gave the album four out of five stars.

They had a mini-tour in 2006.

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