My Favorite Things is the seventh studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD-1361. It was the first album to feature Coltrane playing soprano saxophone. An edited version of the title track became a hit single that gained popularity in 1961 on radio. The record became a major commercial success. In 1998, the album received the Grammy Hall of Fame award. It attained gold record status in 2018, having sold 500,000 copies. In 2000 it was voted number 392 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. My Favorite Things is the seventh studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD-1361. It was the first album to feature Coltrane playing soprano saxophone. An edited version of the title track became a hit single that gained popularity in 1961 on radio. The record became a major commercial success. In 1998, the album received the Grammy Hall of Fame award. It attained gold record status in 2018, having sold 500,000 copies. In 2000 it was voted number 392 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. false 2024-01-30 10:08:29 9.6 2022 2022-01-01 2022-01-01 82 Hard Bop Jazz Post-Bop Modal Jazz 114605 2132277 7c40ac35-0476-4ced-9cb4-429bd26c2948 b625448e-bf4a-41c3-a421-72ad46cdb831 b60cdf20-74b7-3bed-b233-0f4818235895 /media/data/media5/Music/John Coltrane/My Favorite Things (1961)/folder.jpg John Coltrane AlbumArtist John Coltrane Artist John Coltrane John Coltrane 1 13:49 2 05:43 3 11:38 4 09:42 5 13:46 6 05:44 7 11:37 8 09:36 John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raised in North Carolina, Coltrane moved to Philadelphia after graduating from high school, where he studied music. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was one of the players at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions and appeared on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk. Over the course of his career, Coltrane's music took on an increasingly spiritual dimension, as exemplified on his most acclaimed album A Love Supreme (1965) and others. Decades after his death, Coltrane remains influential, and he has received numerous posthumous awards, including a special Pulitzer Prize, and was canonized by the African Orthodox Church. His second wife was pianist and harpist Alice Coltrane. The couple had three children: John Jr. (1964–1982), a bassist; Ravi (born 1965), a saxophonist; and Oran (born 1967), a saxophonist, guitarist, drummer and singer. AtlanticRhino