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Radio 6 Music,27 Sep 2026,180 mins

Gideon Coe chats to Nat Birchall about John Coltrane

Cerys Matthews

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Gideon Coe chats to musician Nat Birchall about the impact of John Coltrane around what would have been his 100th birthday. Nat Birchall is a British saxophonist, composer and bandleader of the Nat Birchall Quartet and Nat Birchall Sextet. John Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He was born John William Coltrane on 23 September 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina, and died on 17 July 1967 in Huntington, New York. He is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz. Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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