Title: John Coltrane | The Mastery Of John Coltrane / Vol. II To The Beat Of A Different Drum

Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Jazz, Post-Bop, Philadelphia

Matrix #: IZ 9346/2

Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great (CC)

Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle Coltrane battled heroin addiction early in his career, and getting clean became one of the defining turning points behind the spiritual intensity of his later work.
2. Studio Lore This volume pulled together varied sessions to show how wide Coltrane’s range really was, including material that did not fit the simpler myth of him as only a late-era firestorm player.
3. Media Narrative Posthumous Coltrane packages like this helped keep expanding his legend, turning the vault itself into part of the story as labels kept reframing his legacy for new listeners.

4/18/2026 CC