opportunity to play in a group where there were multiple rhythmic influences (Sax Appeal).
In 1955, Coltrane joined the Miles Davis group and rapidly matured as a creative artist as he toured and recorded with Davis, absorbing DavisÆ influence. When Davis regrouped his band in 1956, however, it was without Coltrane (Cole 47). Davis fired Coltrane because of excessive drug and alcohol use that often adversely affected his playing. As many jazz musicians in the 1950s, Coltrane had become addicted
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