Five Videos: John Coltrane

Listening to John Coltrane, it's hard not to become transfixed by his playing. He was breathtaking, especially in the 1960s. The music was muscular, intellectual, earthy and heroic, with each musician in his quartet bringing the highest level of thinking and expression to each performance. Here are five live clips of Coltrane in action:

Here's Coltrane (…