John Coltrane Home, Historic house in Dix Hills, United States.
The John Coltrane Home is a residential house in Dix Hills, New York, furnished with original items and architectural details from when the saxophonist lived there. The building contains a basement studio where the musician worked on his compositions.
The house became Coltrane's home from 1964 to 1967, a period of intense artistic production. During this time he created some of his most significant works and experimented with new musical approaches.
The house shows how a world-renowned musician lived and worked during the 1960s. It connects the story of jazz with the daily life of a family during that era.
Visits are by advance reservation only, as the Friends of the Coltrane Home organization schedules access. It is advisable to plan ahead and book a time slot well in advance.
The basement studio has particular acoustic properties that shaped the sound quality of Coltrane's later recordings. This room acoustics proved crucial to how his distinctive musical style developed.
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