New Photos of John Coltrane Rediscovered 50 Years After They Were Shot

 

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John Coltrane, April 1966 (Chuck Stewart Jazz Photographs, Courtesy of Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. © Chuck Stewart, Reproduction Prohibited)

 

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John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp & Bob Thiele, December 10, 1964. (Chuck Stewart Jazz Photographs, Courtesy of Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. © Chuck Stewart, Reproduction Prohibited)
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John Coltrane, December 10, 1964. (Chuck Stewart Jazz Photographs, Courtesy of Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. © Chuck Stewart, Reproduction Prohibited)

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Joltrane on a break from A Love Supreme: “He wasn’t a bossy type,” says Stewart, “but he was the boss of his sessions, no question.” (Chuck Stewart Jazz Photographs, Courtesy of Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. © Chuck Stewart, Reproduction Prohibited) 

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During the recording of A Love Supreme in 1964, Chuck Stewart caught the jazz legend in his element