Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously.

Jerry Garcia loved his jazz and you can hear it in his own playing. I am paraphrasing here a bit but I once read where Garcia said something like this  ; " Listening to John Coltrane was like taking a cool cold glass of water ''.  There you have it …... 

I'm not crazy about all of Coltrane's music but Blue Train and Somethin' Else are great places to start.

HTH

Album: Coltrane Plays the Blues 
Almost falls under the category of easy listening.
Go to many live concerts and you'll hear it playing in the background while you are trying to find your seat.

The cuts:1.Blues to Elvin  
               2.Blues to Bechet 
Are familiar to many even if they don't know Coltrane

"I don't know who does that tune, but I've heard it before"  And like it!

OK, starting off with Ballads now.  So far no problems.

I just saw this and am listening to Ballads, too.
Coltrane was never my fav either, but I always wondered why so many sing praises, so here I go...
Bob