Coltrane

[ kohl-treyn ]

noun

1. John (William), 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.

Coltrane

/ kɒlˈtreɪn /

noun

1. ColtraneJohn (William)19261967MUSMUSIC: jazz saxophonistMUSIC: composer John ( William ). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer

Example Sentences

In the preceding year and a half or so, that kind of length had started to become normal for Coltrane.

From Washington Post

Five months earlier, in June 1961, a writer for this newspaper, Tony Gieske — reviewing a Coltrane gig at Abart’s Internationale on 9th Street NW — timed out Coltrane’s version of Kenny Dorham’s “Shifting Down” at 50 minutes.

From Washington Post

Coltrane was also listening closely to the Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji.

From Washington Post

Superb and imposing, it satisfies an understandable desire to see Coltrane, and that particular work, as a kind of monument or icon.

From Washington Post

The elusiveness, the refusal to settle, in Coltrane melodies has an equivalent in Thompson’s work.

From Washington Post

Always looking, Coltrane always tried to be ready for the unexpected revelation, “that feeling.”

From The Daily Beast

I was converted, or educated, from listening first to Coltrane with Miles Davis for many nights.

From The Daily Beast

“Coltrane's really something,” Miles told me one afternoon in 1958.

From The Daily Beast

Only at this black college did the students talk of Bird and Ornette Coleman, and especially of Coltrane.

From The Daily Beast

I don't think Coltrane spoke of society or political theory.

From The Daily Beast

Looking higher, he discovered a well-worn silk hat, and beneath it the kindly, smooth face of Colonel Abner Coltrane.

From Project Gutenberg

Coltrane left him in his mood, relying upon the influence of changed surroundings to restore his equilibrium.

From Project Gutenberg

Goree reached out one hand and groped until it rested upon Coltrane's fingers, which held his bridle.

From Project Gutenberg

He toppled so slowly to the left that Coltrane had time to urge his horse to that side, and catch him with one arm.

From Project Gutenberg

Coltrane brought a pitcher of the cool water, and held it for him to drink.

From Project Gutenberg