Coltrane

[kohl-treyn]

noun

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

Coltrane

/ kɒlˈtreɪn /

noun

1. John ( William ). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer

Example Sentences

The drummer also led the bands New Directions and Special Edition and formed groups with Ravi Coltrane and with John Scofield.

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Robbie Coltrane, who played half-giant gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid in the movies, died in October 2022 of multiple organ failure after two years of illness.

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Alongside music by Laura Nyro, Alice Coltrane’s elegiac “There’s Something About John Coltrane” anchors the choreography, which features a Black female solo dancer, costumed in regal all-white, who moves from pantomimes of brutal labor under captivity to ecstatic but brooding liberation silhouettes that wheel and wallow in the restoration of her sovereign identity.

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It’s remained in the company’s repertoire for decades, and the use of Coltrane’s elegy for the love of her life has made that music into two dirges, one for husband John Coltrane and another for the woman on the invisible mourner’s bench honoring and channeling him for the rest of her days.

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Alice Coltrane’s life and legacy is a series of those callings.

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