Coltrane

American

[kohl-treyn] / ˈkoʊl treɪn /

noun

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

Coltrane British

/ kɒlˈtreɪn /

noun

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

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Beta simply grants Coltrane the autonomy to define her own experience, which shouldn’t be radical, and yet it is.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

He says his music is influenced by Miles Davis, John Coltrane and James Brown, explaining that he considers his style "kaleidoscopic".

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

There is the It Club, owned by a Black gangster and visited by everyone from Miles to Coltrane to Monk, who recorded an album there.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Singers from Sarah Vaughan to Mahalia Jackson and Peggy Lee have drawn out its cradle-song calm, while such jazz instrumentalists as Stan Getz and John Coltrane have often quickened its pulse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Your father came from the same town and went to the same high school as John Coltrane, but he was ahead of Coltrane in age.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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