Coltrane

American  

[kohl-treyn] / ˈkoʊl treɪn /

noun

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

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Coltrane British  

/ kɒlˈtreɪn /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

John Coltrane, Cab Calloway, Bill Evans, Nina Simone are favorite artists, and the narrator can tell his father’s mood simply by the record he’s decided to play.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Barron's

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

But I was in New York in 1957 when the Five Spot on the Lower East Side was filled for five months, starting in July, with lay jazz enthusiasts but also with many visiting musicians who marveled at the continuous daring adventures of pianist-composer Thelonious Monk and tenor saxophonist John Coltrane.

From The Wall Street Journal

What I think I love the most about this four-CD set is that there are no less than seven — both studio and live — versions of “John Coltrane Stereo Blues” on here, which is truly exceptional when you consider that the album version is almost nine minutes long and there is no version on this set that is shorter than that.

From Salon