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John Coltrane

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Also known as John William Coltrane, St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane, Trane

American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)

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John Coltrane (1926–1967) was an American jazz musician, composer, conductor, and bandleader. Born in Hamlet, North Carolina, he served in the United States Navy and resided in Hamlet, Indianapolis. His musical work encompassed genres including hard bop, free jazz, and avant-garde jazz. He performed on the tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, and clarinet.

Coltrane was employed by Atlantic Records, Blue Note, Impulse!, and Prestige. His recorded works include *A Love Supreme*, *John Coltrane Solos*, and *Eight jazz originals for you to play*. He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the World War II Victory Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the American Campaign Medal. His music is recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection.

He was married to Alice Coltrane and was the father of Ravi Coltrane. Coltrane died in Huntington, New York City, due to liver failure and liver cancer.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1926
Died
1967
Works
20

Top works

  • John Coltrane
  • Eight jazz originals for you to play
  • Vol. 13 - John Coltrane
  • John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
  • John Coltrane Solos

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Acting · Hamlet, North Carolina, USA

John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.

Known for

  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool — Self - Musician (archive footage)2019
  • Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Chasing Trane — Self - Musician (archive footage)2017
  • Miles Davis: Kind of Blue2008
  • John Coltrane ‎– Antibes/Baden Baden/San Francisco — Himself2008
  • John Coltrane - Impressions Of Coltrane — Himself2007
  • Jazz Icons - John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65 — Himself2007
  • Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound — Himself2005
  • Jazz Casual: John Coltrane — saxophones2003

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1926
Active to
1967
americanavant-garde jazzfree jazzhard bopinstrumental jazzjazz

Discography

Member of

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,780,636
Total plays
44,368,525

Tags

jazzfree jazzsaxophonebebopAvant-Garde

John William Coltrane (Hamlet, North Carolina, September 23, 1926 – Huntington, New York, July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. American jazz great John Coltrane emerged in the 1950s, playing tenor and soprano sax with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. A leader of "hard bop", in the 1960s he led his own groups and changed the face of jazz with experimentation and improvisation, his later recordings reflecting his belief that music was a form of spiritua

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,531x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,586x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,896x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,562x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,125x

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Quotes

  • “Keep a thing happenin' all throughout.”
  • “Q: What would you like to be in 10 years?A: I'd like to be a saint.”
  • “I thought about this question. I answered it as best I could [at the press conference]. I felt I didn't tell [the reporter] what I really wanted to say. He thought I was Christian. And I am by birth; my parents were and my early teachings were Christian. But as I look upon the world, I feel all men know the truth. If a man was a Christian, he could know the truth and he could not. The truth itself does not have any name on it. And each man has to find it for himself, I think.”
  • “My goal is to live the truly religious life and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play there's no problem because the music is just part of the whole thing. To be a musician is really something. It goes very, very deep. My music is the spiritual expression of what I am—my faith, my knowledge, my being.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Hamlet
Place of death
New York City
Spouse
Alice Coltrane
Child
Ravi Coltrane
Occupation
singer
Employer
Prestige
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
American English
Award
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Field of work
jazz
Genre
hard bop
Instrument
saxophone
Record label
ABC Records
Military branch
United States Navy
Official website
www.johncoltrane.com
Image
John Coltrane 1963 cropped ver2.jpg
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Commons category
John Coltrane
date of birth
1926-09-23
date of death
1967-07-17
topic's main category
Category:John Coltrane
canonization status
saint
cause of death
liver cancer
ethnic group
African Americans
manner of death
natural causes
described by source
100 Greatest African Americans
start of work period
1945-00-00
social media followers
18695
topic has template
Template:John Coltrane
birth name
John William Coltrane
name in native language
John Coltrane
nickname
Trane
end of work period
1967-00-00
P12674
César Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Encyclopedic overview

John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.

Born and raised in North Carolina, Coltrane moved to Philadelphia after high school, where he immersed himself in the local jazz scene, studied music, and served in the Navy toward the end of World War II before making his professional debut in 1945. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was one of the players at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions and appeared on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk. Over the course of his career, Coltrane's music took on an increasingly spiritual dimension, as exemplified on his most acclaimed album A Love Supreme (1965) and others. Decades after his death, Coltrane remains influential, and he has received numerous posthumous awards, including a special Pulitzer Prize, and was canonized by the African Orthodox Church.

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