John Coltrane

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bandleader composer human jazz musician saxophonist

John Coltrane was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer whose innovative work in bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz profoundly shaped the course of modern jazz.

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Label	Occurrences
John Coltrane canonical	72
Coltrane	1
John William Coltrane	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1967 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1940s ⓘ
associatedAct	Duke Ellington ⓘ Elvin Jones ⓘ Jimmy Garrison ⓘ Johnny Hodges ⓘ McCoy Tyner ⓘ Miles Davis ⓘ Thelonious Monk ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
birthDate	1926-09-23 ⓘ
birthPlace	Hamlet, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	liver cancer ⓘ
childhoodResidence	High Point, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: High Point, North Carolina, United States
collaboratedWith	Duke Ellington ⓘ Eric Dolphy ⓘ Miles Davis ⓘ Thelonious Monk ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1967-07-17 ⓘ
familyName	John Coltrane self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coltrane
fullName	John Coltrane self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John William Coltrane
genre	bebop ⓘ free jazz ⓘ hard bop ⓘ jazz ⓘ modal jazz ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
influenced	Branford Marsalis ⓘ Charles Lloyd ⓘ Michael Brecker ⓘ Pharoah Sanders ⓘ Wayne Shorter ⓘ
instrument	soprano saxophone ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ
leaderOf	John Coltrane Quartet ⓘ
memberOf	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band ⓘ surface form: Dizzy Gillespie's band Miles Davis Quintet ⓘ Miles Davis Sextet ⓘ Thelonious Monk Quartet ⓘ
notableWork	A Love Supreme ⓘ Ascension ⓘ Blue Train ⓘ Giant Steps ⓘ Impressions ⓘ My Favorite Things ⓘ Naima ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
posthumousHonor	Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award ⓘ surface form: Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
recordLabel	Atlantic Records ⓘ Blue Note Records ⓘ Impulse! Records ⓘ Prestige Records ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousVeneration	Saint in the African Orthodox Church ⓘ
spouse	Alice Coltrane ⓘ Alice Coltrane ⓘ surface form: Naima Coltrane
styleCharacteristic	complex harmonic structures ⓘ extended improvisation ⓘ sheets of sound ⓘ

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Charlie Parker → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

Duke Ellington → collaboratedWith → John Coltrane ⓘ

Miles Davis → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

Miles Davis → associatedAct → John Coltrane ⓘ

Coleman Hawkins → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

Kind of Blue → featuredMusician → John Coltrane ⓘ

My Favorite Things → notablePerformer → John Coltrane ⓘ

My Favorite Things → notableJazzRecordingArtist → John Coltrane ⓘ

My Favorite Things → releasedAsSingleBy → John Coltrane ⓘ

Dizzy Gillespie → collaboratedWith → John Coltrane ⓘ

Bird → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

subject surface form: Charlie Parker

A&R Recording Studios, New York City → usedByArtist → John Coltrane ⓘ

Nesuhi Ertegun → producedForArtist → John Coltrane ⓘ

Lester Young → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

Sophisticated Lady → notablePerformer → John Coltrane ⓘ

In a Sentimental Mood → notableRecordingBy → John Coltrane ⓘ

Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz" → features → John Coltrane ⓘ

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Miles Davis Quintet → memberOfFirstGreatQuintet → John Coltrane ⓘ

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DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → John Coltrane ⓘ

Sonny Rollins → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

Blue Note Records → notableArtist → John Coltrane ⓘ

Flying Lotus → relative → John Coltrane ⓘ

Thelonious Monk → associatedAct → John Coltrane ⓘ

Ben Webster → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

John Coltrane → fullName → John Coltrane self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John William Coltrane

John Coltrane → familyName → John Coltrane self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coltrane

Impulse! Records → notableArtist → John Coltrane ⓘ

Freddie Hubbard → associatedAct → John Coltrane ⓘ

Monterey Jazz Festival → hasNotablePerformer → John Coltrane ⓘ

Milestones → featuresMusician → John Coltrane ⓘ

Round About Midnight → featuresMusician → John Coltrane ⓘ

McCoy Tyner → associatedAct → John Coltrane ⓘ

Coleman → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

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Bean → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

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Paul Chambers → collaboratedWith → John Coltrane ⓘ

Paul Chambers → associatedAct → John Coltrane ⓘ

Prestige Records → notableArtist → John Coltrane ⓘ

Junior Cook → influencedBy → John Coltrane ⓘ

Tom Dowd → workedWith → John Coltrane ⓘ

hard bop → notableArtist → John Coltrane ⓘ

Sidney Bechet → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

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Coleman Randolph Hawkins → influenced → John Coltrane ⓘ

Gato Barbieri → influencedBy → John Coltrane ⓘ

Archie Shepp → associatedWith → John Coltrane ⓘ

Donald Byrd → associatedAct → John Coltrane ⓘ

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