John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
A titan of the 20th century, the saxophonist pioneered many of the jazz revolutions of the post-hard bop era.
| Born | September 23, 1926 |
| Hometown | Hamlet, North Carolina, United States |
| Height | 5'8" (1.73m) |
| Spouse | Alice Coltrane, Juanita Naima Coltrane |
| Children | Ravi Coltrane |
| Parents | John Robert Coltrane, Alice Blair Coltrane |
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Alice Coltrane released A Monastic Trio, her first album as a bandleader, in 1968, one year after the death of her husband and collaborator John Coltrane. Over the next decade, working as a composer, pianist, and harpist, Coltrane produced a revelatory body of work at a rate of about an album a year, playing…
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DIX HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — In a quiet, tree-lined suburb of New York City sits an unassuming brick ranch house that many musicians consider hallowed ground.
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