John Coltrane: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As John William Coltrane • Trane
Born September 23, 1926 • North Carolina
Died July 17, 1967 (aged 40) • Huntington • New York
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • Grammy Award (1981)
Movement / Style Modernism • free jazz

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