Coltrane is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Coltrane in a sentence
Coltrane meaning
A surname from Irish.
Using Coltrane
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Irish.
- In the example corpus, coltrane often appears in combinations such as: john coltrane, coltrane and, robbie coltrane.
Context around Coltrane
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Coltrane
- In this selection, "coltrane" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, john, alice, ravi, african, church and icon stand out and add context to how "coltrane" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include although alice coltrane later denied and and alice coltrane home non. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "coltrane" sits close to words such as acadian, ame and amg, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with coltrane
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His second wife was pianist Alice Coltrane and their son Ravi Coltrane is also a saxophonist. (16 words)
The spiritual development of Malcolm paralleled the spiritual development — in a different religion — of John Coltrane. (16 words)
And to me Coltrane is El Numero Uno, when it comes to like the king of improvisation. (17 words)
Jazz stars from around the globe come together to celebrate the unifying power of music, featuring performances by Herbie Hancock, David Sanborn, Shemekia Copeland, Gregory Porter, Lizz Wright, José James, Hiromi, Marcus Miller, Ravi Coltrane and more. (37 words)
Porter, p. 211 Religious figure Coltrane icon at St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church After Coltrane's death, a congregation called the Yardbird Temple in San Francisco began worshiping him as God incarnate. (33 words)
Another gripe is where artists made it onto the list: Nina Simone, De La Soul, Solange, Neil Young, Steely Dan, Kraftwerk, the Velvet Underground and John Coltrane are all far too low. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
It was executed by Mark Dukes, an ordained deacon at the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church, who painted other icons of Coltrane for the Coltrane Church.
Porter, p. 211 Religious figure Coltrane icon at St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church After Coltrane's death, a congregation called the Yardbird Temple in San Francisco began worshiping him as God incarnate.
The friends of the John and Alice Coltrane Home non-profit overseeing the Dix Hills, Long Island, estate of Coltrane is also involved.
Freedman also commented on Coltrane's place in the canon of American music: In both implicit and explicit ways, Coltrane also functioned as a religious figure.
His second wife was pianist Alice Coltrane and their son Ravi Coltrane is also a saxophonist.
Lewis Porter has stated that Alice Coltrane intended to release this music, but over a long period of time; Ravi Coltrane is responsible for reviewing the material.
Porter, p. 292 In a 1968 interview Ayler claimed that Coltrane was consulting a Hindu meditative healer for his illness instead of Western medicine, although Alice Coltrane later denied this.
And to me Coltrane is El Numero Uno, when it comes to like the king of improvisation.
If the record heard was Coltrane’s 1965 magnum opus, “A Love Supreme,” it is no secret why she was transfixed.
It opens with Darrell Grand Moultrie’s “Dichotomy of a Journey,” and tucks Lar Lubovitch’s “Coltrane’s Favorite Things” in between.
Jazz stars from around the globe come together to celebrate the unifying power of music, featuring performances by Herbie Hancock, David Sanborn, Shemekia Copeland, Gregory Porter, Lizz Wright, José James, Hiromi, Marcus Miller, Ravi Coltrane and more.
The spiritual development of Malcolm paralleled the spiritual development — in a different religion — of John Coltrane.
Another gripe is where artists made it onto the list: Nina Simone, De La Soul, Solange, Neil Young, Steely Dan, Kraftwerk, the Velvet Underground and John Coltrane are all far too low.
Artist Norman Teague was inspired by John Coltrane’s album “A Love Supreme” to create an installation of the same name at the Elmhurst Art Museum.
As a kid I would always rewind the recording after three minutes because I loved to just sit in that vibe, hoping I could decode Coltrane messages; his saxophone was speaking.
However, Coltrane told the publication the robot "didn't really work," so most of Buckbeak was ultimately CGI.
In another nod to Coltrane, she takes from the 1959 Broadway musical for “My Favorite Things” (just like ‘Trane did in 1961) and lets her inner avant-garde shine.
Influenced by jazz legends like John Coltrane, Costello's compositions weave space and harmony, and his band members bring dynamic touches with cello, oud, and percussions.
Smith’s death becomes the most recent of the cast after Michael Gambon, who played Professor Albus Dumbledore, passed in 2023 and Robbie Coltrane, who played Rubeus Hagrid, passed in 2022.
The album was instrumental in encouraging Coltrane to explore increasingly daring new sonic vistas for the remainder of his career.
Common combinations with coltrane
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- john coltrane 27×
- coltrane and 9×
- robbie coltrane 8×
- alice coltrane 7×
- coltrane is 5×
- that coltrane 5×
- coltrane was 5×
- ravi coltrane 3×
- coltrane later 3×
- coltrane to 3×