John Coltrane

== Info ==
Jazz musician best known for pioneering bebop. Also worked with free jazz and helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz. Worked with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. Received many posthumous awards, recognitions, and tributes. Inducted into multiple halls of fame. Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Dubbed one of the hundred greatest African-Americans by scholar Molefi Asante. Awarded a special Pulitzer. A former home of his was designated a national landmark.
== Genres ==
Jazz
Category:Jazz
Category:Early Influences