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The 17 pages that link to John Coltrane, each with the reason it gives.

• Jazz improvisationRelated: His harmonic studies and extended solos expanded the possibilities of jazz phrasing.

• Free jazzRelated: Coltrane’s late recordings brought free improvisation into the work of a major established jazz artist.

• Miles DavisRelated: His searching solos helped define Davis’s first great quintet and Kind of Blue.

• Thelonious MonkRelated: Coltrane’s 1957 engagement in Monk’s quartet produced a defining partnership and influential recordings.

• SaxophoneRelated: His harmonic experimentation and extended improvisations broadened the instrument’s expressive possibilities.

• Steve ReichRelated: Reich described Coltrane’s saxophone playing as an early influence on his musical imagination.

• Modal jazzRelated: Coltrane developed increasingly expansive modal improvisation in his own groups.

• Stan GetzCompared with: Coltrane’s intense, exploratory approach contrasts with Getz’s emphasis on melodic lyricism.

• Tenor saxophoneRelated: His recordings expanded the tenor's harmonic and improvisational possibilities.

• Ornette ColemanRelated: Coltrane studied Coleman’s innovations and later explored freer approaches to improvisation.

• Wayne ShorterCompared with: Shorter shared a generation and musical circles with Coltrane while developing a more elliptical compositional voice.

• A Love SupremeRelated: He composed and led the quartet that recorded the suite.

• Albert AylerRelated: Coltrane championed Ayler and acknowledged the younger saxophonist’s influence on his late music.

• Ali Akbar KhanRelated: His interest in Indian music reflects the broader mid-century exchange that helped Western listeners encounter traditions Khan performed.

• Elvin JonesRelated: Coltrane’s quartet gave Jones a sustained setting for radical rhythmic interaction.

• Kind of BlueRelated: His tenor saxophone solos test the album’s open harmonic spaces.

• Dexter GordonCompared with: Coltrane’s searching, rapidly developing style differs from Gordon’s spacious melodic storytelling.