Curiously, John Coltrane may have been more of a lyrics person than people are aware of. Several of his instrumental compositions were written to poetry, e.g. h

Curiously, John Coltrane may have been more of a lyrics person than people are aware of. Several of his instrumental compositions were written to poetry, e.g. his own words to the last part of "A Love Supreme": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kOu61AtFVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kOu61AtFVk or "Alabama" incorporating the cadence of Martin Luther King's eulogy for the victims of the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing.