This "Hommage to John Coltrane" is a reduced scale submission to an art competition for the embellishment of the entrance to a Philadelphia neighborhood as part of a revitalization plan. The piece is one section of an ensemble to be installed along a bridge to the neighborhood, meant to translate in metal some of the strong rhythm, improvisation, movement and vitality of John Coltrane's music. Coltrane was a part time resident of the neighborhood and his home survives. The National Historic Landmark Nomination for the Coltrane House by Michael J. Lewis, Ph.D. provides a neat summary of the evolution of jazz in the 20th Century from Bebop to free jazz and Coltrane's role. Lewis describes free jazz as providing a musical unity "…no longer provided by the structure of the original song, (as with Bebop), but rather through motivic association, the pattern of repeated motifs and phrases, and the overall harmonic coherence of the piece."