Sometime around the mid-1980’s, I bought an LP copy of Miles Davis & John Coltrane Live in Stockholm 1960, on the Swedish label Dragon Records. The March 1960 concert featured a stupendous Coltrane ...

For Thelonious Monk's 108th Birthday, we look back at the sparsely documented collaboration of the eccentric pianist and ...

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John Coltrane’s “classic” quartet played only one gig in Buffalo in the 1960’s. It was at the legendary club called The Royal Arms in September of 1963. I wish I could report that it was a ...

The Coltrane Quartet recorded a session in March of 1963 at a key point in the jazz legend's career, but it was presumed lost ...

The jazz legend bought the house at 1511 N. 33rd Street and lived there until 1958. Fires, demolition, and legal troubles ...

When it comes to the titans of jazz, most people would give you the name John Coltrane. He recorded a wealth of music in his short career but many consider the 1965 record “A Love Supreme” to be his ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) John Coltrane, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time, revolutionized the genre with his innovative techniques, spiritual depth, and breathtaking improvisation. His ...

Southern Roots -- Life without Father -- A Musical Education I -- "Every Day Was an Adventure" -- A Musical Education II -- Philadelphia, 1946-48 -- A Musical Education III -- Apprenticeship with ...

I suppose there are still those who attend Ravi Coltrane sets out of curiosity, or some attempt to somehow access the Coltrane legacy in real time. It's true that the son of John Coltrane and Alice ...

Elvin Jones, 76, the drummer who lit the rhythmic fire under the transcendental jazz of saxophonist John Coltrane, died May 18 at a hospital in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. He had a heart ailment. In his ...