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John William Coltrane (Hamlet, North Carolina, September 23, 1926 – Huntington, New York, July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. American jazz great John Coltrane emerged in the 1950s, playing tenor and soprano sax with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. A leader of "hard bop", in the 1960s he led his own groups and changed the face of jazz with experimentation and improvisation, his later recordings reflecting his belief that music was a form of spiritual expression. |
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News in english
about John Coltrane
(October / 2009)
Friday Happenings Date: 02 Oct 2009
Bostonist -
Jazz George Russell, who died earlier this year, freed jazz in the 1950s when he discovered "a new way to relate to chords." His Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization yielded both the modal jazz of Miles Davis and the free jazz of John Coltrane, but Russell's own compositions were nothing to sneeze at, either. Students and faculty at NEC, where Russell taught, celebrate his work tonight ...
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Bobby Hutcherson: Pushing The Vibes Forward Date: 03 Oct 2009
All About Jazz -
Grachan Moncur III Evolution Blue Note 1963 John Coltrane / Archie Shepp New Thing At Newport Impulse 1965 Bobby Hutcherson Head On Blue Note 1971 {{Bobby Hutcherson = 7844}} is now comfortably ensconced in jazz history as one of the great vibraphonists of the post-Milt Jackson generation. He has amassed a large discography that demonstrates his melodic and compositional skills and flawless ...
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Birds of Avalon Date: 05 Oct 2009
Cincinnati CityBeat -
Oct. 12 • Northside Tavern It's been five years since bassist Paul Siler and guitarist Cheetie Kumar broke ranks from Garage Rock titans Cherry Valence, got married after nearly a decade of dating and assembled their new band project, Birds of Avalon. Steered by a love of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and John Coltrane and galvanized by a contemporary vibe, the band puts all of its energy into ...
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Robert Glasper is following in the footsteps of Coltrane Date: 07 Oct 2009
Houston Chronicle -
With a unique fusion of hip-hop and jazz, Robert Glasper suggests what he's doing isn't all that different than John Coltrane's development in the 1960s
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Kuhn, Lovano and Redman: Jazz at its best Date: 11 Oct 2009
St. Louis Post-Dispatch -
"Mostly Coltrane" (ECM) is pianist Steve Kuhn's tribute to legendary saxophonist John Coltrane, in whose quartet Kuhn played for six weeks. Coltrane is most famous for leading his "classic" quartet with McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on drums.
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Max Roach-Clifford Brown: Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Date: 16 Oct 2009
Jazz.com -
Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street is one of the albums that I played along with the most when I was younger, and—along with Round Midnight by Miles with Philly , Wayne Shorter’s Speak No Evil , John Coltrane’s Crescent , and Horace Silver’s Silver’s Serenade , among others—it’s one of the classic albums that anybody who is interested in pursuing a career in the music really needs to ...
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John Coltrane: Side Steps Date: 16 Oct 2009
All About Jazz -
John Coltrane Side Steps Prestige Records 2009 The 5-CD Side Steps follows two other Prestige box sets--the 6-CD Fearless Leader (2006) and 5-CD Interplay (2007)--which together catalogue saxophonist John Coltrane's recordings for the label 1956-58. The three boxes, each packed with extraordinary music, chronicle on parallel paths the years during which Coltrane's revolutionary style began to ...
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Taking care of Buddy Date: 18 Oct 2009
Greensboro News & Record -
GREENSBORO - Buddy Gist doesn’t wear his suit anymore. He rests in a single bed at the Golden Living Center, in a hospital gown, surrounded by posters that remind him of the people he knew when he was the King of New York. Comedian Bill Cosby. Actress Diahann Carroll. Jazz man John Coltrane. And, of course, Miles Davis. read more
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