Jazz Articles about John Coltrane

About John Coltrane

Radio & Podcasts

This was the first part of our Cosmic Jazz celebrations to mark the John Coltrane centenary on September 23, 2026. The show had Coltrane tunes followed by a selection from some of his many admirers, including a group that may surprise you. PlaylistJohn Coltrane Quartet “Crescent" from Crescent (Impulse!) 00:00Nat Birchall “Invocations" from Invocations (Jazzman) 09:15John Coltrane “My Favorite Things" from My Favorite Things: Coltrane at Newport (Atlantic) 18:30Michael Brecker “Song for Bilbao" from Tales from the Hudson ...

Album Review

John Coltrane: The Tiberi Tapes

Read "The Tiberi Tapes" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
November 1, 2026

Even for those out there not prone to dwelling or pondering on the minutiae of history and myth, a brief crash course on this most necessary of historical recordings is warranted. Recorded on a now primitive (but once top-tech) portable Concertone TR-100 three-inch, reel-to-reel tape recorder, journeyman tenor saxophonist Frank Tiberi-- Tiberi roamed the bandstands with Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie--recording nightly performances of John Coltrane and various line-ups of the Classic Quartet as they blazed their way through New ...

Radio & Podcasts

Coltrane III

by Neil MacRae
October 23, 2026

This is the third of our Cosmic Jazz tributes to saxophonist John Coltrane, born 100 years ago on 23 September 1926. Here at Cosmic Jazz, we've been celebrating the life and music of one of the most influential figures in all of jazz. In this, our final show, we focus once more on the breadth of Coltrane's music and his lasting influence on other musicians from Michael Brecker to Flying Lotus. Playlist John Coltrane “Dahomey Dance" from Olé ...

Radio & Podcasts

The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Mark Isham, John Coltrane And Others

by Lawrence Peryer
October 2, 2026

John Coltrane would have turned 100 last week. So this hour closes with 15 minutes of him live at the Village Vanguard in 1961. On the way there, we open in Paris in 1970, with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Fontella Bass. In between, mostly new records: my podcast guest Mark Isham's first solo album in 15 years, harp and tape loops from Lara Somogyi, megiapa's Sun Ra tribute, a four-track Radiator Hospital song, and Olaf Rupp alone with ...

Radio & Podcasts

Happy 100th Birthday John Coltrane! His Music, Performed by Him and by Sonny Fortune, Bobby Watson, Stanley Turrentine, and Others

by David W. Daniels
September 29, 2026

Honoring the music and legacy of John Coltrane the day after his 100th birthday. In addition to the artists named in the title interpreting his music, we've included music about Coltrane ("Lady Day and John Coltrane," Giacomo Gates) and music not written by him but associated strongly with him ("Afro Blue" and “Bemsha Swing").Playlist John Coltrane “Blue Train" from Blue Train (Blue Note) 00:00 David Murray “Giant Steps" from Octet Plays Trane (Justin Time) 18:00 John Coltrane and ...

Jazz Fiction

Sketches Of Spain Or Somethin' Else

by Mike Raggett
September 29, 2026

The Morning After It's the 1970s, the days before satnav, cell phones and Google Maps. I'm an Englishman working in Spain. I'm a training supervisor for a major motor manufacturer, so I have to travel around a lot, visiting garages--I don't think we called them dealerships in those days--to talk to sales staff about dealing with people and technical staff about dealing with machines. Just occasionally, I reverse the advice for fun. It doesn't change much whichever way it goes. ...

In Tribute To...

John Coltrane At 100: A Global Perspective

by Ian Patterson
September 23, 2026

With the advent of his birth centenary, John William Coltrane is on our minds again. But then he nearly always is. His influence on generations of saxophonists is palpable. For countless musicians the term “Coltranesque" can be a badge of honor or a millstone around the neck. With the exception perhaps of Miles Davis--whose centenary also fell in 2026--arguably no other jazz musician has been so imitated--knowingly or otherwise. His main influence, however, is not so much in ...