Jazz Articles about Ravi Coltrane

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Terence Blanchard & Ravi Coltrane: Miles Davis & John Coltrane Centennial At Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
June 2, 2026

Terence Blanchard & Ravi Coltrane Miner Auditorium Miles Davis & John Coltrane Centennial San Francisco, CAMay 31, 2026 At SFJAZZ's Miner Auditorium, Blanchard and Coltrane treated the Miles Davis songbook as an ongoing conversation. Over the past six months, Bay Area jazz fans have enjoyed a series of centennial celebrations honoring Miles Davis and John Coltrane. This past weekend in Oakland, as part of the Coltrane Centennial, the Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane ...

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SFJAZZ Spring Concerts

by Ronald Davis
August 28, 2025

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Ravi Coltrane Quartet: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle

by Paul Rauch
August 27, 2025

Ravi Coltrane Quartet Jazz Alley Seattle, WA August 21, 2025 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 Coltrane has not been one to record in great frequency, and that he has spent a lot of touring currency on performing the music of his mother, music he ...

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Ravi Coltrane & Coltraxx At Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
July 28, 2025

Ravi Coltrane & Coltraxx Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA July 24, 2025 When Ravi Coltrane 's acoustic quartet, Coltraxx, took the stage at San Francisco's Miner Auditorium, it wove a tapestry of sound that honored jazz's lineage while boldly pushing its boundaries. The quartet--Coltrane on saxophones, David Virelles on piano, Dezron Douglas on bass, and Johnathan Blake on drums--opened the evening with Coltrane coaxing a single, crystalline saxophone note into the hushed room. That tone ...

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Channeling the Past, Shaping the Present: Ravi Coltrane Trio Live at the Blue Note

by Dave Kaufman
March 31, 2025

The Blue Note was packed and buzzing with anticipation late Sunday evening in New York City, as listeners gathered for the closing set of what had already been a compelling five-night run. On Sunday night (March 9, 2025), the Ravi Coltrane Trio wrapped up its residency with a final set that reflected the open, exploratory spirit of modern jazz. The performance, the closing show of the run--carried the kind of looseness and spontaneity often found in late-night sets, when both ...

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Ravi Coltrane: Translinear Light—The Music of Alice Coltrane

by Paul Rauch
March 1, 2025

Ravi Coltrane: Translinear Light--The Music of Alice Coltrane Moore Theater Seattle, WA February 26, 2025 The Coltrane legacy in jazz is vast and monumentally influential--that is a known quantity in the music world. So much of that legacy is filled with the artistic resonance of John Coltrane, whose presence through pioneering endeavors and fearless journeying invoked a spiritual aspect of sound to coincide with his undeniable musical genius. His son Ravi Coltrane, the present ...

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Vivid Expressions: Ravi Coltrane Live at the Blue Note

by Dave Kaufman
June 17, 2024

In March of 2024, Ravi Coltrane played a five-night stand at the Blue Note jazz club in New York. I caught the last set on Sunday night. I have had the pleasure of seeing Ravi perform several times over the years, and he is a consistently outstanding performer. He was joined by two talented young musicians with whom he has worked over the past couple of years. Gadi Lehavi played piano, Fender Rhodes, and a Novation--a slim keyboard instrument that ...