Jazz Articles about Ravi Coltrane

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Ravi Coltrane Live in Montreal and New York City

by Dave Kaufman
July 27, 2017

Ravi Coltrane continues to evolve as an artist of remarkable depth and breadth as reflected in the diversity of contexts in which he engages. Coltrane was featured in three different musical settings at the recent (2017) Montreal International Jazz Festival Invitation Series. All concerts were held at the Centre de Creativite Gesu, an intimate concert hall that seats close to 500 people and offers outstanding acoustics and excellent site lines. The sold out concerts were were given an extremely enthusiastic ...

Live Review

Festival International De Jazz De Montréal 2017: July 7-8

by Mark Sullivan
July 15, 2017

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada July 7-8, 2017 July 3-4 | July 5-6 | July 7-8 The final two days of the festival. Lots to hear right up to the end, including the second and third of Ravi Coltrane's Invitation concerts. July 7 Ravi Coltrane Quartet Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane brought his current quartet to his second concert in the Invitation series at Gesù: guitarist Adam ...

Live Review

Coltrane-Younger-Douglas Trio al Cremona Jazz

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 21, 2016

For Turiya Trio Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi Cremona 16.04.2016 Un contrabbasso che parte sottovoce per aumentare gradualmente di intensità, gocce di rugiada che arrivano da delicate escursioni sulle corde dell'arpa ed il sax tenore che entra in sordina per poi abbandonarsi ad un viaggio che profuma di misticismo e di spiritualità, dove la pulsazione dell'anima sostituisce quella della batteria assente. Inizia così, con intensità e profonde emozioni, l'edizione 2016 di Cremona Jazz, rassegna ospitata in quel ...

Live Review

Ravi Coltrane Quartet at Cornell University

by Tyran Grillo
May 29, 2015

Ravi Coltrane Quartet Bailey Hall @ Cornell University Cornell Concert Series March 20, 2015 With chromatism in his very chromosomes, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane has managed to cut a profile distinct from that of Father John. Nimble yet logical, he is an admirably balanced player who keeps his feet on the tightrope at all times. When he took to the main stage as part of Cornell University's 2014-15 Concert Series, he proved himself to be quite ...

Live Review

Metastasio Jazz 2015

by Neri Pollastri
April 2, 2015

Metastasio Jazz Teatri Politeama, Metastasio e Fabbricone, Scuola di musica G. Verdi 29.01-17.02.2015 L'edizione del ventennale del festival pratese Metastasio Jazz ha visto come sempre un programma intenso e selezionatissimo, apertosi al Teatro Politeama il 29 gennaio con un evento speciale: il progetto che univa il quintetto di Enrico Rava con la Camerata Strumentale Città di Prato diretta da Paolo Silvestri. La classica serie dei tre concerti del lunedì sera ...

Live Review

Ravi Coltrane at Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge

by Douglas Groothuis
October 10, 2014

Ravi Coltrane Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge Denver, CO September 26, 2014 The Ravi Coltrane quartet performed before a packed crowd at Denver's premier jazz club, Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge on September 26, 20014 at 9:00 PM. Having seen Mr. Coltrane perform there a few years ago, I eager awaited this concert, wondering if I would see the same band. The quartet was still comprised of saxophone, drums, bass, and piano, but it ...

Album Review

Ravi Coltrane: Spirit Fiction

Read "Spirit Fiction" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
June 25, 2012

It's easy to imagine the double-takes that must have occurred when introductions were being made around New York in the early 1990s. “What'd you say your last name is, son?" Let's face it, if you're walking around with the name of a God, your last name is Coltrane and your first name is not John, and you're going to play the tenor saxophone, same as your old man, people are going to want to know what that's all about.