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John Coltrane

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John William Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina. At the age of three his family moved to High Point, NC, where young Coltrane spent his early years. His father, John Robert Coltrane, died in 1939, leaving twelve year-old John and his mother on their own.

His mother, Alice Blair Coltrane, moved to New Jersey to work as a domestic while John completed high school. John played first the clarinet, then alto saxophone in his high school band. His first musical influence was the tenor saxophonist Lester Young of Count Basie's band. In June of 1943, after graduation, Coltrane moved to Philadelphia to be closer to his mother.

Album

Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: It Never Entered My Mind; Four; In Your Own Sweet Way; The Theme (take #1); Trane's Blues; Ahmad's Blues; Half Nelson; The Theme (take #2).

Album

Live at the Washateria

Label: Purgatory Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: My Favorite Things; Blue Stain.

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Article: Album Review

Ghost Trees: Intercept Method

Read "Intercept Method" reviewed by Mark Corroto


John Coltrane and Rashied Ali might not have been the first to record as a free jazz duo with Interstellar Space (Impulse!,1974), but the pair did set the bar for future performances from the likes of Frank Lowe and Rashied Ali, Peter Brötzmann/Peeter Uuskyla, Anthony Braxton/Max Roach, and Joe McPhee/Hamid Drake. Admittedly, this genre of music ...

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Article: The Big Question

Does Jazz History Weigh Too Heavily on Today’s Practitioners?

Read "Does Jazz History Weigh Too Heavily on Today’s Practitioners?" reviewed by Ian Patterson


It is no outlandish claim to say that jazz is obsessed with its past--just look at the number of tribute albums, songs and concerts inspired by the music's forbearers, or at the never-ending stream of historical reissues. For many jazz musicians, navigating jazz means honoring the music's “ancestors" and playing “in the tradition." Jazz ...

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News: Obituary

Michael Cuscuna: 1948-2024

Michael Cuscuna: 1948-2024

Michael Cuscuna, a titan in the world of jazz, passed away on April 20, 2024, leaving behind a legacy that will resonate for generations. Michael is survived by his wife Lisa, his children, Max and his wife Jackie, and Lauren, and two grandchildren, Nicolas and Penelope Cuscuna. His passing leaves a void in the hearts of ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Marion Brown: Three For Shepp To Gesprachsfetzen Revisited

Read "Marion Brown: Three For Shepp To Gesprachsfetzen Revisited" reviewed by Chris May


"It is often those we hear the least that we should listen to the most." So wrote the Guadeloupean pianist Jonathan Jurion on the release of his album Le Temps Fou: The Music Of Marion Brown (Komos, 2019). Just why Marion Brown has become such a rarely acknowledged figure is unclear. He possessed ...

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Article: Album Review

Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert

Read "The Carnegie Hall Concert" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


The most perfect of time machines, with no errant destinations and no abrupt landings, The Carnegie Hall Concert transports one to a time when artists took their art seriously, when it was sacrosanct. Alice Coltrane's harp comes on like the siren lure of angels, like a missionary, calling all to stop their labor. It seems to ...

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Article: Album Review

Louie Belogenis: Outer, Inner, Secret

Read "Outer, Inner, Secret" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Let's not call the music by the trio Terton dangerous. Because, although no one could be injured while creating it or listening to Outer, Inner, Secret, the path is precarious and unpredictable. Well, that is, if one is not a true believer. Let me explain. Terton in Buddhism refers to a person, in this case, persons, ...

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Article: Profile

Petr Kotik: Beyond Race, Beyond Genre, There’s Music

Read "Petr Kotik: Beyond Race, Beyond Genre, There’s Music" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


Petr Kotik has walked among giants. To the extent that he is recognized in jny: New York City, where he has made his home for 41 years, it is as an associate of John Cage and Morton Feldman with an apparent fixation on Gertrude Stein. In his Czech homeland, he is held in higher esteem--in part, ...


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