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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.
Which African Jazz Artist Most Merits A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award?
by Ian Patterson
Better late, they say, than never. Twenty-nine years after his passing, Afrobeat legend and fearless political activist Fela Kuti received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He joins an illustrious pantheon of jazz artists similarly recognized in the afterlife. A partial list includes Louis Armstrong (1972), Charlie Parker (1984), Billie Holiday (1987), Charles Mingus (1997), ...
Take Five with Saxophonist Steve Treseler
by AAJ Staff
Meet Steve Treseler Steve Treseler is an award-winning Seattle-based saxophonist, composer, and innovative leader in teaching improvised music. Hailed by Earshot as a “firebrand of the tenor saxophone," DownBeat calls his music “beautifully crafted... whether free, through-composed, or somewhere in between." Steve performs and leads improvisation workshops throughout North America and Europe, performing at Birdland, Blue ...
Dave Stryker: Blue Fire - The Van Gelder Session
by Kyle Simpler
Many of Dave Stryker's recent albums focus on a particular idea or concept that serves as the recording's focal point. His Eight Track series (Strikezone 2013-2019) and Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies (Strikezone, 2025) serve as prime examples. With Blue Fire -The Van Gelder Session, the guitarist steps into the studio of legendary producer ...
Joel Ross: Gospel Music
by Jack Kenny
Religion has long provided a stimulus for jazz. Figures as august as Duke Ellington and John Coltrane drew profound inspiration from their faith, though their reception varied. Ellington's religious compositions were often unfairly dismissed as the eccentric, late career works of an aging genius. Conversely, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1965) perfectly captured the spiritual ...
Richie Beirach: Indelible Memories and Thought-Provoking Reflections on a Life in Jazz, Part 1
by Victor L. Schermer
This two-part article was first published on All About Jazz on August 13, 2019. Part 1 | Part 2 Richie Beirach hovers somewhat mysteriously in the pantheon of the great modern jazz pianists. Some of the others in that category from his generation (coming up in the 1960s/'70s), like Herbie Hancock, Keith ...
Harold Mabern: Afro Blue (10th Anniversary Edition)
by Bridget A. Arnwine
Pianist Harold Mabern (1936-2019) was talented beyond measure. Though he never received the honor and distinction of the prestigious NEA Jazz Master designation, his music and the musicians who knew him tell a different story. That story unfolds beautifully throughout the 10th anniversary reissue of Mabern's 2015 recording, Afro Blue (Smoke Session Records). The newly remixed ...
Results for pages tagged "John Coltrane"...
Kevin Witt
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Kevin Witt is an Austin-based jazz drummer, educator, and storyteller. A former NYC student of Peter Retzlaff (Manhattan School of Music), Jimmy Cobb (Miles Davis), and Cindy Blackman (Santana), Kevin relocated from NYC to Austin in 2007, where he has since performed with respected jazz artists locally and in Nashville. He co-founded the trio 3jazz, producing two albums and launching a spoken word series known for its boundary-pushing ethos.
Kevin’s current passion is leading the B-side Quartet, a project dedicated to hard bop, lesser-known gems, and storytelling through historical narrative and samples
A Love Supreme at Carnegie Hall: Coltrane’s Night of Fire and Grace
by Dave Kaufman
Carnegie Hall, New York City--November 1965. Something sacred broke open the air last night. It began not with a note, but with a shimmer. Elvin Jones washed a mallet across a suspended gong, a metallic exhale that seemed to expand until it touched the gilded balconies of Carnegie Hall. The silence that ...
Asaf Harris: I Thought I Was Ready
by Neil Duggan
Building on the direction of his debut album, Walk of the Ducks (Ubuntu Music, 2022), Israeli saxophonist and composer Asaf Harris follows up with his second release, I Thought I Was Ready. The album consists of seven original pieces that take inspiration from self-reflection and narratives from personal memories. Harris graduated from the New ...
