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 ...

Ravi Coltrane has a tough task: honour his father John and fellow legend Miles Davis without imitating them, he tells AFP, ...

The jazz musician didn't make his burden any lighter by choosing to play tenor and soprano saxophones — the same instruments his father, John... Ravi Coltrane: A Noble Sound, Witness To Its Heritage ...

The Coltrane sound has proved as durable as the B-52 Stratofortress: It has been the new — the modern — in jazz for half a century. Musicians copied just about everything they could from Coltrane — ...

Serene and soft-spoken, the late Alice Coltrane carried a regal disposition—a sphingine, ethereal air that infused her music and foreshadowed her repute as a true spiritual leader. Widowed in 1967 at ...

Jazz can be intimidating, especially to the non-musician. Much of the criticism is theoretical and mathematic, written in a clubby language that tunes out those of us who can't recognize an ascending ...

Alice Coltrane’s early solo work has made her an icon on par with her husband and collaborator, John — last year, her 1971 LP Journey in Satchidananda earned a spot on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest ...