When we talk about rock, we talk about bands: Zeppelin, the Who, the Stones. But when we talk about jazz, we tend to talk about individuals: Miles, Monk, Coltrane. On some level, that makes sense: If ...

There's a new John Coltrane album out today, 55 years after its recording and 51 years after the legendary saxophonist's death. It's a remarkable turn of events. Remarkably exciting, too -- especially ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Chasing Trane" is a seductive piece of middle-of-the-road documentary filmmaking; it gives you the basics, but beautifully. (You ...

Craft OJC celebrates Miles Davis and John Coltrane with AAA 180g vinyl reissues of Cookin’ and Coltrane, cut from the original tapes. Jazz centennial campaigns can become a lazy excuse to wheel out ...

Saxophonist John Coltrane was such a person, one of the most revered, beloved, and influential musicians in history. Born September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, N.C., Coltrane was a constant sojourner, his ...

Saxophone legend John Coltrane's 1964 recording, A Love Supreme, is one of the masterworks in the canon of jazz: most musicians know it. Many have performed parts — if not all — of the 32-minute suite ...

The Epic, a new 3-disk set by saxophonist Kamasi Washington has just been released on Brainfeeder Records. It’s of the same Spiritual Jazz musical DNA as John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, Meditations, ...

And then it happens. And when it happens, you just can’t believe it’s happening. Cornel West, one of the leading black intellectuals of the 20th century, and one of the celebrity interviewees in the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On a raw, wet night in early December, Ravi Coltrane walked into the ...

On March 6, 1963, John Coltrane and his quartet arrived at Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey to record an album. It was a busy time for the group, which featured pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy ...

Few jazz musicians inspire more respect or demand more attention than John Coltrane. Elvin Jones, Coltrane's drummer in "The Classic Quartet" (1961-65), said that most people who listen seriously to ...

John Coltranerecorded the music for a staggering eight albums in just one year–1958. They were released over the course of the next eight years by Prestige Records, a New York label founded by Bob ...