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 ...

The two-disc “Offering” practically begins mid-sentence, with John Coltrane already into the opening number “Naima” before the engineer for Temple University’s WRTI radio station could hit the “record ...

It came and went. Two giants of American music, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, together so briefly in 1957 -- an eight-month pairing that, until now, survived only in memory and on one pretty ...

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 ...

The John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival has announced its star-studded lineup of performers for day one of the two-day festival. The Sept. 5 lineup is anchored by Victor ...

One of three instruments Coltrane would use as he blazed through the next two years, reinventing himself—and jazz music— at a pace many found exhausting. National Museum of American History Before he ...

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 ...

Few jazz artists have been as visionary and influential the legendary saxophonist, composer and band leader John Coltrane, who died in 1967 at the age of 40. He has been cited as a major inspiration, ...

The story of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, one of the last major innovators in American music, will be told through the stories of people he influenced in the next documentary from the ...

John Coltrane never stopped wondering what he wanted from music, and never stopped pushing the boundaries. Trane genuinely strove to be saintly in his devotion to the divine, creating a body of deeply ...

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 ...

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 ...