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John Coltrane

Born: September 23, 1926

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.

Cantini--Maccianti Quartet, all'Atelier Musicale, Milano

by Paolo Peviani
March 25, 2025

Cantini--Maccianti Quartet Atelier Musicale--XXX stagione Camera del Lavoro Milano 15 marzo 2025 La trentesima edizione dell'Atelier Musicale si è conclusa con il concerto del quartetto formato da Stefano “Cocco" Cantini ai sax, Francesco Maccianti al pianoforte, Gabriele Evangelista al contrabbasso e Bernardo Guerra alla batteria. In programma, brani tratti dall'album ...

Okonski: Entrance Music

by Ian Patterson
March 19, 2025

A signature sound--whether for an individual musician or a band--comes naturally to some but remains elusive to others. It is worth its weight in gold, making the jobs of publicists, club owners, festival organizers and journalists that much easier. Okonski, the trio of pianist Steve Okonski, bassist Michael Montgomery, and drummer Aaron Frazier, occupies ...

Brilliant Corners 2025: Days 5-8

by Ian Patterson
March 16, 2025

Brilliant Corners 2025 Black Box/Various Venues jny:Belfast, N. IrelandFebruary 28-March 8, 2025 If the first four days of Brilliant Corners 2025 leaned towards long-form contemporary composition and free improvisation, the music of the last four days had a more spiritual tone, and a more heavily African-accented character. Many would say that ...

Brilliant Corners 2025: Days 1-4

by Ian Patterson
March 13, 2025

Brilliant Corners 2025 Black Box/Various Venues jny:Belfast, N. IrelandFebruary 28-March 8, 2025 Thirteen is young for most things, smartphones, cars and your average household pet aside. Thirteen is young for jazz festivals too, but as jazz festivals go, Brilliant Corners qualifies as a precocious youth. Its programming, whilst musically inclusive and ...

Barry Deister Quintet: An African Suite

by Scott Lichtman
March 12, 2025

It is not uncommon for jazz artists to borrow from world music to enliven their pieces--adding a dash of spice as it were. It is even rarer (with Latin jazz being an exception) for musicians to dive deeply into indigenous music forms and deliver an authentic, integrated sonic concept. Most unique are album-length projects that successfully ...

Moving On Music: Literal Magic

by Ian Patterson
March 4, 2025

2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Moving On Music (MOM), one of Ireland's finest music promotion companies. There will probably be little hoopla, no big party and probably not even a cake. Instead, it will be business as usual for the small but industrious team of four, and that means bringing the best music of all ...

Ravi Coltrane: Translinear Light—The Music of Alice Coltrane

by Paul Rauch
March 1, 2025

Ravi Coltrane: Translinear Light--The Music of Alice Coltrane Moore Theater Seattle, WA February 26, 2025 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 presence through ...

Stephen Davis: Leaving It All Out There

by Ian Patterson
February 27, 2025

"How come I haven't heard of you before?" a surprised Anthony Braxton asked Northern Irish drummer/percussionist Stephen Davis. The venerable American saxophonist and composer was bowled over after playing with Davis for the first time. Most musicians are. It is no secret in Ireland, or indeed Europe at large, that jny: Belfast-born Davis ...

Stephen Davis Unit: The Gleaming World

by Ian Patterson
February 27, 2025

Belfast-based drummer-percussionist Stephen Davis' debut album for 577 Records takes its name from a line in a Seamus Heaney poem. The Irish Nobel laureate drew deeply on his rural surroundings, and, as these song titles suggest, so too has Davis. In late 2023, Davis spent time as a musician-in-residence at The Courthouse, Tinahely, in County Wicklow--an ...