Loading...
RSS feeds allow Web site content to be gathered via feed reader software. Click the subscribe link to obtain the feed URL for this page. The feed will update when new content appears on this page.
Highlights

A collection of news and information related to John Coltrane published by this site and its partners.

Sort By: Relevancy | Date | Type
Displaying items 1-12 of 149
» View wsbtradio.com items only
    Apr 2, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Remembering the 'Little Giant,' jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin

    Ask anyone who loves jazz to the name the top tenor saxophonist of all time, and he or she probably will answer in a flash.
    Ask anyone who loves jazz to the name the top tenor saxophonist of all time, and he or she probably will answer in a flash. To many, it's Sonny Rollins, at 82 still a giant. Or Gene Ammons, the long-gone, soulful player from the South Side of Chicago....

    Tags: University of Chicago, Howard Reich, Music, Music Industry, Nat King Cole

    2. Mar 28, 2013 |Column| Hartford Courant

  2. Concord Music Acquisition Boosts Star Power For New Haven Firm

    For Brett D. Hellerman, CEO of Wood Creek Capital Management LLC in New Haven, buying one of the most prominent independent record companies is a coup for several reasons, not least a partnership with a revered Hollywood legend.
    The Hartford Courant
    For Brett D. Hellerman, CEO of Wood Creek Capital Management LLC in New Haven, buying one of the most prominent independent record companies is a coup for several reasons, not least a partnership with a revered Hollywood legend. Wood Creek's purchase...

    Tags: Investments, Parties and Movements, Music Industry, Music, Cyndi Lauper

    3. Mar 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Ken Vandermark celebrates the sounds of the Midwest

    Last June, Chicago reedist-bandleader Ken Vandermark convened a high-powered band for a specific and daunting purpose.
    Last June, Chicago reedist-bandleader Ken Vandermark convened a high-powered band for a specific and daunting purpose. Colleague Dave Rempis had asked Vandermark to think of something special he wanted to do to celebrate innovative programming by...

    Tags: Christian McBride, Entertainment, Green Mill (club), Arts and Culture, Invention and Innovation

    4. Jan 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. SFJAZZ plays another bold riff

    SAN FRANCISCO — "This is one of my favorite rooms," said SFJAZZ founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline, smiling as he stepped over exposed pipes and dusty planks in the SFJAZZ Center. "Then again, they're all my favorite rooms," he added.
    SAN FRANCISCO — "This is one of my favorite rooms," said SFJAZZ founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline, smiling as he stepped over exposed pipes and dusty planks in the SFJAZZ Center. "Then again, they're all my favorite rooms," he...

    Tags: Lincoln Center, Services and Shopping, Philosophy, Concerts, Ornette Coleman

    5. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Playboy Jazz Festival sets June 15-16 lineup

    The lineup for the 35th annual Playboy Jazz Festival has been announced, and in addition to the weekend-long concert's signature mix of jazz, funk and R&B, the festival also revealed that comic and former late-night host George Lopez will take over for longtime host Bill Cosby this year.
    The lineup for the 35th annual Playboy Jazz Festival has been announced, and in addition to the weekend-long concert's signature mix of jazz, funk and R&B, the festival also revealed that comic and former late-night host George Lopez will take over for...

    Tags: Entertainment, Festive Events, Concerts, Sheila E., Arts and Culture

    6. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Donald Byrd dies at 80; jazz trumpeter was a funk-fusion experimenter

    Jazz trumpeter and band leader Donald Byrd, whose clean, elegant phrasing made his reputation in the 1950s and '60s before he began experimenting in the '70s and '80s with jazz-funk-R&B fusions on discs such as "Black Byrd" and "Thank You ... for F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life)," has died at age 80.
    Jazz trumpeter and band leader Donald Byrd, whose clean, elegant phrasing made his reputation in the 1950s and '60s before he began experimenting in the '70s and '80s with jazz-funk-R&B fusions on discs such as "Black Byrd" and "Thank You ... for F.U.M.L....

    Tags: Entertainment, Nas, Miles Davis, Howard University, Washington, DC

    7. Feb 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The Times' NBA rankings

    AND THE GOLDEN GLOBE GOES TO …
    AND THE GOLDEN GLOBE GOES TO … 1. OKLAHOMA CITY (35-12) Westbrook blames Sefolosha for five-second violation, global warming. (2) 2. MIAMI (29-14) Ray Allen (scoreless on 0-for-9 shooting) doesn’t have game vs. Pacers. (1) 3. SAN ANTONIO...

    Tags: Ray Allen, John Wall, Indiana Pacers, Mike Woodson, Brooklyn Nets

    8. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  8. Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band Play the Jorgensen in Storrs on Jan. 31

    Featuring the Birdland Big Band (pictured) and its director, Tommy Igoe, <em>Live At Birdland </em>sends audiences back to the heyday(s) of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, and Lester Young &mdash; artists who once thought of the famed NYC establishment as their second home. Tickets to the Storrs cabaret-style show run from $32-$47 and can be purchased at jorgensen.uconn.edu.
    Featuring the Birdland Big Band (pictured) and its director, Tommy Igoe, Live At Birdland sends audiences back to the heyday(s) of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, and Lester Young — artists who...

    Tags: Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Storrs, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, Lester Young

    9. Jul 1, 2004 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. The Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra

    Sun Staff
    Hometown: Baltimore Current Members: Todd Marcus, bass clarinet and soprano clarinet; Issa Lambson, alto saxophone; Russell Kirk, tenor saxophone; Harry Appelman, piano; DeAndre Schaifer, trumpet; Jeff Reed, bass; Lyle Link, alto saxophone and flute;...

    Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Joe Henderson, Jazz (genre)

    10. Mar 3, 2005 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Mofofunka

    Sun Staff
    Hometown: Baltimore Current members: Sean Beier, keyboard, tuba, other assorted instruments; Gregg Scharfstein, drums; Ryan Finnerin, bass; Calvin Tullos, saxophone; Micah Huerta, trombone; Pat Wescott, guitar. Founded in: 2003 Style: Funk...

    Tags: Entertainment, Gaming, Led Zeppelin (music group), Science and Technology

    11. Dec 7, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Larry Coryell storms the heavens at Jazz Showcase

    Guitarist Larry Coryell has performed with drummer Paul Wertico and bassist Larry Gray so often that when they reunited Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, they sounded as if they were resuming a conversation in midstream.
    Guitarist Larry Coryell has performed with drummer Paul Wertico and bassist Larry Gray so often that when they reunited Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, they sounded as if they were resuming a conversation in midstream. Coryell visits Chicago...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music Industry, Music

    12. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Glendale News Press

  12. Labor of love: Luxuria Music spins with all volunteers

    In a small studio on the far edge of Glendale, a worldwide flow of music is in a moment of transition. On the turntable is a 45rpm disc of spectral, hypnotic sounds from 1980, as radio DJ Lee Joseph begins winding down his two-hour show on <a href=&quot;http://www.LuxuriaMusic.com" target="_blank">LuxuriaMusic.com</a>. The record is &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Sorry,&rdquo; a vinyl artifact of outsider music by the all-female art-punk band the Inflatable Boy Clams, a quartet as obscure as the music is exotic.
    In a small studio on the far edge of Glendale, a worldwide flow of music is in a moment of transition. On the turntable is a 45rpm disc of spectral, hypnotic sounds from 1980, as radio DJ Lee Joseph begins winding down his two-hour show on LuxuriaMusic....

    Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Music

 1  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-13 • Next >
Original site for John Coltrane topic gallery.
Loading...
 
 

Date:

Credit:

User-submitted

Tags:

Rate:
Sending...

E-mail this photo

Error: malformed email address(es)
Both "from" and "recipient" email fields are required.

Recipient E-mail Addresses

(up to 3, separated by commas) Send me a copy.

From:

e-mail | buy this photo | link to photo
John Coltrane Photos
A meeting of generations in 72-year-old drummer and one...
(December 14, 2012)
Billy Hart Quartet, 'All Our Reasons' (ECM)
Coltrane's home is where he wrote "A Love Supreme," has...
(June 15, 2011)
Jazz musician John Coltrane's home in Dix Hills, N.Y.
Jazz drummer Elvin Ray Jones is shown here in October 1...
(May 19, 2004)
Jazz drummer Elvin Ray Jones, May 18