Rashied Ali, 76; drummer worked with John Coltrane Aug 16, 2009
NEW YORK - Rashied Ali, a free-jazz drummer who backed John Coltrane and accompanied him in a duet album in the final months of the jazz master s life, has died. He was 76. (Boston Globe)
Rashied Ali, free-jazz drummer, dies at 76 Aug 14, 2009
Ali joined John Coltranes group in the mid-1960s ... NEW YORK - Free-jazz drummer and John Coltrane sideman Rashied Ali has died in New York ... Ali joined John Coltranes group in the mid-1960s during the saxophonists late period of avant-garde jazz experimentation. (MSNBC -- Music)
127th AES Convention Posts Awards Presentations Aug 14, 2009
Among the recipients of the Board of Governors Fellowship Awards is engineer Rudolph 'Rudy' Van Gelder, recognized for five decades of exceptional recordings of such legendary jazz artists as Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. "On the other end of the time line," Woszczyk said, "is a Board of Governors Award to the AES Web Development Group. Team leader Nick Zacharov; webmaster Steve Johnson; graphic designer Josh Tidsbury and copywriters Peter Cook and Michael Fleming will be... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Talking to Charlie Aug 11, 2009
I had a big jazz period where I was listening to lots of Miles Davis and John Coltrane and trad jazz. I don't really have any boundaries to my influences and what I take from. (BBC News -- Europe)
By Any Means brings chemistry and history to the Newport jazz festival Aug 7, 2009
They also just happened to have made one of the greatest albums in free jazz, a 1993 date called Touchin on Trane, a collection of tunes inspired by, rather than composed by, John Coltrane. (For contractual reasons, the album was released under the artists individual names rather than by By Any Means. (Boston Globe)
High Life frontman always staying busy Aug 4, 2009
"The band is called Sun Ship, named after a record by John Coltrane. So we're playing Coltrane tunes and some of Marc's tunes. The band also includes (drummer) Chad Taylor and Mary Halvorson on guitar. It's pretty fun. Marc and Mary can really rip. It's an exciting group and I'm excited to work with (Ribot), because I've been a fan of his since his Tom Waits days.". Identified primarily as a jazz player, due in no small part to his associations with Ribot, saxophonist Ken Vandermark and... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Jazz composer George Russell dies at 86 Jul 29, 2009
BOSTON - Jazz composer George Russell, a MacArthur fellow whose theories influenced the modal music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died. His publicist says Russell, who taught at the New England Conservatory, died Monday in Boston at age 86 of complications from Alzheimers. (MSNBC -- News)
George Russell, 86; composer, theoretician led giants of jazz to fertile new lands Jul 29, 2009
On his album Kind of Blue, Davis kept exploring Mr. Russell s theories, as did saxophonist John Coltrane in such albums as A Love Supreme. Modal jazz, Davis told jazz writer Nat Hentoff, gives you a lot more freedom and space to hear things. (Boston Globe)
BDC seeks new bids for Sphinx Club Jul 24, 2009
The Druid Heights jazz club, which played host to legendary musicians including John Coltrane and Billie Holiday, shut down in 1992 after 50 years in business. It was founded by Charles Tilghman, who died in 1988. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
"Straight No Chaser" The Music of M... Jul 20, 2009
"His music is a brew indeed, wildly contrasting rhythmic bottoms and electronic serial sound, wrote Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), author of Blues People and Black Music ( Harper Perennial ). Born in 1926, Miles grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois, to a privileged life. His family had a big house in the city and a 200-acre country estate where he loved to ride horses when he was a boy. Miles began playing the trumpet when he was 13-years-old, after receiving the instrument from his father and... (Suite101.com)
The Best Year in Jazz Ever Jul 17, 2009
1959: When Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus Ruled Jazz ... 1959: When Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus Ruled Jazz This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most creative moments in the history of American music; the year when jazz was at its peak ... Miles Davis , John Coltranes , Ornette Colemans , Dave Brubecks and two by Charles Mingus, and. (Slate)
Entertainer Spotlight on Julius and Sylvia (26) Jul 16, 2009
He cites early influences as Chet Baker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Howard Roberts. His dreams of joining the Army Band were dashed when an ulcer was discovered during an examination. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
New director is reading from a different script Jul 15, 2009
" The festival features 22 world premieres, and the highlights include Peter Greenaway's multimedia project Leonardo's Last Supper, the lauded German choreographer Sasha Waltz & Guests, Belgian company Peeping Tom with its dance-theatre piece Le Salon, the Abbey Theatre's production of Terminus and the Hofesh Shechter Company. There are also Chun 00004000 ky Move's cross-cultural partnership Black Marrow, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg's play Pornography, Black Arm Band's Dirtsong, the London... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
I've Found Heaven ... in Northern Michigan Jul 14, 2009
They rehearse every day and are steeped in what the faculty is not shy about calling "the Western tradition" or "our inheritance." I peeked into a jazz technique class where intermediate boys were watching a video of John Coltrane improvising. There are several performances each night. (Townhall.com)
Divisadero Corridor - bohemian chic Jul 5, 2009
Vibe: Housed in the former John Coltrane church, this space is now a place in which to worship the fashion gods. Dark wood floors, white walls and a red accent wall evoke an industrial feeling. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Jackson Was A Study In Black And White Jun 29, 2009
Is Danyel Smith too young to remember Jackie Robinson, or Hank Aaron, or Arthur Ashe, or Wilt Chamberlain, or Julius Erving, or Magic Johnson, or Michael Jordan, or Charles Barkley, or Cassius Clay aka Muhammed Ali, or Louis Armstrong, or Harry Belafonte, or Chuck Berry, or James Brown, or Ray Charles, or Nat King Cole, or John Coltrane, or Miles Davis, or Aretha Franklin, or Marvin Gaye, or Jimi Hendrix, or Lena Horne, or Etta James, or Quincy Jones, or Wynton Marsalis, or Smokey Robinson, or... (CBS News)
The Jazz Beat: Diana Krall, struggling no more Jun 28, 2009
He started giving me Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and John Coltrane records. At age 17 she won a scholarship from the Vancouver International Jazz Festival to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Freihofer's Jazz Fest Jun 26, 2009
" The first one was used on the record. The second was made available on later CD releases.The special music created on those days was based on the ideas of Davis and Bill Evans, one of the most influential pianists in jazz history. It brought to the fore "modal" playing, in which musicians improvised on a series of scales, not frequent and frantic chord progressions that were the basis of modern jazz in the 1940s and 1950s. People weren't writing like that in jazz in 1959 and it caused a stir.... (Albany Times Union)
11 Things: Spooky Bay Jun 25, 2009
He's scary good and still with us: Once-Bay Area tenor sax god Pharoah Sanders has snatched praise from giants like John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, who eerily described himself as the Holy Ghost to Trane's Father and Sanders' Son. (Pharaoh Sanders plays at 8 and 10 p.m. today-Sat. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Is Black Music Worth Celebrating? Jun 18, 2009
But sadly, much of what is touted as black music now seems far removed from even Aretha Franklin and Luther Vandross, let alone Miles Davis and John Coltrane. A vital connection to the old school has been lost. (Slate)
Q & A with musician Brian Kenney Fresno Jun 18, 2009
I have over a hundred original songs, some very short, some very long, and some choice, choice covers like "Giant Steps," by John Coltrane, and your fave, "Umbrella" by Rihanna. Sadly there are a handful of epic, epic songs that will not be performed, due to unresolved technical issues. (Fresno Bee)
Memories Of Miles Jun 5, 2009
"Kind of Blue," featuring Davis on trumpet, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and John Coltrane on saxophones, Bill Evans (and Wynton Kelly on one cut) on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Cobb, is a record that simmers on just the right flame, bluesy and serene. It has almost a narcotic effect on the listener. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Some Friday travelin’ home music, courtesy of Dad May 16, 2009
Jay throws out John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman and all the whiner does is whine. Nothing relative of course. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Just a little travelin’ home music ‘tween friends May 9, 2009
Supposed to be Miles Davis and John Coltrane ... That link didn t work for me, but here s a Miles Davis/John Coltrane I like. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-1968 Apr 28, 2009
Until recently, only one such broadsheet was known to exist - the one that Ra gave saxophonist John Coltrane in 1956. The show will also include the unpublished manuscript, The Magic Lie, a book of Ras poetry, which has become influential in the nascent Black Islamic movement. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Dixie Jazz Kings perform, teach in Boxford Apr 18, 2009
He told the story of how jazz great John Coltrane began using the soprano sax, an instrument that many had abandoned in jazz music. That brought the instrument back, Flewelling said about Coltrane s influence. (Boxford Tri Town Transcript, MA)
Santana: Legalize pot, get back to spirit Apr 11, 2009
If I was to see him, I would go, "Listen to Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' and John Coltrane, and bring the boys home from the war now, like we did with Vietnam." They're not going to come here. People in Vietnam did not come here to attack us after we left them alone. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Lucinda Williams Apr 3, 2009
"I listen to psychedelic blues, rock music, I listen to blues and jazz and Bessie Smith, Nina Simone, John Coltrane and the Doors, Muddy Waters," Williams once told me. "My music is a reflection of all the music that I listen to. It never occurs to me not to put on the same record a country song, a rock song, a folk song. I'd feel too stifled.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Rising punk-pop star Ida Maria is a party girl - and a deep thinker Mar 27, 2009
Her dad, a jazz musician, played Miles Davis and John Coltrane around the house, although Maria's favorite as a kid was "the pink Diana Ross" album. A local doctor she babysat for introduced her to Hendrix, and opened her up to the world of rock music. (Boston Globe)
Q&A: 'Coltrane, Ravi Shankar introduced rock music to ragas' Mar 23, 2009
In 1960s he took upon himself to connect with jazz musicians starting with John Coltrane. The cutting-edge innovator with a crossover appeal beyond jazz was, like Harrison, eager to learn about Indian spiritual traditions. (India Times, India)
Critic's picks - pop music Mar 22, 2009
AN EVENING OF JAZZ WITH LEWIS PORTER The educator and author of acclaimed biographies of Lester Young and John Coltrane is also a fine pianist. His residency at Tufts culminates with a piano performance backed by the top-notch rhythm section of bassist John Lockwood and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. (Boston Globe)
Review: 'I Love You, Man' Has Lots To Love Mar 21, 2009
He guzzles beer, wears cargo pants and Ugg boots complimented with a John Coltrane T-shirt, and refuses to pick up his dog's poop on the Venice Beach boardwalk, claiming it is meant to be natural compost. He's the genial Shaggy from "Scooby Doo," and perhaps just the right fit to teach Peter some lessons in machismo. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Ipod Shuffle: Max Drummey Mar 20, 2009
"Giant Steps," John Coltrane 9. "Voyage to India," Stevie Wonder 10. (Boston Globe)
NovaJazz to perform at Primoz Mar 19, 2009
Heitbrink said the group borrows from the ideas of such jazz legends as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. They also go to the other end of the spectrum with more current pieces, even taking traditional rock songs and giving them in a jazz flavor. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
PICK OF THE WEEK: The soothing sounds of Celtic Woman on 'Mo Ghile Mear' Mar 18, 2009
Naima, John Coltrane: Like Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, Coltrane's equally influential Giant Steps (featuring this gorgeous gem) turns 50 this year. Galway and Mayo, The Saw Doctors: On this track from their new Live at the Melody Tent, the Irish quintet evokes the spirit of Springsteen and Jimmy Buffett. (USA Today -- Life)
SFJazz 2009 Spring Season schedule Mar 8, 2009
Then, extending the Tyner theme, on June 7 the Collective's hyper-talented drummer, Harland, will sit in at the Great American Music Hall with the SFJazz High School All-Stars, performing repertoire by the pianist who cut his teeth in the John Coltrane Quartet. The Spring Season - about 40 concerts in venues around the bay - runs through June 21. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Woodwind repairman's passion: Baroque flutes Mar 3, 2009
His parents were ex-beatniks who played music constantly - everything from Beethoven quartets to John Coltrane to Henry Purcell to the Rolling Stones. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Displays require much work Feb 28, 2009
Errol Garner, John Coltrane, Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington are there, as is Grill owner Gus Greenlee and Negro Leagues great Josh Gibson. "It's a lot easier to get the proportions right on 81?2 by 11 inches," said sophomore Vincent Kelly of Lawrenceville as he rubbed out a trumpeter's arm for the third time. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Duke Ellington makes U.S. coin history Feb 24, 2009
Ellington performed with other famous artists, including John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, and he traveled around the world with his orchestras. He died in 1974 at age 75. (CNN -- US)
A Passage to India Feb 23, 2009
By ninth grade, Mahanthappa was fronting a band that, by his own account, tortured tunes by Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and others he admired ... Jazz players, such as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and Albert Ayler, had gone about it by varying intonation, blowing multiphonics (two or more notes at the same time), or squawking in the upper register, where pitches are imprecisely defined. (New Yorker)
U Street in Washington D.C. charts path of racial progress Feb 19, 2009
Over the years, America s jazz, soul and blues greats performed: Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway; pianist Jelly Roll Morton; trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis; saxophonist John Coltrane and others. So did Aretha Franklin, who ll sing at Obama s inauguration. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Remembering the victims of Flight 3407 Feb 15, 2009
"I listened to jazz records and mentally transcribed them. Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane," he told City Newspaper, a Rochester, N.Y., weekly in 2006. In addition to Mangione, Niewood backed artists as diverse as Peggy Lee, Simon and Garfunkel, Judy Collins, Frank Sinatra and Sinead O'Connor, among others. (MSNBC)
Get romantic while saving your wallet Feb 13, 2009
They can be playful ("C is for Cookie") or some cool jazz or saxophone (maybe John Coltrane) or something that's from your personal soundtrack. Or you can provide a coupon of a grumble-free trip to someplace your significant other may want to go but you're not that keen on: hardware store, garden store in the country, restaurant in Waikiki, outlet mall, wacky relative's house, you get the idea. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Davis on Davis Feb 10, 2009
But with Miles, Davis proves to be his own most perceptive critic (at least about his music before 1969), and the book is so successful in capturing Davis's voice (including his incessant, if tonally varied, use of profanity) that the odd line that sounds like the work of his collaborator (as when, for example, Davis supposedly resorts to quoting a jazz critic to describe the dramatic contrast between his style and that of his former sideman John Coltrane) calls for a double take. "The challenge... (The Atlantic Online)
Great Composers, Lousy Reviews Feb 8, 2009
His book on scale forms inspired a generation of jazz musicians, including John Coltrane. In his 90s, he was squired by Frank Zappa. (Slate)
