Alice Coltrane

On 'Ennanga,' harpist Ashley Jackson explores music by William Grant Still, Alice Coltrane, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Brandee Younger. It's "a gemlike offering," says Nate Chinen in our Album of the Week review.

In advance of 'John & Alice: A Coltrane Festival' at Penn Live Arts, here is a choice selection of pieces that speak to Alice and John Coltrane in dialogue.

Be sure to check out Alice & John: A Coltrane Festival, and mark your calendar for Oct 16 when Greg Bryant hosts a post-concert Q&A with Lakecia Benjamin, and Oct. 23 when Josh Jackson chats with Brandee Younger after her performance.

July 6, 2020. Trained in jazz and forged in funk, alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin grew up hooked on Coltrane—Alice Coltrane. A friend introduced her to…