John Coltrane

Recorded in a single session about a year prior to Kind of Blue, the new Miles Davis album Birth of the Blue will be released on Dec. 13 by the audiophile label Analogue Productions.

Alto saxophonist Bobby Zankel recently talked with WRTI's Bobbi Booker about the deep influence of John Coltrane, ahead of a tribute concert celebrating that titan's 98th birthday at Solar Myth.

The recording made at NYC's Village Gate during the summer of 1961, when the John Coltrane quartet was joined by Eric Dolphy, was thought lost until it was discovered in the New York Public Library.

“'I Want to Talk About You’ is one of my favorite love songs by one of my favorite artists,” says Catherine Russell, who is releasing the single as a benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America.

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.

John Coltrane rarely performed the music from A Love Supreme after its release at the end of 1964 – meaning even the most ardent Coltrane-ologists have been unaware of the existence of these tapes.

Graves spent a lifetime exploring the fundamental rhythms of life – human or otherwise – and spreading those lessons, over nearly four decades, to his students.

The legendary Broadway musical writing team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II produced their final show together, The Sound of Music, nine…

When most people think of a love song, it’s usually about being in, falling in, or falling out of a romantic relationship. Yet, we know love is not…