Mar 18, 2025 3:07 PM
A Love Supreme at 60: Thoughts on Coltrane’s Masterwork
In his original liner notes to A Love Supreme, John Coltrane wrote: “Yes, it is true — ‘seek and ye shall…
“This is one of the great gifts that Coltrane gave us — he gave us a key to the cosmos in this recording,” says John McLaughlin.
Mar 18, 2025 3:07 PM
In his original liner notes to A Love Supreme, John Coltrane wrote: “Yes, it is true — ‘seek and ye shall…
New titles in the Original Jazz Classics reissue series from Craft Recordings.
Mar 5, 2024 2:36 PM
The latest reissues in Craft Recordings’ Original Jazz Classics series will include the Red Garland Trio’s Groovy,…
Jul 13, 2023 1:06 PM
Impulse! Records will release Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy — a recording of the two…
More than a mere rarity, the new A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle is an avant-garde gem that offers new insights into Coltrane’s iconic work.
Jul 26, 2022 2:11 PM
Until last year, John Coltrane was widely thought to have performed his masterpiece A Love Supreme only once live, on…
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
Dec 21, 2021 4:01 PM
Looking for last-minute gifts for your favorite jazz fan? Looking for a little something under the tree to place there…
Roy Hargrove enters the DownBeat Hall of Fame.
Nov 23, 2021 1:50 PM
The readers have spoken in the 86th annual DownBeat Readers Poll, paying special tribute to recently departed legends…
Branford Marsalis played the featured soloist role for JLCO’s tribute to John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins at Ravinia.
Aug 4, 2021 11:32 AM
Jazz returned to the Ravina Festival in Highland Park, Illinois, in late July following the silent summer of 2020. The…
John Coltrane’s Blue World takes its name from a contrafact of Harold Arlen’s “Out Of This World.”
Jan 18, 2021 11:17 AM
In late June of 1964, in between Impulse Records studio dates for Crescent and A Love Supreme, saxophonist John…
George Benson is the newest inductee in the DownBeat Hall of Fame.
Nov 16, 2020 10:23 AM
DownBeat is proud to announce the results of its 85th Annual Readers Poll.
Readers have voted to induct…
Lee Morgan (left) and Wayne Shorter are two of the musicians depicted in the book Jazz Images by Francis Wolff
Aug 10, 2020 11:11 AM
The latest book in Elemental Music’s Jazz Images series features the iconic photos of Francis Wolff (1907–’71).…
Terri Lyne Carrington, who topped three categories in the 2020 DownBeat Critics Poll, is the first female instrumentalist to win the Jazz Artist of the Year category.
Jul 6, 2020 5:39 PM
Trailblazing drummer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington has made history numerous times in her career, and the…
A live Alice Coltrane recording from 1972 marks a turning point in her music.
Jun 12, 2020 8:50 AM
Festivals in the States still aren’t happening, though some in Europe are moving ahead despite the uncertainty around…
Jimmy Cobb (1929–2020)
Dec 9, 2020 4:10 PM
Drummer Jimmy Cobb—famous for a discography that includes appearances on numerous Miles Davis albums, including…
After performing with John Coltrane, drummer Rashied Ali (shown here) started Survival Records with saxophonist Frank Lowe during the early 1970s.
May 26, 2020 9:46 AM
Although the legendary jazz drummer Rashied Ali is best known for his work as one of John Coltrane’s pathbreaking…
John Coltrane’s the focus of Chasing Trane.
Mar 30, 2020 4:59 PM
You’re at home. We’re at home. Let’s take a break from the coronavirus anxiety that surrounds us and watch a…
McCoy Tyner (1938–2020)
Mar 12, 2020 11:21 AM
A member of the classic John Coltrane quartet of the 1960s, as well as a powerful improviser and potent composer in his…
Whether riffing on his latest album, his dynastic jazz family, his formative experiences in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, his teaching experiences, his interest in science or his love of sports, Branford Marsalis speaks his truth.
Jan 6, 2020 11:38 AM
During 2019, DownBeat published hundreds of articles and album reviews. What’s below, though, are some features and…
To mark the 70th anniversary of Prestige Records, a set of Miles Davis’ quintet recordings spanning 1955 and 1956 has been released on LP, replete with a bonus disc of live performances.
Dec 11, 2019 9:57 AM
Come for the 180-gram vinyl, stay for the recording of Steve Allen presenting Miles Davis with a DownBeat award.
In…
Robert Glasper (foreground) and Herbie Hancock in a scene from the documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes.
Nov 13, 2019 4:32 PM
Swiss-born director Sophie Huber’s Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (Eagle Vision), which coincides with the…
John Coltrane’s Blue World, which includes 27 minutes of previously unheard music, was recorded in 1964, a defining year for the saxophonist.
Nov 16, 2020 9:39 AM
In December 1964, John Coltrane and his classic quartet headed in to Rudy Van Gelder’s New Jersey studio to record A…
Wayne Shorter (shown here in a scene from the documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes) won three categories in the 2019 DownBeat Readers Poll: Jazz Artist, Jazz Album (for Emanon) and Soprano Saxophone.
Oct 21, 2019 6:56 PM
DownBeat is proud to announce the results of its 84th Annual Readers Poll.
Wayne Shorter is a huge winner in…
Guitarist Nels Cline (left), composer/reedist Anthony Braxton, drummer Greg Saunier and multi-instrumentalist Taylor Ho Bynum recorded Quartet (New Haven) 2014 five years ago. The work only now is being released on Firehouse 12, an imprint based in New Haven, Connecticut.
Sep 30, 2019 2:58 PM
Speaking with Anthony Braxton is much like trying to improvise alongside the 74-year-old reedist: You need to stay on…
John Coltrane (1926–1967)
Sep 23, 2019 10:11 AM
The generation-defining and genre-defying saxophonist John Coltrane was born Sept. 23, 1926. He would have been 93…
John Coltrane’s Blue World, which includes 27 minutes of previously unheard music, is set for release Sept. 27.
Sep 3, 2019 3:24 PM
John Coltrane and his classic quartet still have unissued music to offer 21st-century listeners.
Set for release…
Conguero Poncho Sanchez is set to issue Trane’s Delight on Sept. 20 through Concord Picante.
Aug 1, 2019 4:51 PM
The first record Poncho Sanchez bought with his own money—when he was 11—was Coltrane.
The percussionist has…
Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 3.
Jul 2, 2019 9:46 AM
Singer-songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant is among the artists who topped multiple categories in the 2019 DownBeat…
In 1958, John Coltrane turned 32. He’d just rejoined Miles Davis’ band after a sojourn with Thelonious Monk, and had in the previous year finally freed himself of his addiction to drugs and alcohol.
May 24, 2019 10:03 AM
Perhaps the most striking thing about the current resurgence of interest in John Coltrane is the extent to which it…
The development of John Coltrane (1926–1967) during a single year is documented on Coltrane ’58: The Prestige Recordings (Craft).
Mar 7, 2019 9:36 AM
Opening with a version of “Lush Life,” recorded on Jan. 10, Coltrane ’58: The Prestige Recordings collects leader…
Archbishop Franzo King and the Rev. Mother Marina King perform at the Church of St. John Coltrane in San Francisco.
Feb 15, 2019 10:24 AM
Sustaining a free-spirited church centered on jazz in increasingly tony San Francisco seems like a tough task. But…
On June 29, the Impulse! label issued previously unreleased studio recordings by John Coltrane (left), Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison and McCoy Tyner under the title Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album.
Jan 4, 2019 12:27 PM
During 2018, DownBeat published hundreds of articles and album reviews. What’s below, though, are some features and…
Recordings that make up Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions sat in a Long Island home, untouched, for decades.
Dec 17, 2018 9:39 AM
Whether he was wielding his alto saxophone, flute or bass clarinet, Eric Dolphy was a godsend to the cadre of musicians…
Drummer Eric Harland teamed with tenor saxophonist Daniel Rovin and bassist Austin White to found the label GSI Records.
Nov 24, 2018 11:20 PM
One of the more intriguing new labels of 2018 is GSI Records, co-owned by drummer Eric Harland, tenor saxophonist…
One of the highly anticipated LP releases for Record Store Day Black Friday (Nov. 23) is Eric Dolphy’s Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions, from Resonance Records.
Nov 25, 2018 12:24 PM
Vinyl collectors should set their alarm clocks and prepare their coffee makers for the morning of Nov. 23. Independent…
Ron Stein, Coltrane Home board president, and Michelle Coltrane hug Oct. 10 during an announcement about the Dix Hills home of Alice and John Coltrane.
Nov 2, 2018 10:22 AM
The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced preliminary plans Oct. 10 for the preservation of John and Alice…
Jun 20, 2018 10:45 AM
Radical changes in musical direction don’t always sit easily with listeners. The shock of the new can be convulsive.…
John Coltrane’s Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!) was recorded in 1963 and only now is being released.
Jun 15, 2018 8:59 AM
Walking into the cool interiors of the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, it’s hard not to feel a…
On June 29, the Impulse! label will issue previously unreleased studio recordings by John Coltrane (left), Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison and McCoy Tyner under the title Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album.
Aug 29, 2019 3:52 PM
“Finding unreleased John Coltrane? It’s like discovering buried treasure.”
That’s how Ravi Coltrane, the…
Grant Green (1935–’79) is one of the dozens of artists who are showcased on Record Store Day releases.
Aug 21, 2019 10:11 AM
It’s that time of the year again. Music retailers have stocked up, and vinyl collectors have plotted their shopping…
Miles Davis (left) onstage with John Coltrane.
Jan 3, 2018 1:04 PM
Columbia/Legacy Recordings will release Miles Davis & John Coltrane–The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 on March…
Pianist Marcus Roberts interprets the music of John Coltrane on a new trio album.
Nov 22, 2017 10:25 AM
Say the name “John Coltrane” and what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Probably it’s that majestic tenor…
Guitarist Raphael Roginski has performed as a solo artist, in duos and in numerous ensembles.
Oct 31, 2017 4:36 PM
Polish guitarist Raphael Roginski discusses creativity with the same type of idiosyncratic, poetic aesthetic informs…
Members of the Sai Anantam Singers perform during a tribute to Alice Coltrane at the Knockdown Center in Queens, New York, on May 21.
May 23, 2017 9:59 PM
Spirituality was an enduring theme in the musical life of Alice Coltrane (1937–2007), the pianist, harpist and widow of…
A promotional still from the film Chasing Trane, which premiered April 14 at the IFC Center in New York City.
May 2, 2017 5:28 PM
Chasing Trane, the latest documentary from filmmaker John Scheinfeld, is an honest portrait of the consummate artist…
John Coltrane’s masterpiece A Love Supreme, reissued in 2015 as a deluxe three-CD set, is one of many classic albums recorded by the late engineer Rudy Van Gelder.
Aug 31, 2016 2:55 PM
(The following article, “Trane Tracks,” was written by Thomas Staudter and published in the September 2014 issue of…
Mar 30, 2020 10:54 AM
To celebrate the 90th birthdays of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Jazz at Lincoln Center will hold a special four-day…
