John Coltrane

In 2003, Reading Up On John Coltrane’s Contemplation and Invention

A book worth another look asked musicians of the early Aughts what they heard when the jazz titan broke through to the other side.

Originally published: January 1, 2003

The John Coltrane Guide

From sideman to mesmerizer to evangelical to interstellar space.

by Francis Davis

Originally published: June 7, 2006

Black Music: Bringing Atlantis Up to the Top

“What seems to be about to happen is what LeRoi Jones called Unity Music in 1966. It will include the entire range of black music, maybe in one long performance, but pivoting on the drums.”

by Stanley Crouch

Originally published: April 16, 1979

Do We Need Another Miles Davis Box Set?

The excellent sixth volume of the Miles Davis Bootleg Series shows we haven't had too much of the legendary jazz musician

by Michael J. Agovino

April 19, 2018

Jazz digs roots as Lincoln Center Out of Doors’ ambitious inaugural Americanafest NYC continues with “A Sacred Steel Love Supreme,” wherein the Campbell Brothers apply their superb gospel-steel-guitar skills to John Coltrane’s most exalted opus. And expe

by Richard Gehr

August 6, 2014

Water by the Spoonful: Catching the Coltrane

by Michael Feingold

January 9, 2013

Ten (More) Jazz Albums to Hear Before You Die

by Sound of the City

November 14, 2012

The John Pizzarelli Quartet

by David Finkle

May 16, 2012

Spirits in the Material World in Uncle Boonmee

March 2, 2011

The State of Jazz 2010

December 29, 2010