While writing yesterday, I listened to a few hours of John Coltrane in the early '60s. Absorbing Coltrane through the ears is one experience. Watching him play in a video is quite another. Seeing ...

It’s not easy to find live footage of the late, great Alice Coltrane, but this nine-minute harp solo is one of the few live videos I’ve found and it’s a truly mesmerizing one. A retrospective on Alice ...

The term has lately become synonymous with sonic serenity (and chic merch). But the saxophone great challenged listeners with radical honesty. By Hank Shteamer “Offering,” a piece from “Expression,” ...