John Coltrane completely changed the face of music in a recording career that lasted only a little over ten years. He was so influential in so many ways that it’s impossible to list them all.

Recently, I wrote about the new three-disk reissue of the John Coltrane Quartet’s “A Love Supreme,” the highlight of which is a recording of the group’s live performance of the suite. The over-all ...

John Scheinfeld’s latest film, Chasing Trane, isn’t just another jazz documentary—it’s more like a history lesson with heart. For his tribute to the great saxophonist, the director has assembled a ...

Live musical performances are usually freer than those recorded in studios, for reasons having to do with the peculiar psychology of many performing artists. In public, where what’s played is what’s ...

One Saturday in October 1965, John Coltrane did something unusual: He picked up his tenor saxophone and led his band into a performance of his masterpiece, A Love Supreme, a work he rarely played live ...

Fifty years ago, when drummer Rashied Ali entered the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, for his latest session with John Coltrane, he was surprised to find the rest of the saxophonist ...