John William Coltrane Jr. (1964-1982) was the oldest son of jazz musicians John and Alice Coltrane. He was killed in a car crash two weeks before his 18th birthday.

STUDENTS IN THE TRIAD ARE LEARNING ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST JAZZ MUSICIANS WHO IS FROM HIGH POINT WHILE ALSO GETTING TO REFINE THEIR OWN SKILLS. YEAH. OUR STAR CONNOR JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THE ...

All About Jazz is celebrating John Coltrane's birthday today! John William Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina. At the age of three his family moved to High Point, NC, ...

The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra will present the Joshua White Ensemble in a tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane 7:30 p.m. May 20 at the San Bernardino Valley College ...

A little over 60 years ago, the editor-in-chief of DownBeat magazine asked John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy a deceptively simple question: What are you trying to do? He rephrased slightly: What are you ...

“I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things that he knows of and senses in the universe.” − John Coltrane On Dec. 9 and 10, 1964, ...

Rhino Records is launching a quarterly series of limited-edition vinyl releases intended to appeal to LP-loving audiophiles, with records that are cut directly from analog sources by one of the most ...

John Coltrane. Coltrane was born in Hamlet, N.C. But, his family moved to High Point when he was just three months old. On Saturday, Coltrane's son was among the musicians paying tribute to the ...

In celebration of what would have been jazz icon John William Coltrane’s 98th birthday, the Philadelphia area jazz community gathered recently in front of the Coltrane House to create a new “A Great ...

The DownBeat editor, Don DeMicheal, printed this exchange in the April 1962 issue, as part of a fascinating article headlined "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics." Regular readers ...