Alice Coltrane

Alice Coltrane starts the recording of her ‘Universal Consciousness’ album (1971)

Alice Coltrane's 'Universal Consciousness' is her fifth solo album recorded between April 6 & June 1971 and released the same year by Impulse! Records.Track Listing : 1.Universal Consciousness (Alice Coltrane)...

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McCoy Tyner records ‘Extensions’ with Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Elvin Jones and Alice Coltrane (1970)

McCoy Tynerr's 'Extensions' is an album recorded on February 9, 1970 with Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Elvin Jones and Alice Coltrane on two tracks and released in January...

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We Remember Alice Coltrane

January 12, 2007 - Alice Coltrane also known as Turiyasangitananda or Turiya Alice Coltrane, American pianist, organist, harpist, singer & composer passed away aged 69. She is remembered.Tracklist : 1...

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Columbia publish Santana’s fifth album : ‘Welcome’ featuring John McLaughlin, Alice Coltrane and Flora Purim (1973)

Santana's 'Welcome' is the fifth studio album by . Released on November 9, 1973 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Going Home (Antonín Dvorák, Alice Coltrane, Santana Band) - 04:11 . 2.Love,...

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John Coltrane records ‘Live At The Village Vanguard Again!’ with Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane et al (1966)

John Coltrane's 'Live At The Village Vanguard Again!' is a (free jazz) album recorded on May 28, 1966 and released in December 1966 by Impulse!Track Listing : 1.Naima (John Coltrane)...

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John Coltrane records his final concert in New-York : ‘The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording’ (1967)

John Coltrane's 'The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording' is his final live recording made in New York on April 23, 1967 and released in 2001 by Impulse!. Track Listing...

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John Coltrane records ‘Stellar Regions,’ an album for Impulse! (1967)

John Coltrane's 'Stellar Regions' is a posthumous album recorded on February 15, 1967 , discovered in 1994 by his wife, Alice Coltrane and released onOctober 10, 1995 by Impulse!.Track Listing...

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John Coltrane finishes the recording of ‘Infinity,’ an album for Impulse! (1966)

John Coltrane's 'Infinity' is a posthumous album recorded on June 16 & September 22, 1965 and February 2, 1966, featuring overdubs with strings added by Alice Coltrane and released in...

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Playing Coltrane

Dave Liebman, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, McCoy Tyner, Ravi Coltrane, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes, Bobby Hutcherson, Marcus Miller, Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Branford Marsalis, Raul de...

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Impulse! publish John Coltrane’s last album : ‘Expression’ (1967)

John Coltrane's 'Expression' is his last official album released in September 1967 by Impulse!Track Listing : 1.Ogunde (John Coltrane) - 03:38 . 2.To Be (John Coltrane) - 16:22 . 3.Offering...

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Coltrane For A Day (17 hours)

From the debut till the end, from "Bakai" - the first track on "Coltrane" (recorded this day in 1957) - to "Tranesonic," - the last track on 1967 "Stellar Regions"...

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This week In Jazz Legends (Special Pianists) 02/52

Chucho Valdes, Michel Camilo, Tania Maria, Hiromi, Michel Legrand, Ben Sidran, Marcus Roberts, Dave Grusin, Bill Evans, Alice Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Tommy Flanagan, Big Tiny Little

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We Remember Elvin Jones. ‘Heavy Elvin’

This day (May 18, 2004), in Englewood, New Jersey, died Elvin Jones, an American jazz drummer.Tracklist : 1 . Night In Tunisia (1999) 2 . A Love Supreme (1997) 3...

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Happy Birthday to Ron Carter. ‘Beau Ron’

This day (May 4, 1937), in Ferndale, Michigan, is born Ron Carter, an American jazz double-bassist. Tracklist : 1 . w/ Al Foster & Eli Degibri – United Blues (2019)...

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We Remember McCoy Tyner. ‘Really McCoy?’

This day (March 6, 2020), in  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died Alfred McCoy Tynerr, jazz pianist member of the John Coltrane Quartet before embracing a long solo career.Tracklist : 1 . w/...

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Columbia publish Santana’s third album : ‘Santana (III)’ (1971)

'Santana (III) ' is their third (and second self-titled) studio album released in September 1971 in September 1971 by Columbia.Track listing : 1.Batuka (José Areas, David Brown, Mike Carabello, Greg...

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Santana record in Japan, a triple live album to be released as ‘Lotus’ (1973)

Santana's 'Lotus' is a live album recorded on July 3 & 4, 1973 in Japan and released as a triple vinyl in May 1974 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Going Home...

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Roland Kirk records ‘Left & Right’ for Atlantic (1968)

Roland Kirk's 'Left & Right' is an album recorded on June 17 & 18 1968 and released the same year By Atlantic.Track Listing : 1.Black Mystery Has Been Revealed (Roland...

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Baby It’s Loesser Inside

From 'I'll Know' to 'Baby. It's Cold Outside' , we have mixed 20 'Pure Jazz Standards' tunes written or co-written by 'Frank Loesser I'. It has Perry Como, Sheila Jordan...

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Jazz Dancing

From 'Unsquare Dance' to 'Carribean Fire Dance' , we have mixed 14 'Swing' tunes around the theme of 'Dancing with Jazz'. It has Ray Barretto, Nat Adderley, Donal Byrd, Joe...

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