John Coltrane archive
Listen From Schubert To Hendrix: Guest DJ Matt Haimovitz
November 15, 2012 – Hear an eclectic mix of music as the adventurous cellist spins his favorites in the studio.
Listen Making A Home For John Coltrane's Legacy
July 22, 2012 – Ravi Coltrane says his childhood home in Dix Hills represents the power of his father's creativity.
Listen At Home With The Coltranes, Listening To Stravinsky
July 19, 2012 – Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane (son of John and Alice) recalls a childhood filled with symphonic music.
Listen Early Impulse: A 50-Year Legacy In Jazz
May 13, 2011 – A new box set commemorates the 50th anniversary of the influential jazz label Impulse Records.
Read Instruments Of Change: Music Of The Freedom Riders, 50 Years Later WBGO
May 4, 2011 – The dream of social justice resulted in one of the most creative periods in jazz history. WBGO
Read Tadd Dameron: Bebop Romanticist Jazz24
February 22, 2011 – Dameron composed a body of work that helped define and expand the parameters of bebop. Jazz24
Watch Jazz At The Movies: 5 Cinematic Covers WESA
February 16, 2011 – Hear songs from Cars, Pinocchio and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs reinterpreted by jazz musicians. WESA
Listen Dave Liebman: What Are You Listening To?
November 10, 2010 – The saxophonist says that he often visits John Coltrane's "Crescent," which he calls "pure poetry."
Listen Jaleel Shaw: What Are You Listening To?
November 10, 2010 – The alto saxophonist has been checking out his employer Roy Haynes' recordings with John Coltrane.
Read Soprano Sax: The Story Of A Skinny Horn Jazz24
October 12, 2010 – Take a quick tour of the soprano sax throughout jazz history with the help of these five songs. Jazz24
Read A Hard Look At Hard Bop WESA
January 25, 2010 – Evolving out of 1950s bebop, hard bop incorporates gospel, soul and R&B. Hear five classics. WESA
Listen Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' Live, With Strings WBGO
September 17, 2009 – Hear the genre-bending Turtle Island Quartet re-imagine John Coltrane's classic work for strings. WBGO
Read A Leaf Falls On Loneliness (For E.E. Cummings) WBGO
November 10, 2008 – Let these five jazz confessionals prepare you for a season of the high lonesome in autumn. WBGO
Read The Cocktail Party Guide To John Coltrane
September 22, 2008 – Arm yourself for dinner functions with a five-song primer to the iconic saxophonist.
Listen John Coltrane: Saxophone Icon, Pt. 2
June 25, 2008 – The saxophonist's restless 1960s exploration made a jazz virtuoso into an American music pioneer.