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John Coltrane

Music Interviews

Coltrane Remembered

June 1, 2001 • Host Jackie Judd talks with Karrin Allyson, a singer who's new album dedicated to the work of John Coltrane combines both her jazz and classical training. Allyson's vocal CD, based on Coltrane's instrumental Ballads record, is titled "Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane." (6:21) {Karrin Allyson, "Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane." Concord Records, 2001} {John Coltrane Quartet, Ballads MCA Records 1987}

Coltrane Remembered

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Music News

Church of St. John Coltrane

April 22, 2000 • From San Francisco, David Wright reports on the Church of St. John Coltrane where worshippers have gathered together to celebrate the work of the late jazz musician for the past three decades. But now, soaring rents are forcing the church to vacate its historic location in the Haight.

Church of St. John Coltrane

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American jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis sits with his horn during a studio recording session, October 1959. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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'Kind of Blue'

January 24, 2000 • Reviewer Tom Moon gives a listen to the classic 1959 jazz recording Kind of Blue.