That's great Henry -thanks! Interesting to note the John Coltrane performed in the UK in November 1961, the year that I was born, Excited to see that he...
Greetings- apologise for cross posting as have raised this on another forum. Did John Coltrane ever perform in the UK ? Also curious to know how John...
Greetings, recently picked up this book -with CD- by Norwegian journalist Randi Hultin, who interviewed -and also offered hospitality to a number of famous...
Thank you for the feedback David. Hope that this album will be re- released. Though a huge admirer of Alice Coltrane, I wasn't sure it was necessarily a good...
... I think it's a great album, right in line with her Impulse albums. Too bad it isn't in print outside of Japan. -- * David Beardsley * http://biink.com...
... arrangements and other overdubs to her husband's original work. Would be interested in reading people's opinions. Regards, Michael I would too, as it's...
Greetings, anyone familiar with this recording? I understand that it was a posthumous John Coltrane release with Alice Coltrane adding string arrangements and...
Hello Patrick, You were lucky a teacher who was prepared to turn you on to John Coltrane, and Miles. I also rate Billy Cobham's album 'Spectrum' very highly....
... I had heard Billy Cobham Spectrum as my first "jazz fusion" album in 1973. I had been a King Crimson fan before that. I learned about John Coltrane from...
Greetings, have tried to reformat my previous reviews which appear in Group files as 'Alice Coltrane 1' as earlier effort was hard to read. Have posted two...
Looks like a great book, with plenty of original research hope it also gets published outside of North America . Would like to hear from list members, which...
Please check this out! This is a very nice article on Chris DeVito ( and the Coltrane Reference that was printed yesterday in the Champaign, Illinois...
Amazing Photos, thanks Lorenzo. Have posted two of my Alice Coltrane CD reviews - have created 'Alice Coltrane 1' in group files. Regards to you all ... from...
Hey Saga Thanks for the post and for directing me to the messages; they were intriguing to read. Yes, I particularly enjoyed Lorenzo Pace's account of meeting...
Hey, Mike - (Hi, all -- smiling) I went through the past messages and I thought you might want to read this response from one of our coolest members on the...
Thanks for responses. Following hearing John McLaughlin/Carlos Santana 'Love Devotion Surrender' (1973) again many years later, the first John Coltrane album I...
My first exposure to jazz was through my father, as he played lots of Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, and some Grover Washington. My first exposure to Coltrane...
That’s a good question! To be honest, I don’t remember very well how I first heard about Coltrane. My parents are not jazz enthusiasts (my mother likes ...
I am interested in how people first heard the music of John Coltrane. Though as child I remember my mother listening to some jazz, particularly Ella...
Hi Lorenzo Very interested to read that you were there. What do you reckon to the CD? From what I can gather the tracks that were recorded from the first...
Just a short note, if anyone is interested. I was @ the Olatunji concert when I was 22. I adored Trane but I was not prepared for the emotions I was struck...
Hi, Found this CD on Amazon.UK: It was released on Impulse, catalogue number 31458 91202. The studio albums this release reminds me of are 'Ascension' and ...