The Coltrane Home

05/29/2021

#OnThisDay in 1966 - look who's hanging out in front of the Village Vanguard! Photo by Chuck Stewart.

#OnThisDay in 1966 - look who's hanging out in front of the Village Vanguard! Photo by Chuck Stewart.

05/26/2021

Miles Davis & John Coltrane, "All of you", live in Paris, 1960

Happy birthday Miles Davis! Celebrate with "All of Me", featuring John Coltrane, live in Paris, 1960. The coolest!

Miles Davis & John Coltrane, "All of you", live in Paris, 1960Miles Davis, trumpetJohn Coltrane, tenor saxophone Wynton Kelly, piano Paul Chambers, bassJimmy...

05/14/2021

Huntington Ashram Monastery Full — Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

#OnThisDay in 1969, Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda recorded Huntington Ashram Monastery in the basement of The Coltrane Home. Released by Impulse Records, featuring Ron Carter on bass and Rashied Ali on drums, Alice Coltrane produced and played on this heavenly and deeply spiritual record. Let her music and memory move you today.

Alice Coltrane — harp, pianoPharoah Sanders — flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophoneJimmy Garrison — bassRashied Ali — drumsBen Riley — drums

05/04/2021

The most feared song in jazz, explained

May 4-5 in 1959, Giant Steps was recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York City. Take a few minutes to learn why this is the "most feared" and most brilliant composition in jazz history.

Making sense of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps."Follow Vox Earworm on Facebook for more: http://www.facebook.com/VoxEarwormAnd be sure to check out Earworm's c...

05/01/2021

Home Photos - The Coltrane Home in Dix Hills

Happy Birthday to us! In May of 2004, the Town of Huntington voted to make The John and Alice Coltrane home a landmark, saving it from demolition.

We may never know why John and Alice Coltrane chose Dix Hills as the place they would want to live and raise their family, but they did. About 30 miles from Manhattan, centrally located on Long Island, in the Town of Huntington, NY, Dix Hills was considered “out in the country” in 1964. Sitting ...

04/22/2021

John Coltrane - Mr. P.C.

Happy birthday Paul Chambers, aka "Mr. P.C:"!

John Coltrane's composition, Mr. P.C., from the album "Giant Steps", released in 1960.Track list:01- Giant Steps02- Cousin Mary03- Countdown04- Spiral05- Sye...

04/14/2021

Reverberations still being felt 53 years later. Thank you to the archivists at Carnegie Hall.

Reverberations still being felt 53 years later. Thank you to the archivists at Carnegie Hall.

04/07/2021

Ravi Shankar

Happy Birthday Ravi Shankar, who influenced modal jazz and all music by fusing east and west. He and John Coltrane shared a bond of friendship and spirit that lasted throughout their lives.

Ravi Shankar Foundation

04/06/2021

Universal Consciousness Full — Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

Alice Coltrane's "Universal Consciousness" began recording #OnThisDay in 1971 in the basement studio of The Coltrane Home in Dix Hills. A divine inspiration and a gift to listeners.

Released — 1971Recorded — 1971Length — 36:36Label — Impulse! Records, ABC RecordsProducer — Alice Coltrane, Ed Michel

03/29/2021

John Coltrane - Ballads (Full Album) (Full Album)

Tell us how listening to John Coltrane's "Ballads" makes your day. Released this month in 1963, recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio.

Subscribe at Timeless Music Box Chanel: http://bit.ly/2mg6RFXThis Video include 8 tracks of John ColtraneTip: click on the time and listen your favorite song...

03/20/2021

#OnThisDay in 1963, the music was swinging in New Orleans!

#OnThisDay in 1963, the music was swinging in New Orleans!

03/13/2021

Happy 96th Birthday Roy Haynes! Considered a father of modern jazz drumming, he recorded with John Coltrane early in the 1960's. Here he is at our 2016 Coltrane Day celebration! Photo credit: Katie Thomas Laible

Happy 96th Birthday Roy Haynes! Considered a father of modern jazz drumming, he recorded with John Coltrane early in the 1960's. Here he is at our 2016 Coltrane Day celebration! Photo credit: Katie Thomas Laible

03/09/2021

Celebrate Ornette Home - Ornette Coleman

Happy Birthday Ornette Coleman - saxophonist, composer, and founder of the free jazz movement. The New York Times remembers him as "one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz."

Celebrate Ornette Home December 20th, 2016dataharvest

03/07/2021

Do you love this album the way we do? Recorded #OnThisDay at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in 1963, released on Impulse Records, and inducted into the GRAMMY Museum in 2013.

Do you love this album the way we do? Recorded #OnThisDay at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in 1963, released on Impulse Records, and inducted into the GRAMMY Museum in 2013.

03/03/2021

John Coltrane Quartet - Impressions Live

Happy birthday Jimmy Garrison, John and Alice Coltrane's long time bassist and friend. Jimmy's solos were legendary; the unique tones and brilliant improvisations were a driving force for the Classic Quartet in the 1960's.

John Coltrane Quartet - Impressions - France TV 1966 John Coltrane - tenor sax; McCoy Tyner - piano; Jimmy Garrison - bass; Elvin Jones - drums

02/05/2021

Giant Steps

John Coltrane's Atlantic Records album Giant Steps was released this month in 1960. It introduced one of the music world's most challenging set of chord progressions, the "Coltrane Changes". This short film by art student Michael Levy helps you visualize the angular, modern sound.

My first animation short, from 2001, that capture a part of my synesthesia, and show a bit of how I see music...The movie was made as my graduation thesis, a...

02/04/2021

This evening please tune in for the radiant Brandee A. Younger and the great Dezron Douglas at https://jazzatlincolncenter.squarespace.com/. Together they created beauty out of quarantine with their weekly brunch and recording "Force Majeure# on https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/. This beautiful duo are long time, generous supporters of The John and Alice Coltrane Home!
#forcemajeure #internationalanthem
#dezrondouglas #brandeeyounger
#jazzatlincolncenter #dizzys #coltrane #alicecoltrane
#coltranehome

This evening please tune in for the radiant Brandee A. Younger and the great Dezron Douglas at https://jazzatlincolncenter.squarespace.com/. Together they created beauty out of quarantine with their weekly brunch and recording "Force Majeure# on https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/. This beautiful duo are long time, generous supporters of The John and Alice Coltrane Home!
#forcemajeure #internationalanthem
#dezrondouglas #brandeeyounger
#jazzatlincolncenter #dizzys #coltrane #alicecoltrane
#coltranehome

02/03/2021

We highly recommend tuning in to Jazz House Kids tonight for a wonderful Alice Coltrane program featuring two of our favorite talents: the radiant Brandee A. Younger and the gifted writer Ashley Kahn. Register at https://jazzhousekids.org/

We highly recommend tuning in to Jazz House Kids tonight for a wonderful Alice Coltrane program featuring two of our favorite talents: the radiant Brandee A. Younger and the gifted writer Ashley Kahn. Register at https://jazzhousekids.org/

02/02/2021

Alice and John Coltrane began recording Cosmic Music in San Francisco on this date in 1966. Below is a photo included with the extensive extras and artwork. https://youtu.be/Ct-aXk2MTLk

Alice and John Coltrane began recording Cosmic Music in San Francisco on this date in 1966. Below is a photo included with the extensive extras and artwork. https://youtu.be/Ct-aXk2MTLk

01/29/2021

Released this day in 1968 on Impulse Records, Alice Coltrane's first solo album, A Monastic Trio, was recorded at The Coltrane Home basement studio, seen in the picture below. https://www.alicecoltrane.com/a-monastic-trio

Released this day in 1968 on Impulse Records, Alice Coltrane's first solo album, A Monastic Trio, was recorded at The Coltrane Home basement studio, seen in the picture below. https://www.alicecoltrane.com/a-monastic-trio

01/26/2021

On this day in 1970, Alice Coltrane recorded Ptah, the El Daoud with Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, and Ben Riley in her basement recording studio at The Coltrane Home. If you went there today, this is what you would see, but you might still be able to hear the music.... Please follow us for updates as we reimagine this space! Photo by Stevie Debe.

On this day in 1970, Alice Coltrane recorded Ptah, the El Daoud with Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, and Ben Riley in her basement recording studio at The Coltrane Home. If you went there today, this is what you would see, but you might still be able to hear the music.... Please follow us for updates as we reimagine this space! Photo by Stevie Debe.

01/25/2021

Happy 92nd birthday to Jazz Master Benny Golson! Saxophonist, composer, arranger, and high school band mate of John Coltrane - read here for a great story about that: https://www.bennygolson.com/artist-profile-coltrane-and-benny.html. Photo by @Saulmon C. Addison, 2018.

01/25/2021

Birdland Jazz Club

Not too late!
https://www.savebirdland.com/
Experience an incredible marathon of performances including Ravi Coltrane amongst many other amazing contributors in support of one of our favorite venues and give if you can to support Birdland. We thank you! #birdland #ravicoltrane #coltrane #jazz

Happening Now!

01/03/2021

Save Birdland, "The Jazz Corner Of The World", organized by Tom D'Angora

Please consider a donation to save Birdland.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-birdland-the-jazz-corner-of-the-world

Yet another one of New York’s most beloved venues is in danger of closing … Tom D'Angora needs your support for Save Birdland, "The Jazz Corner Of The World"

01/02/2021

In January 1965, A Love Supreme was released by Impulse Records. This is the room John Coltrane composed it in as it stands today. We are working hard to restore The Coltrane Home - please follow our page for updates as we progress towards an opening. Photo by Stevie Debe, 2020.

12/30/2020

1965 was a good year for John Coltrane! Thank you DownBeat Magazine

12/29/2020

Joe Lovano ~ Saxophonist & Composer

Happy Birthday Joe Lovano! A master Coltrane interpreter and scholar, and a friend of The Coltrane Home.

Saturday, November 14 at 9pm ET Live from Van Gelder Studio Tribute to Hank Mobley Ron Carter – Joe Lovano – Isaiah J. Thompson – Kenny Washington Streaming live from the studio where Soul Station and so many other…

12/26/2020

John Coltrane - Stardust (Full Album)

For a dreamy, post Christmas mood, try listening to John Coltrane's 'Stardust", tracks recorded this day in 1958 at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio.

Bass – Paul Chambers Drums – Art Taylor (tracks: B1, B2), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: A1, A2) Flugelhorn – Wilbur Harden (tracks: A1, B1) Piano – Red Garland Tenor S...

12/11/2020

McCoy Tyner - Wikipedia

Happy birthday McCoy Tyner, powerhouse pianist and a driving force and inspiration for the classic John Coltrane Quartet.

Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938 – March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.[1] He was an NEA Jazz Master and a five-time Grammy winner. Not a player of electric keyboards and synthesizers, he was committed to acousti...

12/09/2020

On December 9, 1964, John Coltrane recorded 'A Love Supreme' at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio. This masterpiece was composed in a single stretch of several days upstairs at The Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, New York. Here is the room as it looks today. Imagine the inspiration. Photo by Joshua Scott for National Trust for Historic Preservation

11/23/2020

Here is a great opportunity to support Long Island musicians.

Jack O’Neill‘s jam session returns tonight! Unplanned, unscripted, jazz fusion. Swing by and observe, or bring your instrument if your feeling creative 🎶🎤🎷

11/18/2020

Nov. 18, 1963...John Coltrane records "Alabama" - JAZZIZ Magazine

On this date in 1963: John Coltrane records the heart-wrenching "Alabama" in response to the September bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 4 little girls were killed. Listen today in their honor.

John Coltrane’s Civil Rights elegy “Alabama” first appeared on Live at Birdland (1964), though it was recorded in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 18, 1963 – three months after the dramatic events surrounding the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of September 15, ...

11/08/2020

Meditating On The Healing Power Of Alice Coltrane's 'Journey In Satchidananda'

50 years ago, on this date - Alice Coltrane recorded "Journey in Satchidananda" in The Coltrane Home basement studio. Rolling Stone lists it in the 2020 edition of the Greatest Albums of All Time. We are working towards restoring the studio so it will once again be alive with wonderful music.

Almost 50 years after its release, the album remains a vision of universal healing, spiritual self-preservation in times of trouble and the god that appears when you seek her out.

11/02/2020

John Coltrane - Live At The Village Vanguard (Full Album)

Live At the Village Vanguard, recorded in November 1961 and released on Impulse Records, was John Coltrane's first live album and the first to feature the Classic Quartet of Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, and McCoy Tyner. Listen here to discover the birth of "sixties avant-garde jazz"

ABC Impulse! - IMPL 8041 A1. Spiritual 00:00 A2. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise 13:45 B1. Chasin' The Trane 20:23 Bass – Reggie Workman Bass Clarinet – Eric ...

10/25/2020

Happy Birthday "Little Bird" Jimmy Heath, saxophonist, composer, arranger, NEA Jazz Master and John Coltrane collaborator, pictured here with Roy Haynes in at our event in 2013.