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I'm a lot closer to being caught up with my weekly reading; there are only four issues that came out this week that I haven't read yet, but I had to get this co

Electrifying and transcendent, this previously unreleased set captures the legendary harpist at a pivotal point in her career

A recording of a previously unreleased concert by the pianist at Carnegie Hall, made at the time when she found her sound, marks the beginning of a year filled with tributes to the widow of John Coltrane

Today, The John & Alice Coltrane Home and the Coltrane Family, in partnership with Impulse! Records, Detroit Jazz Festival, Hammer Museum, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, The New York Historical Society, and many more, have declared 2024-2025 to be THE YEAR OF ALICE, celebrating the extensive life work of spiritual leader, composer, and musician Alice Coltrane.

The previously unreleased recording marked Coltrane's debut as a leader at Carnegie Hall

The beloved musician and songwriter set to perform in Berkeley and at Yoshi's in Oakland.

The beloved musician and songwriter set to perform in Berkeley and at Yoshi's in Oakland.

We’ve been asking writers, musicians and scholars to tell us what songs they’d play to get people into jazz. This month, we decided to highl

This label founded in 1971 gave Afrocentric and psychedelic jazz a home, and found a breakout hit with Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson. Take a guided tour through its deep catalog.