Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane- tenor and soprano saxophonist, bandleader, and composer - has fronted a variety of jazz lineups, recorded critically-hailed albums as leader, produced recordings by other artists - including his mother, worked as sideman for jazz luminaries, overseen important jazz reissues, and founded an independent record label. Seventeen years since finding his life's path, it seems music was Ravi's destiny from the outset.
Born the second son of John and Alice Coltrane in 1965 in Long Island, New York and raised in the Los Angeles area, he was named after Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar. Starting in middle school, Ravi began playing clarinet, though he grew up hearing a variety of music. (My mother was playing piano and organ in the house, everyday. She took us to her performances and to recording sessions. She played my father's LP's and recordings of classical music. Early on, I listened to a lot of R and B, Soul music, popular music of the day - James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Sly Stone, Motown music, Earth Wind and Fire. Later I got into Prince, The Beatles, I listened to more Symphonic music - Stravinsky, Dvorak. I was a big fan of film scores. Jazz music was something I always appreciated but I had to reach my late teens and go through profound family changes before the music became a dominate force in my life.) In 1986, Ravi entered the California Institute of the Arts to pursue musical studies, focusing on the saxophone.
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Live Review
- Ravi Coltrane Quartet at the New Hazlett Theater
- Never Alone: Reflections on the 2018 Winter Jazzfest
- "A Love Supreme" with Ravi Coltrane
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Live Review
- Festival International De Jazz De Montréal 2017: July 7-8
- Coltrane-Younger-Douglas Trio al Cremona Jazz
- Ravi Coltrane Quartet at Cornell University
- Metastasio Jazz 2015
- Ravi Coltrane at Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge
Album Review
- Spirit Fiction by Greg Simmons
December 01, 2014
50th Anniversary Of A Love Supreme - Curated By Ravi Coltrane At SFJAZZ...
May 13, 2014
Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, And Ravi Coltrane Release Fan-Funded...
July 09, 2013
Joe Lovano, Ravi Coltrane, Dave Liebman Fan-funded Artistshare Recording
January 19, 2012
Jazz This Week: Ravi Coltrane, Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo, a...
January 08, 2012
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Catching up with Ravi Coltrane
January 04, 2012
Grammy-Nominated Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane Kicks Off 2012 at the...
August 30, 2011
GPS2: "Orange Afternoons" - Dave Douglas, Ravi Coltrane, Vijay Iyer,...
December 13, 2010
Giants and Legacies: Ravi Coltrane and McCoy Tyner at the Dakota
August 05, 2010
Blue Note Records Signs Ravi Coltrane
April 10, 2009
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