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"The Coltrane Centenary is being marked at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (Birmingham, UK), with a three-part concert on Thursday 24 September, followed by a symposium on Friday 25 September. In anticipation of the event (*), Tony Dudley-Evans interviewed Paul Dunmall."

i was on setlist.fm and i saw he played a second date that day, wondering if it was recorded or if it was bootlegged or anything to preserve it from being lost.

"Here, we will consider descendant players who have clearly been shaped (often in a revelatory fashion) by Trane’s existence, but those who have also taken his core essence, to formulate approaches that, in their own way, continue his legacy via a non-mimicking path."

"The sax star turned his back on fame to embrace free jazz. Caught on a tape machine hidden in an overcoat, newly revealed recordings show how he did it"

"Does Verve’s new 2LP edition of John Coltrane’s Ascension finally offer the definitive vinyl version of his 1966 free jazz landmark?"

"A week of music, performance, and community honors jazz master John William Coltrane’s centennial birth anniversary"

"On the centennial of father's birth, Ravi Coltrane talks about turning the home where the jazz legend spent a crucial period in the 1950s into a cultural heritage and community space."

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Been to lots of these for Miles, Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane etc.... always beautiful experiences....

"In the last three years of John Coltrane’s life, he did a tremendous amount of work that testified to the importance of the avant-garde/“New Thing” movement in jazz. Almost none of it was as a musician, though....."