Ravi Coltrane (born August 6, 1965) is an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
saxophonist. Co-owner of the record label RKM Music, he has produced pianist
Luis Perdomo, guitarist
David Gilmore
David Gilmore (born 5 February 1964) is an American jazz guitarist.
Gilmore studied at New York University with Joe Lovano and Jim McNeely. In 1987 he began working professionally with the M-Base Collective and Ronald Shannon Jackson. In the 1 ...
, and trumpeter
Ralph Alessi
Ralph Alessi (born March 5, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and ECM recording artist. Alessi is known as a virtuosic performer whose critically-acclaimed projects include his Baida Quartet, with Jason Moran, Drew Gress, and Nashee ...
.
Biography
Ravi Coltrane is the son of saxophonist
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of br ...
and jazz harpist
Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane (' McLeod; August 27, 1937January 12, 2007), also known by her adopted Sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda, was an American jazz musician and composer, and in her later years a swamini. An accomplished pianist and one of the few har ...
. He is the second born of John and Alice Coltrane's three children; John Jr. and Oran. Alice had a daughter Michelle prior to her union with John Coltrane.
He is a cousin of experimental music producer Steven Ellison, aka
Flying Lotus
Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), known by his stage name Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, Disc jockey, DJ, filmmaker and rapper from Los Angeles. He is also the founder of the record label Brainfeeder.
Flyi ...
. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, and was named after
sitar
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player
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Ind ...
. Ravi Coltrane was less than two years old in 1967 when his father died.
He is a 1983 graduate of
El Camino Real High School
El Camino Real Charter High School (also known locally as "ECR" or "Elco") is an independent charter secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. ...
in
Woodland Hills, California
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Geography
Woodland Hills is in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley, which is located east of Ca ...
. In 1986, he studied music, concentrating on saxophone at the
California Institute of the Arts
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. He has worked often with
Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman (born September 20, 1956) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow.
Early life
Steve Coleman was born and grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing al ...
, a significant influence on Coltrane's musical conception. Coltrane has also played with
Geri Allen
Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. In addition to her career as a performer and bandleader, Allen was also an associate professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh ...
,
Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.
Biography
Born in Philadel ...
,
McCoy Tyner
Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA ...
,
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...
,
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...
,
Carlos Santana
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured ...
,
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jaz ...
,
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and ...
, and
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed inst ...
.
In 1997, after performing on over thirty recordings as a sideman, Coltrane recorded ''Moving Pictures'', his first album as leader, working with drummer
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts (born January 20, 1960) is a jazz drummer who has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Michael Brecker, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, and others.
Biography
Watts got the nickname "Tain" from Kenny ...
, bassist
Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico (born September 4, 1960) is an American jazz double bassist.
Biography
Plaxico was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen (playing both ...
, and pianist
Michael Cain
Michael Cain (born April 2, 1966) is a pianist and composer.
Biography
Cain attended several universities starting with the University of North Texas. Although initially a jazz major, he found that classical music was occupying more of his ...
. This led to touring with his working band, featuring Andy Milne on piano, drummer Steve Hass, and bassist Lonnie Plaxico. Coltrane's second album, ''
From the Round Box'' (2000), was recorded with pianist
Geri Allen
Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. In addition to her career as a performer and bandleader, Allen was also an associate professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh ...
, trumpeter
Ralph Alessi
Ralph Alessi (born March 5, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and ECM recording artist. Alessi is known as a virtuosic performer whose critically-acclaimed projects include his Baida Quartet, with Jason Moran, Drew Gress, and Nashee ...
, bassist
James Genus
James Genus (January 20, 1966) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. Genus has performed as a session musician and sideman throughout his career, havin ...
, and drummer
Eric Harland
Eric Harland (born November 8, 1976; in Houston, Texas) is an American jazz drummer.
In addition to leading his own group, Harland is a member of Charles Lloyd's Quartet, Dave Holland's Prism, James Farm with Joshua Redman, and Taylor Eigsti' ...
. ''
Mad 6
''Mad 6'' is an album by the American musician Ravi Coltrane, released in 2002. Coltrane supported the album by playing the 2003 Satchmo SummerFest.
Production
Produced by Yasohachi Itoh, the album was recorded over two days in May 2002 in New Yor ...
'' (2002), Coltrane's first album for Sony, featured drummer
Steve Hass
Steve Hass (born May 11, 1975) is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Island Park, New York, born to Greek immigrant parents from Athens. He is notable for his technical skill, time feel, and his musical versatility, hav ...
, pianist
George Colligan
George Colligan (born December 29, 1969) is an American jazz pianist, organist, drummer, trumpeter, educator, composer, and bandleader.
Early life and education
Colligan was born in New Jersey and raised in Columbia, Maryland. He attended the P ...
, and bassist James Genus. ''
In Flux
''In Flux'' is an album by the American musician Ravi Coltrane, released in 2005. It sold around 3,700 copies in its first year of release. The album title alluded to Coltrane's growth as a musician.
"Away" was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the ...
'' (2005) included bassist
Drew Gress
Drew Gress (born November 20, 1959) is an American jazz double-bassist and composer born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in the Philadelphia area.
Biography
Gress studied at Towson State University and Manhattan School of Music. In the late 1 ...
, pianist
Luis Perdomo, and drummer E. J. Strickland.
In January 2005, Coltrane performed in India for the first time as part of a delegation of American jazz musicians sent on a State Department tour to promote
HIV/AIDS
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awareness.
Also participating were vocalist
Al Jarreau
Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and musician. His 1981 album '' Breakin' Away'' spent two years on the ''Billboard'' 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R ...
, guitarist
Earl Klugh
Earl Klugh ( ; born September 16, 1953) is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. He has won one Grammy award and thirteen nominations. Klugh was awarded the “1977” Best Recording Award For Performance and Sound” for his album “Fi ...
, and pianist
George Duke
George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a pr ...
. Performances included a January 16 concert in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
(Bombay), a tribute to
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...
in
Delhi
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on January 17, and a music festival in Delhi on January 18 organized by violinist
L. Subramaniam
Lakshminarayana Subramaniam (born 23 July 1947) is an Indian violinist, composer and conductor, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition and Western classical music.
Early years
Subramaniam was born in Madras, Madras Presidency, Br ...
. Also on January 18, Coltrane performed at the Coltrane Shankar Centre, where Coltrane met with the man he was named after. Picking up a clarinet to engage in an unplanned jam session with a pair of
shehnai
The ''shehnai'' is a musical instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is made of wood, with a double reed at one end and a metal or wooden flared bell at the other end.[Monterey Jazz Festival
The Monterey Jazz Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Monterey, California, United States. It debuted on October 3, 1958, championed by Dave Brubeck and co-founded by jazz and popular music critic Ralph J. Gleason and jaz ...]
in 2001 and 2013, the
Montreux Jazz Festival
The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annual ...
and the
Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hire ...
in 2004, and the
Vienna Jazz Festival in 2005.
In 2008, Coltrane became part of
the Blue Note 7
The Blue Note 7 are a jazz septet formed in 2008 in honor of the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records. The group consists of Peter Bernstein (guitar), Bill Charlap (piano), Ravi Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Lewis Nash (drums), Nicholas Payton ...
, a septet formed that year in honor of the 70th anniversary of
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Or ...
. The group recorded an album in 2008 entitled ''
Mosaic
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'', which was released in 2009 by Blue Note/
EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...
, and toured the United States to promote the album from January to April 2009. The group plays the music of Blue Note Records from various artists, with arrangements by members of the band and
Renee Rosnes.
In 2013, he performed at the Village Vanguard. In 2016 he traveled to Australia to play at the opening of Bird's Basement, the first international section of
Birdland. The following year he would return to Australia during September to play at The Basement in Sydney and again at Bird's Basement in Melbourne. During his second visit, the quartet consisted of himself, Johnathan Blake,
Glenn Zaleski
Glenn Zaleski is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger.
Early life
Zaleski was born and raised in Boylston, Massachusetts.Bhatia, Rafi"Glenn Zaleski: 'A Sound'" The Jazz Gallery. His parents were Bob and Barbara Zaleski. ...
, and
Dezron Douglas
Dezron Lamont Douglas is an American jazz double bassist, composer, and producer. He has produced for Louis Hayes, and Brandee Younger.
Biography
Douglas was raised in Hartford, Connecticut and studied tuba and bass at the Hartford Conservatory ...
.
Personal life
Ravi Coltrane was born on August 6, 1965, on Long Island, New York and was the second eldest son in the family.
After the death of John Coltrane in 1967, Alice Coltrane moved the family to Los Angeles. At a young age Ravi was sensitive and shy. He took an interest in photography and film and sought to pursue a career in one of the two.
He started playing clarinet but switched to the saxophone in high school.
Tragedy struck the family again in 1982 when his older brother John Coltrane Jr. died in a car accident at the age of 17.
This event had a profound effect on Ravi and he dropped out of school. Despite the trauma his brother's death caused him, it led him to rediscover his musical origins and influenced his decision to study music. He went on to enroll at the
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of both ...
in 1986 where he continued to study music. While struggling to play, he graduated and then moved to an apartment with rehearsal space adjacent to a commercial space in Queens in 1991. From there he collaborated as an apprentice with Elvin Jones, Jack DeJohnette, Wallace Roney, Joanne Brackeen, and Steve Coleman.
In 1991 while playing with Elvin Jones, Coltrane met Kathleen Hennessy, manager of the Regattabar.
They married in 1999 and have two sons, William and Aaron.
Coltrane lives in
Brooklyn
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, New York and is the Chairman of The Coltrane Home, an organization dedicated to preserving the museum and research center based in John and Alice Coltrane's home in Dix Hills, Long Island.
Gallery
File:TynerColtraneMcBrideHaynesBrecker.jpg, Ravi Coltrane with McCoy Tyner
Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA ...
, Christian McBride
Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972) is an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is an eight-time Grammy Award winner.
McBride has performed and recorded with a number of j ...
, Roy Haynes
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and Michael Brecker
Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...
performing at the Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hire ...
on August 14, 2004.
File:RaviColtraneTerellStaffordCharnettMoffett.jpg, Ravi Coltrane (left, in black shirt) with Terell Stafford
Terell Stafford (born November 25, 1966) is a professional jazz trumpet player and current Director of Jazz Studies at the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University.
Terell Stafford was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in both Chi ...
and Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett (June 10, 1967 – April 11, 2022) was an American jazz bassist.
Moffett began playing bass in the family band, touring the Far East in 1975 at the age of eight. In the mid-1980s, he played with Wynton Marsalis and Branford Ma ...
at the Newport Jazz Festival
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on August 13, 2005.
File:Ravi coltrane.jpg, Ravi Coltrane at Bonnaroo, 2007.
File:BlueNoteSeven1.jpg, Ravi Coltrane performing with the Blue Note 7
The Blue Note 7 are a jazz septet formed in 2008 in honor of the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records. The group consists of Peter Bernstein (guitar), Bill Charlap (piano), Ravi Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Lewis Nash (drums), Nicholas Payton ...
at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG) is a nonprofit art, education, and music organization established in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1968.
Courses include ceramics, photography, digital arts, and painting to over 500 young people each year and 3, ...
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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on April 4, 2009.
Discography
As leader
*1998: ''
Moving Pictures'' (
RCA
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/BMG)
*2000: ''
From the Round Box'' (RCA)
*2002: ''
Mad 6
''Mad 6'' is an album by the American musician Ravi Coltrane, released in 2002. Coltrane supported the album by playing the 2003 Satchmo SummerFest.
Production
Produced by Yasohachi Itoh, the album was recorded over two days in May 2002 in New Yor ...
'' (
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
)
*2005: ''
In Flux
''In Flux'' is an album by the American musician Ravi Coltrane, released in 2005. It sold around 3,700 copies in its first year of release. The album title alluded to Coltrane's growth as a musician.
"Away" was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the ...
'' (
Savoy Jazz
Savoy Records is an American record company and label established by Herman Lubinsky in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey. Savoy specialized in jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel music.
In September 2017, Savoy was acquired by Concord Bicycle Music.
...
)
*2009: ''
Blending Times
''Blending Times'' is Ravi Coltrane's fifth album as a band leader, and second for Savoy Records.
Five of the tracks on this album are group improvisations "conceived and directed by Ravi Coltrane" that don't follow a standard time signature or p ...
'' (Savoy)
*2012: ''
Spirit Fiction
''Spirit Fiction'' is a sixth solo album by jazz saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, released on July 19, 2012. His solo on the track "Cross Roads" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo for the 2013 ceremony.
Track listing
All ...
'' (
Blue Note
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)
With
The Blue Note 7
The Blue Note 7 are a jazz septet formed in 2008 in honor of the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records. The group consists of Peter Bernstein (guitar), Bill Charlap (piano), Ravi Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Lewis Nash (drums), Nicholas Payton ...
*2009: ''
Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records'' (Blue Note/
EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...
)
With Grand Central
*1992: ''Sax Storm'' (
Evidence
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In epistemology, evidenc ...
)
*1993: ''The Chase'' (Evidence)
*1995: ''Tenor Enclave: A Tribute to Hank Mobley'' (Evidence)
With Saxophone Summit
*2008: ''Seraphic Light'' (
Telarc
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)
As sideman
With
Ralph Alessi
Ralph Alessi (born March 5, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and ECM recording artist. Alessi is known as a virtuosic performer whose critically-acclaimed projects include his Baida Quartet, with Jason Moran, Drew Gress, and Nashee ...
*2011: ''Wiry Strong'' (
Clean Feed
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* Cleanliness, the state of being clean and free from dirt
Arts and media Music A ...
)
*2019: ''Imaginary Friends'' (ECM)
With
Cindy Blackman
Cindy Blackman Santana (born November 18, 1959), sometimes known as Cindy Blackman, is an American jazz and rock drummer. Blackman has recorded several jazz albums as a bandleader and has performed with Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Simmons, Ron Carter ...
*1998: ''
In the Now
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'' (
HighNote
HighNote Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Joe Fields with his son, Barney Fields, in 1997.
Joe Fields worked for Prestige Records in the 1960s, and in the 1970s founded Muse Records. After he sold Muse, he started the Highn ...
)
With
Terence Blanchard
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*2013: ''
Magnetic
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'' (Blue Note)
With
James Carney
*2020: ''
Pure Heart'' (
Sunnyside Records
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)
With
Billy Childs
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Early life
When he was sixteen he attended the Community School of the Performing ...
*1996: ''The Child Within'' (
Shanachie)
With
Steve Coleman
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Early life
Steve Coleman was born and grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing al ...
*1994: Steve Coleman & Metrics, ''A tale of 3 cities, the EP'' (
BMG BMG may refer to:
Organizations
* Music publishing companies:
** Bertelsmann Music Group, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008
*** Sony BMG, a 2004–2008 joint venture of Bertelsmann and Sony that wa ...
)
*1995: Steve Coleman and Five Elements, ''Def Trance Beat (Modalities of Rhythm)'' (BMG)
*1996: Steve Coleman & The Mystic Rhythm Society, ''The Sign and The Seal'' (BMG)
*1998: Steve Coleman and Five Elements, ''Genesis & the opening of the way'' (BMG)
*1999: Steve Coleman and Five Elements, ''The Sonic Language of Myth'' (RCA)
*2004: Steve Coleman and Five Elements, ''Lucidarium'' (
Label Bleu
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Orier established the label in the mid-1980s in Amiens and soon after took over directorship of Amiens's cultural center, where he was able to build a recording studio. Label Bleu ...
)
With
Scott Colley
*2002: ''Initial Wisdom'' (
Palmetto)
With
Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane (' McLeod; August 27, 1937January 12, 2007), also known by her adopted Sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda, was an American jazz musician and composer, and in her later years a swamini. An accomplished pianist and one of the few har ...
* 2004: ''
Translinear Light
''Translinear Light'' is the final studio album by American jazz pianist Alice Coltrane, released in September, 2004 on Impulse Records. It was produced by her son Ravi Coltrane, who also played saxophone for the album as did her third son Oran. I ...
'' (Verve)
With
Art Davis
Arthur David Davis (December 6, 1934 – July 29, 2007) was a double-bassist, known for his work with Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Max Roach.
Biography
Davis was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United State ...
*1996: ''A Time Remembered'' (Jazz Planet)
With
Jack DeJohnette
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Known for his extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians including Charles Lloyd, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, John Abercrombie, ...
*2016: ''
In Movement
''In Movement'' is a studio album by American jazz drummer and composer Jack DeJohnette with saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and bassist Matthew Garrison recorded in 2015 and released on the ECM label. '' (
ECM)
With
Dave Douglas
*2011: ''
Orange Afternoons'' (
Greenleaf)
With
Flying Lotus
Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), known by his stage name Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, Disc jockey, DJ, filmmaker and rapper from Los Angeles. He is also the founder of the record label Brainfeeder.
Flyi ...
*2010: ''
Cosmogramma
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Recording sessions began in October 2008 in Ellison's apartment in Los Angeles, immediately following hi ...
'' (
Warp
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* WaRP Graphics, an alternative comics publisher
* ''Warp'' (First Comics), comic book series published by First Comics based on the play ''Warp!''
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)
With
David Gilmore
David Gilmore (born 5 February 1964) is an American jazz guitarist.
Gilmore studied at New York University with Joe Lovano and Jim McNeely. In 1987 he began working professionally with the M-Base Collective and Ronald Shannon Jackson. In the 1 ...
*2001: ''Ritualism'' (
The Orchard
The Orchard may refer to:
* The Orchard (company), American music and entertainment company
* The Orchard (band), Canadian country music duo
* ''The Orchard'' (Lizz Wright album), 2008
* ''The Orchard'' (Ra Ra Riot album), 2010
* The Orchard (t ...
)
With
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.
Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...
*1991: ''
In Europe'' (
Enja
Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971.
The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and Ja ...
)
*1992: ''
Going Home'' (Enja)
With
Ryan Kisor
Ryan Kisor (born April 12, 1973) is an American jazz trumpeter.
A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Kisor learned trumpet from his father, Larry Kisor, and started playing in a local dance band (the Eddie Skeets Orchestra) at age ten. Kisor began clas ...
*1992: ''Minor Mutiny'' (Sony)
With
Bheki Mseleku
Bhekumuzi Hyacinth Mseleku, generally known as Bheki Mseleku (3 March 1955 – 9 September 2008), was a jazz musician from South Africa. He was a pianist, saxophonist, guitarist, composer and arranger who was entirely self-taught.John Fordham"Bh ...
*1996: ''Beauty of the Sunrise'' (
PolyGram
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)
With
Tisziji Muñoz
Tisziji Muñoz (born July 15, 1946) is an American jazz guitarist.
He served as drummer in the 440th U.S. Army band. He left the US Army in 1969. In the 1970s, he lived in Canada and New York City. He played in Pharoah Sanders' band. In 1978, h ...
*2000: ''Parallel Reality'' (Anami)
*2003: ''Divine Radiance'' (Anami)
*2013: ''Divine Radiance Live!'' (Anami)
*2013: ''Paul Shaffer Presents: Tisziji Muñoz – Divine Radiance Live!'' DVD (Anami)
*2014: ''Let The Sound Go Forth!'' (Anami)
*2014: ''Healing Waters'' (Anami)
*2014: ''Sky Worlds'' (Anami)
With
David Murray
*1992: ''
MX'' (
Red Baron
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)
With
Luis Perdomo
*2005: ''Focus Point'' (RKM)
With
Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He has won 1 Grammy award and has two nominations.
Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from ...
*''
Munchin'
''Munchin is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney which was recorded in 1993 and released on the Muse label.Muse
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...
, 1993)
*''
Mistérios
''Mistérios'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney, recorded in 1994 and released on the Warner Bros. label.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Trumpeter Wallace Roney avoids the standard repertoire altogethe ...
'' (Warner Bros., 1994)
*''No Job Too Big or Small'' (Savoy, 1999)
With
Bob Thiele Collective The Bob Thiele Collective was an "all-star" American jazz ensemble which recorded three albums for Bob Thiele's record label Red Baron. Thiele assembled and produced the three different groups.
Discography
*1990: ''Sunrise Sunset'' ( David Murray, ...
*1993: ''Lion Hearted'' (Red Baron)
With
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts (born January 20, 1960) is a jazz drummer who has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Michael Brecker, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, and others.
Biography
Watts got the nickname "Tain" from Kenny ...
*2002: ''Bar Talk'' (
Columbia)
With
Yosuke Yamashita
*1996: ''Canvas in Vigor'' (
Universal
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Universal may also refer to:
Companies
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** Universal Animation Studios, an American Animation studio, and a subsidiary of NBCUniversal
** Universal TV, a t ...
)
*1997: ''Wind of the Age'' (Verve)
With
Brandee Younger
Brandee Younger (born July 1, 1983) is an American harpist. Younger infuses classical, jazz, soul, and funk influences to the harp tradition pioneered by her predecessors and idols Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. Younger leads her own ensemble ...
*2019: ''Soul Awakening'' (Independent)
With
Glenn Zaleski
Glenn Zaleski is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger.
Early life
Zaleski was born and raised in Boylston, Massachusetts.Bhatia, Rafi"Glenn Zaleski: 'A Sound'" The Jazz Gallery. His parents were Bob and Barbara Zaleski. ...
*2014: ''My Ideal'' (
Sunnyside)
With Jason Palmer
*2007: ''Songbook'' (Ayva Música Producciones)
References
External links
Official websiteAll About Jazz: Ravi Coltrane: In FluxRavi Coltrane on NPR
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1965 births
Living people
Jazz musicians from New York (state)
People from Long Island
El Camino Real High School alumni
California Institute of the Arts alumni
21st-century clarinetists
21st-century American saxophonists
African-American jazz musicians
American jazz clarinetists
American jazz soprano saxophonists
American jazz tenor saxophonists
American male saxophonists
Blue Note Records artists
RCA Records artists
American male jazz musicians
Post-bop jazz musicians
The Blue Note 7 members
21st-century American male musicians