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 ...

On what would have been John Coltrane’s 100th birthday, Impulse! Records is opening another door into the saxophonist’s endlessly expanding musical universe.

Coltrane, who died in 1967 at age 40, was a comet who lit up the sky, constantly refining his saxophone style and technique alongside his composing, bandleading and advocacy for younger colleagues.

They capture the sax legend between 1960 and 1965 ...

The pianist Steve Kuhn can play John Coltrane’s music meaningfully without sounding as if he lives by it. That shows self-possession, for a couple of reasons. Coltrane was the most influential jazz ...

From obsessive practise to jazz greatness, John Coltrane built an enduring legacy, cemented by A Love Supreme, one of jazz's best-selling albums.

The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a gift of more than 1,000 photographs of renowned jazz and rock musicians from the late 1960s, taken by the late jazz scholar and historian, ...

Some rediscovered archival recordings by great musicians are more noteworthy for their news value than for their artistic significance. Others are treasures that extend a view of the artists’ ...

Detroit, was once again in a position of seeing Coltrane break new ground before one of the most knowledgeable audiences in jazz—a status Detroit audiences still hold today. When the calendar turned ...

Wednesday is the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane. A tenor titan born a century ago may seem like old news, but with his timeless vision, Coltranes ...

John Coltrane, the fearlessly adventurous saxophonist whose music continues to transport and inspire spiritually seeking artists and audiences in jazz and beyond nearly six decades after his death, ...