More than 40 years after his death, John Coltrane remains the most influential tenor saxophonist in jazz history. Whether it's his patented "sheets of sound," his rapid-fire improvisations or his bold ...

WASHINGTON -- One of John Coltrane's tenor saxophones is joining the jazz collection at the Smithsonian. Coltrane's son, musician Ravi Coltrane, donated one of his father's three principal tenor ...

In 2004 Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, and Dave Liebman joined forces as the long-lived Saxophone Summit and entered the studio with the expressed intent of considering the most difficult of the John ...

“I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things that he knows of and senses in the universe.” − John Coltrane On Dec. 9 and 10, 1964, ...

One of three instruments Coltrane would use as he blazed through the next two years, reinventing himself—and jazz music— at a pace many found exhausting. National Museum of American History Before he ...

In the beginning, there was Coleman Hawkins. Coleman Hawkins begat Ben Webster. And Ben Webster begat Lester Young, and Lester Young begat Charlie Parker. And Charlie Parker begat Dexter Gordon, and ...

The most influential jazz musician after bebop, the tenor saxophonist nurtured a career marked by rapid growth in improvisational technique and... John Coltrane: Saxophone Icon, Pt. 1 More than 40 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated handout photo provided by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History shows John Coltrane’s Selmer Mark VI ...