John Coltrane

Gil Evans' Centennial Tribute, Plus a Conversation With John Pizzarelli and Jon Cleary's Video Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.14.2012

Mike Ragogna

John Pizzarelli: Favorite album of all time? ... Abbey Road is pretty close to the top of the list. It's funny. You could say Abbey Road or you could say In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, because they're the types of records you put on and say, 'Oh, I'll just listen to one or two tracks.'

Philly Jazz Lovers Seek To Repair Coltrane House

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 04.13.2012

PHILADELPHIA — Music enthusiasts in the City of Brotherly Love are looking to rekindle a love supreme for the deteriorating John Coltrane House,...

Dog Ears Music: Resolution, Regret--and Pt. II Resolution

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 02.29.2012

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we review albums by Prince, Vitamin String Quartet, John Coltrane, the Talking Heads, and other artists.

Chatting With Stanley Jordan, Lindsay Buckingham's ...Small Machine, "Pray For Sleep" With The Box Story, and Seven From StevieMix

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.01.2012

Mike Ragogna

Although Stanley Jordan is credited with being one of the great jazz guitarists, he doesn't just play in that genre.

Glen Campbell's "Ghost On The Canvas" Video, Plus Chatting with Miles EspaƱol's Bob Belden

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.01.2012

Mike Ragogna

Presented here is "Ghost On The Canvas," the first video from Glen Campbell's critically acclaimed album of the same name.

Boardwalk Empires, Mockingbirds, Concertos & Rocket Science: Conversations with The Jayhawks, Bela Fleck and Vince Giordano

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.22.2011

Mike Ragogna

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A Tribute to John Martyn

Joseph Vella | Posted 11.08.2011

Joseph Vella

A great new double CD set has just been released celebrating the unsung musical genius of the late John Martyn called Johnny Boy Would Love This...A Tribute to John Martyn.

A World Of Sound: Chatting & Improvising With David S. Ware

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.28.2011

Mike Ragogna

Today, we're talking with David S. Ware about all things jazz and about his new documentary David S. Ware: A World of Sound.

Ken Kesey Rides Again In Magic Trip

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 10.06.2011

Cynthia Ellis

Directors Alex Gibney and Allison Ellwood have resurrected, cinematically, the pivotal moment when our country went from Mad Men to HAIR.

Chatting with Rickie Lee Jones and NRBQ's Terry Adams, Plus Miss Derringer's New Video and Hot Water Music's New Single

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.19.2011

Mike Ragogna

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Chatting With Joe Jackson And Earl Klugh, Plus Mick Harvey's "The Ballad Of Jay Givens" Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.30.2011

Mike Ragogna

According to Joe Jackson, performing is the best part of the "madness" that he's involved in. It's better than being in the studio or anything else.

Tribute To Miles: A Conversation With Herbie Hancock

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.23.2011

Mike Ragogna

Herbie Hancock is doing the European jazz festival circuit this year paying tribute to Miles Davis. Here he talks a little bit about it with me.

Picasso, Tonys & Shepard Fairey: Highlights This Week

Posted 08.17.2011

It's been a crazy week here of the Arts Page: the 65th Annual Tony Awards were Sunday with performances by Neil Patrick Harris and "The Book of Mormon...

Paul Needham

Trying To Save John Coltrane's Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 08.15.2011

DIX HILLS, N.Y. -- The orange, red and green shag carpeting in the room where John Coltrane wrote his masterpiece, "A Love Supreme," is, inexplicably,...

Return To Return To Forever: Chatting With Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Plus John Common and Author Dr. Tony Youn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011

Mike Ragogna

Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.

Sing It Loud: Chatting with k.d. lang, JD Souther and Bobby Long, Plus a Beginners Audio Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.24.2011

Mike Ragogna

One of my favorite tracks on k.d. lang's new album is the opener, "I Confess," which sounds like Brill Building meets country, meets...okay, I'll shut up now, k.d. lang has the rest.

Crosstalk Thursday: Conversations with Billy Currington, Brett Dennen, Al DiMeola, and Yellowjackets' Bob Mintzer

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.20.2011

Mike Ragogna

Billy Currington just released a new single, "Let Me Down Easy," which has a music video to go along with it.

The Brand of Jazz

Joseph Vella | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph Vella

The issue of branding has increasingly become a driving force in everything we do both personally and professionally.Ā  Just think of Facebook and how...

Celebrating A Musical Journey: A Conversation With Sergio Mendes

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

Lately, says Sergio Mendes, "a whole new audience that has been exposed to my songs because I have guests like will.i.am, Justin Timberlake, and John Legend... I love doing that."

Watch: The Church Of John Coltrane Recognizes Musician As Saint

Posted 05.25.2011

Appreciation and love for music is worldwide, but few revere their favorite musicians as saints. Located in the Fillmore District of San Francisco, T...

Interview With Brad Mehldau on the Art of Solo Piano

Joseph Vella | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph Vella

I have interviewed the virtuosic pianist Brad Melhdau many times over the years. But this is the first time we focus exclusively on his approach to his solo work.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Should Be The American Music Hall of Fame

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Brian Ross

The latest crop of inductees was announced yesterday by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Once again, it honored musicians who just a...

Memories of a Great Friend

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

Michael Sigman

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events. --Albert Einstein Barry S. Sapolsky, 61, passed away on November 28, 2010 after a long a...

My Midlife Jazz Crisis - Stage 1: The Acknowledgement

Joseph Vella | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph Vella

It's a harsh dose of reality when you realize that you're getting older and you find that your viewpoint toward what you love is not what it used to be.

1950s: The Not-So-Silent Generation

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Alderman

Fred Kaplan's enlivening 1959: The Year Everything Changed, argues that the '50s -- a decade that saw the invention of the microchip and the creation of explosive art -- has been misunderstood in hindsight.