John Coltrane

Pharoah Sanders obituary

US saxophonist who started his career with Sun Ra and John Coltrane and went on to find a more spiritual voice

Richard Williams

27, Sep, 2022 @4:35 PM

Creed Taylor obituary

Grammy-winning record producer who took jazz in adventurous new directions

Richard Williams

02, Sep, 2022 @4:45 PM

Jazz impresario Creed Taylor was one of the last of a dying breed of ‘record men’

Armed with just a passion for jazz, Taylor became a producer and the owner of the world’s most successful jazz label, working with everyone from John Coltrane to Nina Simone

Garth Cartwright

29, Aug, 2022 @12:36 PM

John Coltrane: A Love Supreme Live in Seattle review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

This amateur 1965 recording from a Seattle club shows Coltrane and his ensemble, expanded to include saxist Pharoah Sanders, at a pivotal moment

John Fordham

08, Oct, 2021 @9:00 AM

The 10 best jazz albums of 2020

Alongside archive recordings from Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, and inventive new releases by Maria Schneider and Carla Bley, 2020 had plenty of spectacular fusions

John Fordham

21, Dec, 2020 @10:00 AM

John Coltrane: Giant Steps: 60th Anniversary Edition review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

This celebratory reissue includes outtakes that confirm the original’s brilliance and a sense of a jazz genius in transition

John Fordham

18, Sep, 2020 @8:00 AM

Jimmy Cobb obituary

Jazz drummer who continued to perform for half a century after recording Kind of Blue with Miles Davis

John Fordham

28, May, 2020 @4:16 PM

Alice Coltrane: where to start in her back catalogue

In Listener’s Digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. In this instalment, how to navigate the wildly esoteric recordings of influential jazz pioneer Alice Coltrane

Jennifer Lucy Allan

26, Mar, 2020 @1:40 PM

John Coltrane Quartet: Blue World review – fascinating lost sessions

(Impulse)

Dave Gelly

06, Oct, 2019 @4:30 AM

John Coltrane: Blue World review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

Commissioned for a film soundtrack, these tracks and takes were not intended for release, but they show a group at the height of its powers

John Fordham

27, Sep, 2019 @7:30 AM

Miles Davis's 20 greatest albums – ranked!

With his lost 1985 album Rubberband out in September, and the 50th anniversary of In a Silent Way – released this week – we count down the jazz icon’s finest moments

John Fordham

01, Aug, 2019 @12:30 PM