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All About Jazz Jun 25

Elton Dean and The Wrong Object, Steven Bernstein, Joe Henderson And More

Elton Dean The Wrong Object Steven Bernstein Joe Henderson Eliana Glass Ora Cogan David Norland Booker Stardrum Resavoir Horace Tapscott

All About Jazz Jun 24

How John Coltrane Changed Rock Music: The Grateful Dead

John Coltrane Grateful Dead King Oliver Sidney Bechet Ornette Coleman

2 articles Jun 24

Alice Coltrane Kamasi Washington Shabaka Hutchings Brandee Younger Nubya Garcia Alina Bzhezhinska Matthew Halsall

All About Jazz, Avant Music News

All About Jazz Jun 24

Mal Waldron, Bria Skonberg, and James Blood Ulmer (RIP)

Mal Waldron Bria Skonberg James Blood Ulmer Leigh Pilzer

Stereogum Jun 23

James Brandon Lewis Is Here To Testify

James Brandon Lewis Eric Harland Gary Bartz Kalia Vandever Lakecia Benjamin Miles Okazaki Nduduzo Makhathini

Avant Music News Jun 22

New Releases from Sei Miguel, Tom Challenger & Evan Parker, Michaela Turcerová, and Bryan Murray

Sei Miguel Tom Challenger Evan Parker Michaela Turcerová Bryan Murray

All About Jazz Jun 22

James Brandon Lewis, Gebhard Ullmann, Ivo Perelman and Paul Dunmall

James Brandon Lewis Gebhard Ullmann Ivo Perelman Paul Dunmall William Parker Matthew Shipp Bobby Kapp Alan Skidmore Liba Villavecchia Sami Sippola

All About Jazz Jun 21

Emmett Cohen, Gunhild Carling, Gregory Golub, Henry Robinett and Sonny Rollins

Gregory Golub Sonny Rollins Jeremy Sassoon

2 articles Jun 21

Christian Lillinger Peter Brötzmann Joe McPhee Matana Roberts Mette Rasmussen Anthony Braxton Kaja Draksler

The Free Jazz Collective

Jazz Magazine Jun 20

Sonny Rollins, une blessure

Sonny Rollins Miles Davis

Magnet Magazine Jun 20

Happy Birthday Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy Thrice

Aquarium Drunkard Jun 19

John Coltrane Quartet :: Ballads (1963)

John Coltrane John Coltrane Quartet

All About Jazz Jun 18

Collin Walcott, Yussef Kamaal, Max Roach, Bobby Previte And More.

Collin Walcott Yussef Kamaal Max Roach Bobby Previte Flat Earth Society Julianna Barwick Mary Lattimore Randy Weston Luise Volkmann

3 articles Jun 17

Limp Bizkit Wes Borland Sam Rivers Ecca Vandal Fred Durst John Otto DJ Lethal Morgan Wallen

Blabbermouth, Consequence of Sound, NME

All About Jazz Jun 17

Flea, Dave Douglas and Sonny Rollins (RIP)

Flea Dave Douglas Sonny Rollins

Jazzwise Jun 16

New trio of Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer and Dafnis Prieto announce debut release on Nonesuch

Henry Threadgill Vijay Iyer Dafnis Prieto

Echoes and Dust Jun 16

Under the Influence with Laurent David from Kilter

Kilter Laurent David Ed RosenBerg III Kenny Grohowski John Coltrane Sunn O))) Meshuggah Metallica

Citizen Jazz Jun 14

Ches Smith « Clone Row »

Ches Smith Mary Halvorson Liberty Ellman Nick Dunston

JazzTimes Jun 13

James Brandon Lewis’s Many Roads to Freedom: Punk-Jazz to Classical, Tenor Sax at the Center

James Brandon Lewis The Messthetics Fugazi Anthony Pirog Joe Lally Brendan Canty

The Free Jazz Collective Jun 13

Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, Bobby Kapp, and William Parker - Synesthesia (Defkaz, 2026)

Ivo Perelman Matthew Shipp Bobby Kapp William Parker

All About Jazz Jun 25

Elton Dean and The Wrong Object, Steven Bernstein, Joe Henderson And More

Elton Dean The Wrong Object Steven Bernstein Joe Henderson Eliana Glass Ora Cogan David Norland Booker Stardrum Resavoir Horace Tapscott

2 articles Jun 24

Alice Coltrane Kamasi Washington Shabaka Hutchings Brandee Younger Nubya Garcia Alina Bzhezhinska Matthew Halsall

All About Jazz, Avant Music News

Stereogum Jun 23

James Brandon Lewis Is Here To Testify

James Brandon Lewis Eric Harland Gary Bartz Kalia Vandever Lakecia Benjamin Miles Okazaki Nduduzo Makhathini

All About Jazz Jun 22

James Brandon Lewis, Gebhard Ullmann, Ivo Perelman and Paul Dunmall

James Brandon Lewis Gebhard Ullmann Ivo Perelman Paul Dunmall William Parker Matthew Shipp Bobby Kapp Alan Skidmore Liba Villavecchia Sami Sippola

2 articles Jun 21

Christian Lillinger Peter Brötzmann Joe McPhee Matana Roberts Mette Rasmussen Anthony Braxton Kaja Draksler

The Free Jazz Collective

Magnet Magazine Jun 20

Happy Birthday Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy Thrice

All About Jazz Jun 18

Collin Walcott, Yussef Kamaal, Max Roach, Bobby Previte And More.

Collin Walcott Yussef Kamaal Max Roach Bobby Previte Flat Earth Society Julianna Barwick Mary Lattimore Randy Weston Luise Volkmann

All About Jazz Jun 17

Flea, Dave Douglas and Sonny Rollins (RIP)

Flea Dave Douglas Sonny Rollins

Echoes and Dust Jun 16

Under the Influence with Laurent David from Kilter

Kilter Laurent David Ed RosenBerg III Kenny Grohowski John Coltrane Sunn O))) Meshuggah Metallica

JazzTimes Jun 13

James Brandon Lewis’s Many Roads to Freedom: Punk-Jazz to Classical, Tenor Sax at the Center

James Brandon Lewis The Messthetics Fugazi Anthony Pirog Joe Lally Brendan Canty

All About Jazz Jun 24

How John Coltrane Changed Rock Music: The Grateful Dead

John Coltrane Grateful Dead King Oliver Sidney Bechet Ornette Coleman

All About Jazz Jun 24

Mal Waldron, Bria Skonberg, and James Blood Ulmer (RIP)

Mal Waldron Bria Skonberg James Blood Ulmer Leigh Pilzer

Avant Music News Jun 22

New Releases from Sei Miguel, Tom Challenger & Evan Parker, Michaela Turcerová, and Bryan Murray

Sei Miguel Tom Challenger Evan Parker Michaela Turcerová Bryan Murray

All About Jazz Jun 21

Emmett Cohen, Gunhild Carling, Gregory Golub, Henry Robinett and Sonny Rollins

Gregory Golub Sonny Rollins Jeremy Sassoon

Jazz Magazine Jun 20

Sonny Rollins, une blessure

Sonny Rollins Miles Davis

Aquarium Drunkard Jun 19

John Coltrane Quartet :: Ballads (1963)

John Coltrane John Coltrane Quartet

3 articles Jun 17

Limp Bizkit Wes Borland Sam Rivers Ecca Vandal Fred Durst John Otto DJ Lethal Morgan Wallen

Blabbermouth, Consequence of Sound, NME

Jazzwise Jun 16

New trio of Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer and Dafnis Prieto announce debut release on Nonesuch

Henry Threadgill Vijay Iyer Dafnis Prieto

Citizen Jazz Jun 14

Ches Smith « Clone Row »

Ches Smith Mary Halvorson Liberty Ellman Nick Dunston

The Free Jazz Collective Jun 13

Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, Bobby Kapp, and William Parker - Synesthesia (Defkaz, 2026)

Ivo Perelman Matthew Shipp Bobby Kapp William Parker

Overview

A wave of tributes and new releases marks the centennial of John Coltrane’s birth, featuring collaborations such as Dianne Reeves and Branford Marsalis on a Coltrane-themed album, and Colin Stetson & Brìghde Chaimbeul unveiling their new album 'All the Light in the World' on tour. Additional projects include avant-garde works from Haruna Fukakusa, Cécile McLorin Salvant with the Metropole Orkest, and archival releases from ECM Records, alongside live performances and salons celebrating Coltrane’s enduring influence.

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