Ascension: Coltrane Consciousness Radio

09/07/2024

The saxophone legend’s often overlooked album gem "Crescent" celebrates its 60th anniversary. It's so much more than just the precursor to “A Love Supreme”.

06/13/2024

Tune in THIS FRIDAY MORNING!

WXOX 97.1 FM

05/19/2024

Streaming NOW on .org a 5-hour analysis of Coltrane’s recordings for the Prestige Record label.

01/05/2024

Looking back at the moment when one of our greatest jazzmen raised the stakes for everyone who came after

01/04/2024

Wonderful news!

By Clive Young. The home—and home studio—of jazz legend John Coltrane was nearly demolished; now a $1.75m grant will bring both back to life.

12/24/2023

A Christmas tradition! Enjoy!

and "When The Saints Go Marching In"Continental CR-1001

09/24/2023

Linked from my other classic jazz radio program…

THIS IS the first of what will be a series of many detailed essays exploring the beloved album A Love Supreme. This recording is very important to me personally. My book John Coltrane: His Life and Music began with A Love Supreme. One day in 1978, re-listening to the album after hearing it a number....

09/23/2023

Today, the 24-hr Coltrane birthday broadcast on WKCR-FM

09/12/2023

Donate to keep jazz music alive and well in Louisville!

I’m ready to support Louisville Jazz Society on September 14, 2023 during Give For Good Louisville. Learn more about Louisville Jazz Society and all the other organizations participating in Give For Good Louisville.

08/27/2023

Happy Birthday to the President…Lester Young (8/27/1909 in Woodville, MS)

Young’s tone was a striking departure from the accepted full-bodied, dark, heavy variety, with its quick vibrato, because his was light in weight, colour, and texture, with a slow vibrato. The swinging, rhythmic feeling in his improvisations was far more relaxed and graceful than that usually heard in the work of others during the 1930s. His lines were streamlined, logical, and refreshingly melodic.
The impact of his style was so broad that he has been cited as a favourite by such diverse modern jazz figures as Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, and John Coltrane. Much of the West Coast “cool” style was a direct product of Lester Young’s approach, many saxophonists playing his lines note for note in their own performances.
He was so important that singer Billie Holiday called him president of tenor saxophonists, and he was known thereafter as Pres (or Prez). ❤️🎷❤️

07/20/2023

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Grace Cathedral in SF will host the St. John Coltrane Church congregation on July 21 for...

07/19/2023

Tune in this Friday morning for a journey through Coltrane’s live recordings!

Listen on WXOX (97.1 fm) or artxfm.com

04/16/2023

Saxophone magus John Coltrane closed his Atlantic account with ‘Olé Coltrane’, a key album that unlocked his later musical explorations.

12/12/2022

Is the latest posthumous addition to his canon released today the Holy Grail?

12/07/2022

In 1958 trumpeter Miles Davis brought a new pianist named Bill Evans into his sextet who stayed only a few months, but whose influence helped spark one of the most artistically notable and commercially successful albums in the history of jazz.

09/13/2022

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Just on the horizon is our annual John Coltrane birthday broadcast. This September 23rd, tune in to wkcr.org for a full 24-hours of nonstop Coltrane! We’ll see you then for a day of jazz, sax, and celebration.

04/21/2022

Regarded as one of the most important figures in jazz, tributes are planned across the world to honor the legacy of bassist, bandleader and pioneer Charles Mingus.

02/28/2022

An outer-body experience.