Guardian Music — UK producer’s music of the moment includes 80s boogie, Icelandic jazz, a little-known vocalist whose voice is ‘made of oak’ and a film gemMy friend Rob Lee (of Wax Stag) put on The Box Tree one night when I went to stay with him. I remember it ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — John Coltrane would’ve turned 89 today. While it’s a fun parlor game to imagine the twists and turns the saxophonist’s music might’ve taken if he’d lived just another decade longer, in the end we’re lucky to have had him as long we did â€... more info

Core News — “Opening the show with a jazz classic from John Coltrane, into new Stones Throw material, Sil Rhodes. New Mura Masa on Jakarta Records, new exclusive music from 2 Tall on IZWID, music from K.Raydio & O-D, Criolo from Brasil, have music from La Reun... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The two-disc "Offering" practically begins mid-sentence, with John Coltrane already into the opening number "Naima" before the engineer for Temple University's WRTI radio station could hit the "record" button. more info

Mercury News, California — Also on tap: Joshua Redman; the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Allen Toussaint; and Ravi Coltrane, Joe Lovano and Steve Coleman paying tribute to John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme.' more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Anyone with even a casual interest in jazz knows the name Nat Hentoff. Look on the back of landmark albums like John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" or Miles Davis' "Sketches of Spain" and you'll see Hentoff's name, along with an articulate essay that will ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Titling an album "Live at the Village Vanguard" surely isn't something taken lightly by jazz artists. The storied Greenwich Village jazz club has hosted a wealth of almost mythic live recordings from the likes of Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Albert Ayl... more info

ContactMusic — One of John Coltrane's tenor saxophones has been donated to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History by his son Ravi.The... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Manzarek, who was influenced by John Coltrane, added a jazz component to the band's rock sound and filled the role of bassist. The band charted 15 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 starting in 1967.When the Doors were still a fledgling quartet, and th... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Some performances get talked about decades after they happened. It's all about "you had to be there" and if you would believe all the people who claimed to be present at such a show, the venue would have collapsed. Two of those shows are now releas... more info