GENERAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: Ravi Coltrane Signs with Blue Note

Ravi Coltrane, the highly regarded tenor and soprano saxophonist, is the newest addition to the roster of Blue Note Records, with an album due out next spring. His signing unites the most storied label in jazz, one of the last majors standing, with a saxophonist-bandleader from an imposing lineage: Mr. Coltrane's father was John Coltrane, who similarly played tenor and soprano, reshaping the language of jazz improvisation from the mid-1950s up to his death in 1967...

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