On the centennial of his birth, John Coltrane's family is trying to turn the home where the composer spent a crucial period in the 1950s into a cultural heritage and community space.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. In 1971, jazz giant Alice Coltrane performed a now iconic show at New York’s ...

John Coltrane was born on September 26, 1926, in North Carolina. This year is the Coltrane centennial. In a tragically short life-Coltrane was 40 when he died in 1967-he fundamentally changed the face ...

Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda will be celebrated in New Orleans on January 14 and 16 with The Life, Music, and Legacy of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, a two-part performance and multimedia ...

Musical virtuoso, record executive, wife, and mother. Then widow. Then spiritual guru. Then creative innovator. Then author. Then all of that and more. Alice Coltrane (1937–2007) mourned the ...

Live musical performances are usually freer than those recorded in studios, for reasons having to do with the peculiar psychology of many performing artists. In public, where what’s played is what’s ...