Ravi Coltrane (born 6 August1965) is an American Jazzsaxophonist. August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ...
He is the son of the legendary saxophonist John Coltrane and jazz pianist Alice Coltrane, and was named after the great sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar. Insert non-formatted text here John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Alice Coltrane (b. ... Premla Shahane playing a sitar, 1927 A sitar The sitar is a Hindustani classical music instrument. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
SaxophonistRaviColtrane is the son of John and Alice Coltrane.
Coltrane's tone on tenor (he plays some soprano too) is more reminiscent of Joe Henderson's -- though his father's sound is slightly evident -- and in covering "Inner Urge" on his debut, he made it impossible to deny.
Coltrane recorded a second album in 2000, From the Round Box, that was received even more warmly than his debut and featured contributions from Alessi again and pianist Geri Allen.
Son of saxophone legend John Coltrane and composer/pianist Alice Coltrane, saxophonistRaviColtrane was born in Huntington, NY, in 1965.
Ravi began studying the soprano sax in high school, though he halted his studies when his older brother was killed in a road accident.
Coltrane and Antoine Roney formed the group Grand Central; and Coltrane recorded as a sideman for Cyrus Chestnut, Cindy Blackman, Cecil Brooks III, and Yosuke Yamashita.
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