Coltrane, John (1926-1967)
Saxophonist John Coltrane exerted a huge influence on the generation of jazz musicians that followed him. In fact, many view Trane, as he was known, as a kind of sacred lead...
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Saxophone player John Coltrane (1926-1967) created an innovative form of music that continues to influence modern jazz musicians, even more than two decades after his death.Legendary saxophone virtuos...
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Alice Coltrane, a jazz performer and composer and wife of the late saxophone legend John Coltrane, has died. She was 69.Coltrane died Friday of respiratory failure at West Hills Hospital and Medica...
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The Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction was awarded Monday to Lawrence Wright for his book, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," a penetrating analysis of how Islamic fundamentalis...
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Jan 5 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on January 12 in history: 1950 - A Swedish tanker struck the British submarine
Truculent during the submarine's trials in ...
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American jazz musician (b. May 17, 1931,
New York, N.Y.
—d. March 31, 2006,
Hartford, Conn.
), was noted for the emotional intensity of his alto saxophone improvising.
McLean
became known...
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Art Davis, the renowned double bassist who played with John Coltrane and other jazz greats, has died. He was 73.Davis died of a heart attack Sunday at his home in Long Beach, his son Kimaili Davis ...
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Art DavisLONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) _ Art Davis, the renowned double bassist who played with John Coltrane and other jazz greats, has died. He was 73.Davis died of a heart attack Sunday at his home in...
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Paris (dpa) - In summer, the weather is not the only reason the
South of France is hot - there's also the music.
As usual, the Riviera, Provence and the Languedoc wi...
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Today is Tuesday, July 17, the 198th day of 2007. There are 167 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800, a Paris-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed o...
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This film dives into this offshoot of hip hop culture that comes complete with its own language, rituals, and rites of passage.The narrative of Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme follows the career arc of...
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If doctors were to run a CAT scan on Musiq, they’d probably find that his heart is 10 times the normal size. Few men in R&B—Smokey Robinson, Lionel Richie, and Luther Vandross are a...
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Coltrane, John (1926-1967)
John Coltrane
Jazz performer Alice Coltrane dies at 69
