- Ravi Coltrane
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Name = Ravi Coltrane
Img_capt =McCoy Tyner (left) and Ravi Coltrane performing at theNewport Jazz Festival onAugust 13 ,2005 .
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Origin =Long Island, New York , USA
Instrument =Tenor saxophone Soprano saxophone Clarinet
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Genre =Jazz ,Post bop
Occupation =Saxophonist Composer Bandleader Record Producer
Years_active = 1991–Present
Label = Warner Bros / Wea, RCA, Sony,Savoy Jazz
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URL = [http://www.ravicoltrane.com www.RaviColtrane.com]
[http://www.rkmmusic.com RKM Music]
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Notable_instruments =Ravi Coltrane (b.
August 6 1965 inLong Island, New York ) is an Americanpost-bop ,jazz saxophonist . Co-owner of the record labelRKM Music , and a producer of artists such as pianistLuis Perdomo , guitaristDavid Gilmore , and trumpeterRalph Alessi . [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=391 All About Jazz: RKM Music] ]Biography
Ravi Coltrane is the son of the legendary tenor saxophonist
John Coltrane and jazz pianistAlice Coltrane , raised inLos Angeles, California , and was named after the greatsitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar. John Coltrane died when Ravi was two. In 1986, he studied music, focusing on the saxophone at theCalifornia Institute of the Arts . Ravi has worked extensively with M-Base guruSteve Coleman , a significant influence on Ravi's own musical conception. Coltrane has played withGeri Allen ,Kenny Barron ,McCoy Tyner ,Pharoah Sanders ,Herbie Hancock ,Carlos Santana ,Stanley Clarke ,Branford Marsalis and others.In 1997, after performing on over thirty recordings as a sideman, Ravi entered the studio to record his first album as leader "Moving Pictures", working with drummer
Jeff "Tain" Watts , bassistLonnie Plaxico and pianistMichael Cain . This led to extensive touring with his working featuring Andy Milne on piano, drummer Steve Hass, and bassist Lonnie Plaxico.His second disc, "From the Round Box" (2000), finds Coltrane in the company of pianistGeri Allen , trumpeterRalph Alessi , bassistJames Genus , and drummerEric Harland . Followed by "Mad 6" his first release for Sony music, featuring drummerSteve Hass , pianist George Colligan, and bassist James Genus. (2002) and "In Flux" (2005) he has been working with bassistDrew Gress , pianistLuis Perdomo , and drummerE.J. Strickland .In January 2005, Ravi Coltrane performed in
India for the first time, as part of a delegation of American jazz musicians sent on a State Department tour to promote HIV/AIDS awareness. Also participating in the tour were vocalistAl Jarreau , guitaristEarl Klugh , and pianistGeorge Duke . Performances included a January 16 concert in Mumbai (Bombay), a tribute toMartin Luther King Jr. inDelhi on January 17, and a music festival in Delhi on January 18 organized by violinistL. Subramaniam . Also on January 18, Ravi Coltrane stopped to visit and perform at theRavi Shankar Centre, where Coltrane met with the man he was named after. Then picking up a clarinet to engage in an unplanned jam session with a pair ofshehnai players, Coltrane said, "I'm a little nervous with the master here." [Lavezzoli, Peter. "The Dawn of Indian Music in the West", Continuum International Publishing Group, page 293, (2006) - ISBN 0826418155] The Coltrane Quartet has played at the legendaryMonterey Jazz Festival 2001,Montreux Jazz Festival 2004,Newport Jazz Festival 2004, andVienne Jazz Festival 2005, to name a few.Gallery
elect discography
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External links
* [http://www.ravicoltrane.com Ravi Coltrane Official Site]
* [http://www.rkmmusic.com RKM Music]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=16765 All About Jazz: Ravi Coltrane: In Flux]
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