MAR 28-31 | RESIDENT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: RAVI COLTRANE
Mar 29, 2024
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
Coltrane’s powerful acoustic quartet with pianist David Virelles, bassist Dezron Douglas, and drummer Johnathan Blake honors the life and legacy of the saxophonist’s lifelong friend, mentor, and collaborator Pharoah Sanders who passed away in 2022. Joining them for this night of spiritual journeys and sonic exploration is a pair of very special guests, tenor master Joe Lovano and Sanders’ son, multi-instrumentalist Tomoki Sanders.
ABOUT RAVI COLTRANE
An artist whose career occupies a singular niche in modern jazz, Ravi Coltrane has established a sound and concept that stand undeniably on their own, extending far beyond the shadow of his iconic name. Early experience in John Coltrane Quartet drummer Elvin Jones’ Jazz Machine and maverick saxophonist Steve Coleman’s M-Base movement helped build Coltrane’s expansive aesthetic, leading to a procession of increasingly audacious recordings as a leader and collaboration with artists ranging from his mother, harpist and pianist Alice Coltrane, and cousin, iconoclastic producer Flying Lotus, to pianist Chick Corea, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, and drummer Jack DeJohnette. In 2014, Coltrane curated a week of SFJAZZ performances celebrating the 50th anniversary of the recording of his father’s masterpiece A Love Supreme.
Coltrane’s powerful acoustic quartet honors the life and legacy of the saxophonist’s lifelong friend and mentor Pharoah Sanders, joined by special guests.
CONCERT UNDERWRITERS
Kier Taylor and Linda Skare
A worthy heir to his father, jazz legend John Coltrane
The Telegraph on Ravi Coltrane
A worthy heir to his father, jazz legend John Coltrane
The Telegraph on Ravi Coltrane
Personnel
Ravi Coltrane tenor and soprano saxophone
David Virelles piano
Dezron Douglas bass
Johnathan Blake drums
SPECIAL GUESTS
Joe Lovano tenor and soprano saxophone
Tomoki Sanders tenor saxophone
Powerful music. It resisted premade frames and made its own.
The New York Times
Personnel
Ravi Coltrane tenor and soprano saxophone
David Virelles piano
Dezron Douglas bass
Johnathan Blake drums
SPECIAL GUESTS
Joe Lovano tenor and soprano saxophone
Tomoki Sanders tenor saxophone
Powerful music. It resisted premade frames and made its own.
The New York Times
Watch & Listen
Ravi Coltrane
Search for Peace
Pharoah Sanders
Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt
Ravi Coltrane
Search for Peace
Pharoah Sanders
Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt