Alice Coltrane News

Northeastern University presents a discussion entitled The Coltranes and Humanism: Spirituality, Music and Sound , on Friday, November 13.

Just gorgeous. Manchester-based trumpeter Matthew Halsall's second album ploughs the same delicate, acoustic, modal jazz furrow as his debut, Sending My Love .

It was inevitable that the second son of musicians John and Alice Coltrane would become a star in his own right.

Underworld have announced the release of a new compilation album. Credited to Underworld Vs The Misterons, the 12-track LP is titled Athens and features an exclusive composition from the band's Karl Hyde and producer Brian Eno.

Techno stars Underworld will release a new compilation, Athens , November 4 via !K7. The album, which will be the first in a series, is being credited to Underworld Vs The Misterons, a moniker for Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith along with collaborators Darren Price and Steven Hall.

Karl Hyde and Rick Smith will release a new mix CD which features an exclusive collaboration between Hyde and Brian Eno.

Where to begin? The early days in Chicago, between blues, bebop, and the mid-'60s avant-garde? The time in Charles Lloyd's band, or the years with Miles Davis when the master went electric with "Bitches Brew''? The four-decade friendship with Keith Jarrett and the subtle intimacy of their jazz standards trio? The Indian-infused work with Alice ...

Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White are scheduled to perform on Saturday, September 12.

Rashied Ali, the great free jazz drummer, who is mainly known as a member of John Coltrane's last band, passed away yesterday, August 12, 2009 in New York City.

If we're going to live in a fog forest for the near future, we might as well get a soundtrack going that works with all this white mist.