Ravi Coltrane
(b. August 6 1965 in Long Island, New York) is an American post-bop jazz saxophonist. Co-owner of the record label RKM Music, he has produced artists such as pianist Luis Perdomo, guitarist David Gilmore and trumpeter Ralph Alessi. [1]
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Biography
Ravi Coltrane is the son of the legendary tenor saxophonist
John Coltrane and jazz pianist
Alice Coltrane. He is also cousin to experimental music producer
Steven Ellison. He was raised in
Los Angeles, California, and was named after
sitar player
Ravi Shankar.
Ravi was two in 1967, when John Coltrane died. In 1986, he studied music, focusing on the saxophone at the
California Institute of the Arts. Ravi has worked extensively with M-Base guru
Steve Coleman, a significant influence on Ravi's own musical conception. Coltrane has played with
Geri 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, bassist
Lonnie Plaxico and pianist
Michael 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 pianist
Geri Allen, trumpeter
Ralph Alessi, bassist
James Genus, and drummer
Eric Harland. Followed by
Mad 6
(2002) his first release for Sony music, featuring drummer
Steve Hass, pianist George Colligan, and bassist James Genus and
In Flux
(2005) he has been working with bassist
Drew Gress, pianist
Luis Perdomo, and drummer
E.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 vocalist
Al Jarreau, guitarist
Earl Klugh, and pianist
George Duke. Performances included a January 16 concert in Mumbai (Bombay), a tribute to
Martin Luther King Jr. in
Delhi on January 17, and a music festival in Delhi on January 18 organized by violinist
L. Subramaniam. Also on January 18, Ravi Coltrane stopped to visit and perform at the
Ravi 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 of
shehnai players, Coltrane said, "I'm a little nervous with the master here."
[2]
The Coltrane Quartet played at the
Monterey Jazz Festival in 2001, the
Montreux Jazz Festival and the
Newport Jazz Festival in 2004, and the
Vienne Jazz Festival in 2005.
In 2008, Ravi became part of
The Blue Note 7, a
septet formed that year in honor of the 70th anniversary of
Blue Note Records. The group recorded an album in 2008, entitled
Mosaic
, which was released in 2009 on
Blue Note Records/
EMI, and toured the United States in promotion of the album from January until April 2009. The group plays the music of Blue Note Records from various artists, with arrangements by members of the band and
Renee Rosnes.
Gallery
Discography
As leader or co-leader
- 1992: Sax Storm
(Evidence Music), with Grand Central
- 1993: The Chase
(Evidence Music), with Grand Central
- 1995: Tenor Enclave: A Tribute to Hank Mobley
(Evidence Music), with Grand Central
- 1998: Moving Pictures
(RCA Records)
- 2000: From the Round Box
(RCA Records)
- 2002: Mad 6
(Sony Music)
- 2005: In Flux
(Savoy Jazz)
- 2008: Seraphic Light
(Telarc), with Saxophone Summit
- 2009: Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records
(Blue Note), with The Blue Note 7
- 2009: Blending Times
(Savoy Jazz)
As sideman
With The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine
- 1992: The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine in Europe
(Enja)
- 1993: Going Home
(Enja)
With David Murray & Friends
With Ryan Kisor
- 1992: Minor Mutiny
(Sony Music)
With Wallace Roney
- 1993: Munchin
(Muse Records)
- 1994: Misterios
(Warner Bros. Records)
- 1999: No Job Too Big Or Small
(Savoy Jazz)
With Steve Coleman
- 1994: Steve Coleman & Metrics, A tale of 3 cities, the EP
(BMG)
- 1995: Steve Coleman And Five Elements, Def Trance Beat (Modalities Of Rhythm)
(BMG)
- 1996: Steve Coleman & The Mystic Rhythm Society, The Sign And The Seal
(BMG)
- 1998: Steve Coleman And Five Elements, Genesis & the opening of the way
(BMG)
- 1999: Steve Coleman And Five Elements, The Sonic Language Of Myth
(RCA Records))
- 2004: Steve Coleman And Five Elements, Lucidarium
(Label Bleu)
With Art Davis
- 1996: A Time Remembered
(Jazz Planet)
With Billy Childs
- 1996: The Child Within
(Shanachie Records)
With Bheki Mseleku
- 1996: Beauty of the Sunrise
(Polygram))
With Yosuke Yamashita
- 1996: Canvas in Vigor
(Universal Records)
- 1997: Wind of the Age
(Verve Records)
With Gerry Gibbs
- 1996: The Thrasher
(Warner Bros. Records)
With Cindy Blackman
- 1998: In The Now
(HighNote Records)
With David Gilmore
- 2001: Ritualism
(The Orchard)
With Andrei Kondakov
- 2002: Kind Of Optimistic
(Boheme Music)
With Jeff "Tain" Watts
- 2002: Bar Talk
(Columbia Records)
With Scott Coley
- 2002: Initial Wisdom
(Palmetto)
With Alice Coltrane
- 2004: Translinear Light
(Verve Records)
With Luis Perdomo
- 2005: Focus Point
(RKM Music)
Compilations
- 2003: Bird Up - The Charlie Parker Remix Project
(Savoy Jazz)
- 2005: Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked
(Verve Records)
References
- All About Jazz: RKM Music
- Lavezzoli, Peter. ''The Dawn of Indian Music in the West'', Continuum International Publishing Group, page 293, (2006) - ISBN 0826418155