Subject: John Coltrane

• CD Review: John Coltrane -- Interplay

  November 6, 2007

• MP3 of the Day: Ascend

  May 14, 2008

• The Death Day Night (Shelby does Coltrane at Amnesia)

  July 18, 2008

• Saturday Night: Pharaoh Sanders at Yoshi's Oakland

  Pharaoh SandersYoshi's OaklandJan. 3, 2009Review by Eric K. Arnold Better Than: Watching Kenny G on Craig Kilborn. Pharaoh Sanders has an impeccable jazz pedigree. One of the titans of the way-out, dissonant style known as free jazz, the tenor saxophonist emerged in the mid-'60s as a counterpart and bandmate of both Sun Ra and John Coltrane, as well as a solo artist in his own right. His recordings for Impulse, including Tauhid, Karma, and Thembi, were deeply spiritual, meditative works which

  January 5, 2009

• Recordings

  August 23, 1995

• Samples

  December 20, 1995

• Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner keeps questing.

  November 12, 2008

• Ravi Coltrane's ascent into history

  October 29, 2008

• Celestial Septet

  May 28, 2008

• Pharaoh Speaks

  January 2, 2008

• The subtle arithmetic of My Morning Jacket

  December 27, 2006

• The Miles Davis Quintet|Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane

  June 28, 2006

• SFJAZZ Collective

  April 12, 2006

• Recall Why You Stay by the Bay

  January 18, 2006

• San Francisco Chamber Jazz Quartet|Steve Heckman Quartet

  August 24, 2005

• Charles Lloyd

  June 22, 2005

• Noise in the 'Hood

  Stroll through the Fillmore's past

  February 23, 2005

• Carlos Mena

  July 14, 2004

• Yes, Mr. President

  Fela Anikulapo-Kuti made a hell of a lot of noise in his lifetime

  April 14, 2004

• Frightening Times

  Good thing our country's not like that

  January 28, 2004

• The Sharing of Pharoah

  July 30, 2003

• Out of West Africa

  July 3, 2002

• Alice Coltrane

  June 5, 2002

• Best Irony in Urban Redevelopment

  Fillmore Street's "Walk of Fame"

  May 15, 2002

• Kind of Code Blue

  Is jazz dead? Local experts search for signs of life.

  May 8, 2002

• Tenor Madness

  At 72, Sonny Rollins remains one of jazz's biggest enigmas -- and a hugely rewarding live performer

  April 3, 2002

• Moore Jazz

  The 12th Annual Eddie Moore Jazz Festival honors the late Bay Area drummer

  August 8, 2001

• Cannonball

  Hiphopulation (43 Productions)

  July 18, 2001

• Best Place to Exchange Your Tuneage

  May 17, 2000

• Re-Illuminated

  March 1, 2000

• Nels Cline/Gregg Bendian

  February 23, 2000

• Requiem for a Church Supreme

  After three decades of feeding the homeless, the only church devoted to John Coltrane now finds itself without a home

  January 26, 2000

• Hear This

  Rob Sudduth

  December 15, 1999

• Dinner (or Not) and a Show

  November 17, 1999

• Review

  September 29, 1999

• Fiddling With Tradition

  March 24, 1999

• Riff Raff

  March 24, 1999

• Hear This

  February 24, 1999

• Hear This

  July 22, 1998

• REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

  September 3, 1997

• Coltrane Ascending on Divis

  July 23, 1997

• Recordings

  February 5, 1997

• Recordings

  October 23, 1996

• For the Love of Cheese

  July 17, 1996

• SF Weekly Picks

  July 31, 1996

• Recordings

  December 20, 1995

• One More Michael Jackson Tribute this Friday

  If "don't stop 'til you get enough" is your personal philosophy regarding Michael Jackson tributes, here's one which should be totally off the wall: This Friday, July 17, the Shattuck Down Low  hosts what they're calling the "official" MJ Bay Area tribute party. DJ Icewater spins Gloved One classics (and hits from the 80s and 90s) all night, plus live performances by Broadway star Trevor Jackson and local hip-hop/jazz/funkster Kev Choice, playing with the Kev Choice Ensemble. Having seen

  July 15, 2009

• The Father, the Son, and the Holy Sax

  July 22, 2009

• Tenor Sax Player Pharoah Sanders Lives Large at SF Jazz Fest

  October 17, 2007

• Coda gives us all that jazz, and food too

  September 23, 2009