Ravi Coltrane Honors His Father's Legacy In An Unforgettable Concert

My Review of Saturday's Performance by Ravi Coltrane With the Curtis Lundy Trio at Buffalo State

Calling John Coltrane a “jazz musician” is like calling the Buffalo Bills “an NFL franchise.” It’s not wrong but rather enormously incomplete, as it fails to describe the depth of its emotional connection of its many fans.

John Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane

Calling John Coltrane a “jazz musician” is like calling the Buffalo Bills “an NFL franchise.” It’s not wrong but rather enormously incomplete, as it fails to describe the depth of its emotional connection to its many fans.

This is a concert review, and I will not attempt to summarize John Coltrane’s legendary career and its effect on on western music. I will not chronicle his early work with Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and Charlie Parker; I will not attempt to describe how he revolutionized western music by radically restructuring harmonic theory.

I will not describe the lasting influence of Kind of Blue, Giant Steps, or A Love Supreme, some of the most important recordings of the 20th Century.

I will merely say that for John Coltrane, creating music was an act of worship…