{"id":216932,"date":"2026-05-01T18:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/216932\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:37:07","slug":"new-york-state-celebrates-john-coltrane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/216932\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Celebrates John Coltrane"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York State, The Coltrane Home and Verve Label Group all have projects honoring jazz great John Coltrane ahead this year.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"JohnJohn Coltrane performs on stage at the Half Note club, New York, 1965. (Photo by Adam Ritchie\/Redferns)<\/p>\n

Albany, NY (May 1, 2026)\u2014The New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate have passed a legislative resolution \u201ccelebrating the 100th Anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane, renowned artistic trailblazer and innovative New York jazz musician.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a ceremony conducted at the New York State Capitol building, members of the Legislature joined representatives of Impulse!, the jazz great\u2019s record label in the latest event of Coltrane 100, a global, year-long series organized by the Coltrane estate to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the jazz legend\u2019s birth on September 23, 1926.<\/p>\n

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Sponsored by Senators Cordell Cleare and Jamaal Bailey and Assembly member Jordan J.G. Wright, Resolution J1845 was passed unanimously by both chambers.<\/p>\n

\"AA press conference at the historic Coltrane home in 2018. Photo: Future.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Coltrane Estate said, \u201cThank you, New York, for this great honor and recognition of the work and contributions of John Coltrane. New York played such a special role in his life and career. This resolution will be a permanent fixture of the collection at the John and Alice Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, NY<\/a>\u2014site of the definitive Coltrane collection\u2014and we encourage all to visit that cultural and educational landmark. We thank Senators Cordell Cleare and Jamaal Bailey, and Assembly member Jordan J.G. Wright.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recent Coltrane 100 highlights include a Record Store Day exclusive preview of the newly discovered Tiberi Tapes, which were released as a single LP on April 18 (Verve\/Impulse!). Recorded by fan and amateur engineer Frank Tiberi between 1961 and 1965, these tapes have often been regarded as a \u201choly grail\u201d by Coltrane fans.<\/p>\n

Live performances are a feature of Coltrane 100. In addition to the previously announced L.A. premiere of Coltrane 100: Legacy at the Hollywood Bowl on September 23 featuring Lakecia Benjamin, a new date in this symphonic concert series has been added. On July 22 at Philadelphia\u2019s TD Pavilion, in a performance conducted by Edwin Outwater and featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra, Ravi Coltrane will star in his first-ever performance of Coltrane\u2019s standards adapted for orchestra.<\/p>\n

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Additional live celebrations include the just-announced 2026 Newport Jazz Festival lineup featuring a tribute to John Coltrane and Miles Davis timed to their 100th birthdays, with performances by Kamasi Washington, Chief Adjuah and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York State, The Coltrane Home and Verve Label Group all have projects honoring jazz great John Coltrane…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85521,85522,6160,85523,9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-216932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-coltrane-100","tag-coltrane-home","tag-jazz","tag-john-coltrane","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}