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Infobox musical artist| name = Ravi Coltrane| image = McCoyTynerandRaviColtrane.jpg| caption = McCoy Tyner (left) and Ravi Coltrane performing at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 13, 2005.| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1965|8|6| death_date =| origin = Long Island, New York , United States|USA | instrument = Tenor saxophone , soprano saxophone , clarinet | genre = Jazz , post bop | occupation = Saxophonist , composer , bandleader , record producer | years_active = 1991–present| label = Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. , RCA Records|RCA , Sony Records|Sony , Savoy Jazz | associated_acts =| website = URL| http://www.ravicoltrane.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Ravi Coltrane (b. August 6, 1965 in Long Island, New York ) is an United States|American post-bop jazz saxophonist . Co-owner of the record label RKM Music , he has produced artists such as pianist Luis Perdomo (pianist)|Luis Perdomo , guitarist David Gilmore , and trumpeter Ralph Alessi .cite web|url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php? id=391 |title=RKM Music |publisher=All About Jazz |date=2003-10-08 |accessdate=2011-10-18
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 aka Flying Lotus . He was raised in Los Angeles, California , and was named after sitar player Ravi Shankar .
Ravi was two years old in 1967 when his father 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 AIDS pandemic|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."Lavezzoli, Peter. The Dawn of Indian Music in the West , Continuum International Publishing Group, page 293, (2006) - ISBN 0826418155
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: A Celebration of Blue Note Records|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.cite web|url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php? id=23494 |title=The Blue Note 7 Celebrates 70 Years of Blue Note Records With Album Release and 50+ City North American Tour |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-18 The group plays the music of Blue Note Records from various artists, with arrangements by members of the band and Renee Rosnes .
2003: Bird Up& nbsp;— The Charlie Parker Remix Project ( Savoy Jazz )
2005: Impulsive& #33; Revolutionary Jazz Reworked ( Verve Records )
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External links
http://www.ravicoltrane.com Ravi Coltrane Official Site
http://www.rkmmusic.com RKM Music
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php? id=16765 All About Jazz: Ravi Coltrane: In Flux
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=97069650 Ravi Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard
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