1. Ravi Coltrane was born on August 6,1965 and is an American jazz saxophonist.
17 Facts About Ravi Coltrane
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Ravi Coltrane is the son of saxophonist John Coltrane and jazz harpist Alice Coltrane.
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Ravi Coltrane is the second born of John and Alice Coltrane's three children; his siblings are John Jr.
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Ravi Coltrane is a first cousin once removed of experimental music producer Steven Ellison, aka Flying Lotus.
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Ravi Coltrane was raised in Los Angeles, California, and was named after sitar player Ravi Shankar.
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Ravi Coltrane was less than two years old in 1967 when his father died.
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Ravi Coltrane is a 1983 graduate of El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California.
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Ravi Coltrane has worked often with Steve Coleman, a significant influence on Coltrane's musical conception.
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Ravi Coltrane has played with Geri Allen, Kenny Barron, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, and Branford Marsalis.
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In 1997, after performing on over thirty recordings as a sideman, Ravi Coltrane recorded Moving Pictures, his first album as leader, working with drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts, bassist Lonnie Plaxico, and pianist Michael Cain.
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The Ravi Coltrane Quartet played at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 2001 and 2013, the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival in 2004, and the Vienna Jazz Festival in 2005.
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In 2008, Ravi Coltrane became part of the Blue Note 7, a septet formed that year in honor of the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records.
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Ravi Coltrane was born on August 6,1965, on Long Island, New York and was named after the Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar.
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Ravi Coltrane took an interest in photography and film and sought to pursue a career in one of the two.
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Ravi Coltrane started playing clarinet but switched to the saxophone in high school.
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Ravi Coltrane went on to enroll at the California Institute of the Arts in 1986 where he continued to study music.
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In 1991 while playing with Elvin Jones, Ravi Coltrane met Kathleen Hennessy, manager of the Regattabar.