Ravi Coltrane

[alankin]

EJ is a phenomenal drummer and perfectly sweet bloke. He was on the gig at Zinc last month and sounded great.

Has EJ played with anyone else before Ravi's group?

Che.

I think he's also played on some of David Weiss's Fresh Sound New Talent dates, including ones by Robert Glasper and Marcus Strickland.

[Guest che]

EJ is a phenomenal drummer and perfectly sweet bloke. He was on the gig at Zinc last month and sounded great.

Has EJ played with anyone else before Ravi's group?

Che.

I think he's also played on some of David Weiss's Fresh Sound New Talent dates, including ones by Robert Glasper and Marcus Strickland.

Thanks for the information, I think I have some MP3's somewhere that has Ravi and Strickland on them. I will have to try and dig then out.

Che.

[jazzsphere]

I've followed Ravi's career and he is one of my favourite saxophonists. His new CD "In Flux" is oustanding. Here's an article I wrote about it on allaboutjazz.com:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=16765

Regards,

MarkT.

[7/4]

He's playing in NYC this weekend. And he was on WKCR on Thursday afternoon doing promo. Sounds like a pretty balanced cat too.

[Guest che]

I've followed Ravi's career and he is one of my favourite saxophonists. His new CD "In Flux" is oustanding. Here's an article I wrote about it on allaboutjazz.com:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=16765

Regards,

MarkT.

I am still trying to locate this album.

Che,

[mrjazzman]

saw ravi with mccoy tyner group at yoshi's. if he didn't have the last name i don't think he'd get any more attention than the rest of his contemporaries...........

[sal]

saw ravi with mccoy tyner group at yoshi's. if he didn't have the last name i don't think he'd get any more attention than the rest of his contemporaries...........

I disagree. He doesn't get any more attention than any of his peers. Maybe he'll get an article in a magazine, but just look at boards like this one, or just talking in with other jazz lovers. His name is hardly ever brought up. Maybe lately its being discussed more than normal, because he has a very nice new album out, and he gave a fine performance on his mother's recent CD. But he's been around for a long time, and he's not discussed that much at all.

[Guest che]

saw ravi with mccoy tyner group at yoshi's. if he didn't have the last name i don't think he'd get any more attention than the rest of his contemporaries...........

I disagree. He doesn't get any more attention than any of his peers. Maybe he'll get an article in a magazine, but just look at boards like this one, or just talking in with other jazz lovers. His name is hardly ever brought up. Maybe lately its being discussed more than normal, because he has a very nice new album out, and he gave a fine performance on his mother's recent CD. But he's been around for a long time, and he's not discussed that much at all.

I think some of this is his own choice, I read an article a while ago and he talked about some of the difficulties being the son of John, and wanting to find his own voice.

Well not perhaps he is beginning to emerge out of the shadows of his great father?

Che.