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Coltrane, Ravi

LC control no.nr 97001891
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Personal name headingColtrane, Ravi
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Variant(s)Coltrane, Roland
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1965-08-06
Place of birthHuntington (N.Y.)
Field of activityJazz
AffiliationCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Elvin Jones's group (Musical Group) RKM Music Records (Firm)
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Saxophonists
Found inMinor mutiny, p1992: insert (Ravi Coltrane, saxophones)
New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (under Coltrane: Ravi Coltrane; b. Aug. 6, 1965, Huntingdon, NY; tenor and soprano saxophonist; son of John and Alice Coltrane)
Best of jazz guitar, c2000: p. 6 (Roland Coltrane [probably pseudonym for Ravi Coltrane], tenor saxophone)
African American National Biography, accessed April 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Coltrane, Ravi; jazz musician, saxophonist; born 06 August 1965 in Huntington, New York, United States; studied at the California Institute of the Arts; performed with Alice Coltrane during her rare concert performances; member of drummer Elvin Jones's group (1991-1993); associated with alto-saxophonist Steve Coleman and trumpeter Graham Haynes; made his first album as a leader, Moving Pictures (1998); founded his own RKM Musicrecord label; produced and played on Alice Coltrane's 2004 comeback album Translinear Light)