News Unearthed Jazz Gems: John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy’s lost live recordings revealed! by Happy In an incredible stroke of luck, previously unheard live recordings of jazz legends John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy have surfaced after more than six decades. The extraordinary recordings, from Coltrane’s…
Lists Music News A guide to John Coltrane in 5 essential albums by Luke Saunders From his most transcendent works to his most experimental, this a guide to John Coltrane in 5 essential albums. All aboard the Coltrane! It’s hard to imagine jazz without John…
News It’s been over 50 years and we still don’t understand this circle drawn by John Coltrane by Happy In 1967 legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane gave the below sketch to his friend Professor Yusuf Lateef. Straight away, musicians may recognise it as a circle of fifths, yet for…
Books News A Love Supreme, The Coconut Children and more – Happy’s Weekend Reading by Dan Shaw On the list for this weekend in reading is a special slice of jazz history, A Love Supreme, and a moving debut from Vivian Pham, The Coconut Children. Stefan Hunt’s We’re…
Features The life and times of McCoy Tyner in 5 essential albums by Luke Saunders The mind-bending virtuosity and granite-like chordal work of McCoy Tyner influenced almost every pianist in jazz. His time in the legendary John Coltrane Quartet has forever left its imprint on…
Features A guide to Cannonball Adderley in 5 essential albums by Luke Saunders When Julian Edwin Cannonball Adderley first arrived in New York City in the early ’50s, he was there to pursue higher education. Originally from Florida, the gregarious man had a…
Features The 10 most groundbreaking free jazz albums of all time by Luke Saunders Free jazz is challenging, ferocious, and often political. It can be earth-shattering and other times it can just be plain confusing. Nevertheless, it is a crucial and powerful step in…
Features Pro Audio The evolution of the Neumann U 47: the most copied microphone in history by Dan Shaw Not only does it look like a silver bullet, but generations of engineers have also treated the Neumann U 47 as such. Let’s take a closer look at this classic’s…
Music News A previously unreleased John Coltrane album is on the way by Claudia Schmidt Impulse Records have just announced that they’ll be releasing a previously unheard collection of John Coltrane recordings. The album is titled Blue World and will be available on September 27th…
News Vinyl John Coltrane’s breakthrough 1958 recordings captured in new box set by Happy A new box set from Craft Recordings will catalogue 12 months of John Coltrane’s early recordings, captured in 1958 during his tenure as the leader or co-leader of Prestige Records. It…
News Vinyl A box set compiling John Coltrane’s 1963 recordings has just been announced by Happy A 5xLP box set collating music from five albums John Coltrane recorded in 1963 is set to be released this month. This follows on from Both Directions at Once, an album…
News John Coltrane’s posthumously released new album is his highest charting record ever by Happy Late last month, a previously unreleased John Coltrane album titled Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album was released for the first time since its recording in 1963. Now, over fifty years…
News Stream a near complete, 873-song playlist cataloguing John Coltrane’s discography by Happy Jazz pioneer and saxophone virtuoso John Coltrane’s influence runs deep into modern music, be it soul, the blues, hip hop, or experimental electronic. His formidable 1965 album A Love Supreme is…
