He wasn't scheduled to play, but John Coltrane had his axe in hand when he came to watch Miles Davis' rhythm section record with Sonny Rollins. Trane not only played on the date, but the resulting ...

The New York Times’ guide to the 100 most important jazz recordings states that in the late 1950s the two top tenor saxophonists were Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. “They had power, promise, ...

Classical mythology is not the only place where the gods converse. Two of them readily communicate, using the universal language of the blues, for twelve-plus minutes on "Tenor Madness." Touted as the ...