John Coltrane recorded his composition "Equinox" nearly 50 years ago. It was late autumn, just five days after waxing his tour de force version of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's "My ...

“Equinox” pays homage to the legacy of African ... Finish story here; 10 Essential John Coltrane Jazz Songs That Define Black ...

Coltrane’s greatest hit—though pianist McCoy Tyner is the quartet member who takes to modes as if born seesawing between major and minor. Late-released leftovers. “Equinox,” a two-chord ...

Autumn is here in the Western hemisphere, and with it the anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane, Sept. 23, a jazz holiday I call Coltrane's equinox. It's the season when Black improvised music ...

"Liberia," "Cousin Mary," and "Equinox." And so while these notes are rudimentary in conception, at this point in Coltrane's career they unmistakably serve as his musical signature too—the crux of the ...

The ghost of Coltrane’s “Equinox” moves fitfully through the guitarist’s cover, flickering in the occasional flash of a minor third; the roller-coaster blues of “Mr. P.C.” is rendered ...

A little over 60 years ago, the editor-in-chief of DownBeat magazine asked John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy a deceptively simple question: What are you trying to do? He rephrased slightly ...