Presented by Scribe Video Center, North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF): The John Coltrane Edition is a multi-site celebration of Black and Puerto Rican cultural history in North Philadelphia. Scribe presents a selection of films produced from 1970 to the present exploring John and Alice Coltrane’s music and spiritual legacy.
Presented by Scribe Video Center, North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF): The John Coltrane Edition is a multi-site celebration of Black and Puerto Rican cultural history in North Philadelphia. Anula Shetty and Michael Kuetemeyer of Termite TV are working in collaboration with Iris Brown of the Norris Square Neighborhood Project to install a series of augmented reality artworks […]
Too often, John Coltrane’s towering legend and enduring influence overshadows his message, which he meticulously wove into his best known album — which some have called his musical self-portrait — A Love Supreme. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of this seminal recording, this presentation employs music and video excerpts to better understand the connection between Coltrane’s […]
Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a candid conversation the responsibilities and complexities of musical legacy and stewardship, featuring Kathleen Hennessy, Matthew Garrison, and Steven Fullwood of Nomadic Archivists Project, at The Study at University City on September 26. Kathleen Hennessy is Vice President of The John & Alice Coltrane Home and leads Coltrane Legacy […]
Ars Nova Workshop welcomes William Parker for a special invocation ceremony at the Monument in Waiting, calling upon the spirit of John Coltrane.
Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, with acclaimed saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and a celebration of the music of Alice Coltrane, at the Mandell Theater on Saturday, September 26, 2026. John Coltrane changed the course of music, but […]
Melvin Gibbs is a Grammy nominated composer, musician, artist, and writer, born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. This talk will examine some of the ideas that inform John Coltrane‘s cosmic music. It will dig into connections between cosmology and jazz that Gibbs has explored in collaboration with theoretical cosmologist Stephon Alexander, the author of “The Jazz […]
The Tiberi Tapes, were captured by musician Frank Tiberi during Coltrane club performances in a variety of Philadelphia and New York City venues, in the early 1960s. These historic recordings offer an intimate glimpse into Coltrane’s evolving artistry and have become an important addition to the documented legacy of one of jazz’s most influential musicians. […]
Presented by Scribe Video Center, North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF): The John Coltrane Edition is a multi-site celebration of Black and Puerto Rican cultural history in North Philadelphia. In tandem with Coltrane 100 Philly, Jazz Philadelphia’s season of coordinated citywide programming celebrating a century of Coltrane, Gerald Veasely and Lovett Hines will program concerts as part of NPHF, […]
Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, with acclaimed saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and a celebration of the music of Alice Coltrane, at the Mandell Theater on Saturday, September 26, 2026. John Coltrane changed the course of music, but […]
Presented by Scribe Video Center, North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF): The John Coltrane Edition is a multi-site celebration of Black and Puerto Rican cultural history in North Philadelphia. Community historian Faye Anderson will lead guests on a bus tour of performance, social and sacred spaces John Coltrane frequented during his years living in North Philadelphia.
Ars Nova Workshop welcomes Bobby Zankel for a special invocation ceremony at the Monument in Waiting, calling upon the spirit of John Coltrane.