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SUMMARY:Coltrane at 100: A Neighborhood Listening Experience presented by Free Library of Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION:John Coltrane turned 100 this year. His music still sounds like the future. The Philadelphia Jazz Legacy Project invites you to sit down\, listen deeply\, and discover why. Guided by a noted jazz scholar\, this free 90-minute program brings Coltrane’s groundbreaking sound back to the Philadelphia neighborhoods that shaped him — no musical background required\, just your ears and your curiosity. \n  \nThis program is funded by the Hyperlocal Heritage grant. Lead support is provided by the William Penn Foundation. Additional support provided by Philadelphia Funder Collaborative for the Semiquincentennial.
URL:https://jazzphiladelphia.org/event/free-library-of-philadelphia-presents-coltrane-at-100-a-neighborhood-listening-experience/
LOCATION:Kingsessing Library\, 1201 South 51st Street (5lst St. between Kingsessing and Chester Avenues)\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143-4353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coltrane Centennial Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T193000
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SUMMARY:Bobby Zankel’s Wonderful Sound 3 Traveling Through Interstellar Space w/ Willam Parker Phaeron AkLaff
DESCRIPTION:An exploration of the music and concepts introduced by John Coltrane in his final recording project Interstellar Space.
URL:https://jazzphiladelphia.org/event/bobby-zankels-wonderful-sound-3-traveling-through-interstellar-space-w-willam-parker-phaeron-aklaff/
LOCATION:Community Education Center\, 3500 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coltrane Centennial Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T193000
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SUMMARY:Trane’s House – Farid Barron Commemorating the 100th Birthday of John Coltrane presented by Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz
DESCRIPTION:Trane’s House – Farid Barron Commemorating the 100th Birthday of John Coltrane
URL:https://jazzphiladelphia.org/event/philadelphia-clef-club-of-jazz-presents-tranes-house-farid-barron-commemorating-the-100th-birthday-of-john-coltrane/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts\, 736 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19146\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coltrane Centennial Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T150000
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SUMMARY:Big Band Coltrane at Historic Mother Bethel AME featuring Josh Lee & The Extended Family with V. Shayne Frederick
DESCRIPTION:A collaboration between V. Shayne Frederick and Josh Lee and the Extended Family that explores the music of John Coltrane through the lens of the big band. The performance will take place at the historic Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church\, coinciding with Land Ownership Week during the 232nd Anniversary of the founding of Historic Mother Bethel AME Church. \nV. Shayne Frederick is “soulful” [DownBeat] “one to watch\, a shining light\,” [Philadelphia Inquirer] and “one of the region’s greatest jazz singers\,” [Metro Philadelphia] with electrifying performances internationally. He is an educator\, a curatorial collaborator for the Semiquincentennial Philly 250\, a narrator and vocalist with Ruth Naomi Floyd’s Frederick Douglass Jazz Works\, and part of poet laureate superband Yolanda Wisher & the Afroeaters\, and a composer. A voting member and former board member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Recording Academy\, his albums have streamed worldwide. \nJosh Lee and the Extended Family is a Philadelphia based ensemble that authentically celebrates the music and the dance of the swing era. Composed of the brightest young musicians in the city\, the Extended Family strives to further the 100 year tradition of big band music while honoring its pioneers—Moten\, Basie\, Lunceford\, Fletcher Henderson to name a few. Josh is a grammy winning saxophonist\, composer\, and arranger\, as well as a member of the Count Basie Orchestra and faculty at Temple and Villanova Universities and a 2025 Downbeat Rising Star on the baritone saxophone. \n\nTickets $10 \nThis project is an awardee of the Coltrane 100 Philly Community Project Grant.
URL:https://jazzphiladelphia.org/event/big-band-coltrane-at-historic-mother-bethel-ame-featuring-josh-lee-the-extended-family-with-v-shayne-frederick-and/
LOCATION:Mother Bethel AME Church\, 419 S. 6th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coltrane Centennial Event,Coltrane 100 Philly Community Project Grant
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T150000
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SUMMARY:A Sacred Return: The Spiritual Legacy Of John Coltrane featuring the Ruth Naomi Floyd Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Through jazz\, we return John Coltrane’s spiritual legacy to the sacred space where he performed in a historic 1966 concert. In response to his enduring influence\, the Ruth Naomi Floyd Quartet and the Church of the Advocate will present an afternoon program featuring a brief lecture\, a moderated panel discussion with the musicians\, an audience Q&A\, and a concert with new arrangements of John Coltrane’s compositions alongside original works. The event will affirm jazz’s power to inspire reflection\, dignity\, and transformation across generations. Together\, the music and educational programming will explore themes of faith\, spiritual searching\, struggle\, endurance\, transcendence\, and radical hope and joy. \n\n\n\n\nRuth Naomi Floyd\, vocals & flute\nAaron Graves\, piano\nAbraham Burton\, tenor saxophone\nLee Smith\, double bass\nDonovan Pope\, drums\n\n\nNatalie Francis\, moderator\n\n  \nTickets $10 available at the door. 100% of the proceeds benefit Church of the Advocate. \nRuth Naomi Floyd is an internationally acclaimed vocalist\, composer\, educator\, photographer\, and justice advocate whose work explores the intersections of beauty\, theology\, history\, culture\, and justice. A pioneering artist\, Ruth has created a distinctive body of vocal jazz work that unfolds through two interconnected streams: sacred jazz\, reflecting themes of faith\, hope\, redemption\, and love; and historically inspired works that illuminate African American narratives with remembrance\, reverence\, and contemporary relevance. A recipient of numerous fellowships\, grants\, residencies\, and commissions\, Ruth is the first African American woman to serve as the founding director of a university jazz studies program in the United States. Concordia College New York awarded her an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of her significant contributions to the arts\, music education\, and justice work. \nThis project is an awardee of the Coltrane 100 Philly Community Project Grant.
URL:https://jazzphiladelphia.org/event/a-sacred-return-the-spiritual-legacy-of-john-coltrane-featuring-the-ruth-naomi-floyd-quartet/
LOCATION:Church of the Advocate\, 1801 W. Diamond Street (entrance on Gratz Street)
CATEGORIES:Coltrane Centennial Event,Coltrane 100 Philly Community Project Grant
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T190000
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SUMMARY:Tara Middleton & Jupiter Blue: Coltrane\, Spirit and the Spaceways
DESCRIPTION:The Philadelphia duo of vocalist and lyricist Tara Middleton and guitarist-composer DM Hotep takes John Coltrane’s compositions as departure points and reopens them through voice\, guitar\, and responsive electronics. Both are members of the Sun Ra Arkestra\, and they carry Coltrane’s example of disciplined listening\, spiritual searching\, and musical freedom into new territory. Spoken word and song braid together\, treating the voice the way Coltrane treated the horn. Short spoken introductions welcome every listener\, no prior jazz knowledge needed. This is Coltrane honored through discovery\, not imitation\, hosted by St. Laurentius Parish at Holy Name of Jesus. A free evening bringing the centennial into a Philadelphia neighborhood room. \nTara Middleton is a Philadelphia jazz vocalist\, violinist\, flutist\, composer\, lyricist\, and music educator\, and the first female lead vocalist of the Sun Ra Arkestra in over twenty years\, a role she has held since 2012. She is a two-time Grammy-nominated artist\, writing lyrics for Swirling\, the album that earned the Arkestra its first Grammy nomination. She co-founded Jupiter Blue Music Ltd. with her husband David Middleton. A Pennsylvania Council on the Arts master teaching artist\, she teaches across Philadelphia-area schools and carries her framework\, the voice as first instrument\, into classrooms and community spaces throughout the city. Her work moves between the stage\, the page\, and the classroom\, always rooted in the belief that the voice is the first instrument every person already owns\n \nThis project is an awardee of the Coltrane 100 Philly Community Project Grant.
URL:https://jazzphiladelphia.org/event/jupiter-blue-coltrane-spirit-and-the-spaceways/
LOCATION:Holy Name of Jesus\, 701 East Gaul Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coltrane Centennial Event,Coltrane 100 Philly Community Project Grant
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T190000
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SUMMARY:A Tribute to Coltrane: Tim Brey Quintet ft. Chris Coles and John Swana presented by Notsolatin
DESCRIPTION:The albums “My Favorite Things\,” “Coltrane Plays the Blues\,” and “Coltrane’s Sound\,” all recorded in October 1960\, signaled a major shift in Coltrane’s concept as a composer and improviser. Brey reinvents compositions from these seminal records\, and explores his own original music inspired by Coltrane and his journey. The ensemble will feature Brey on piano\, Chris Coles on the alto sax\, John Swana on the EVI\, Graham Kozak on bass\, and Wayne Smith Jr. on drums. \n \n“Philadelphia has been home to a long succession of celebrated jazz pianists\, creating a legacy that can be daunting for any young player following in their footsteps. But in the case of Tim Brey\, that expansive lineage functions strictly as creative motivation” —J. Michael Harrison\, WRTI \nTim Brey is a Philadelphia-based jazz pianist and composer. In his diverse career as a bandleader\, sideman\, and solo pianist\, Brey has performed with Terell Stafford\, Samara Joy\, Kurt Rosenwinkel\, Houston Person\, Renée Fleming\, Dee Dee Bridgewater\, Tim Warfield\, Peter Bernstein\, Warren Wolf\, Steve Wilson\, and many more. His third studio album as a leader\, “News\,” released in October 2022\, followed Brey’s expanding compositional vision for his quintet. \nBrey teaches jazz piano\, theory\, and improvisation at the Boyer College of Music at Temple University and the Wells School of Music at West Chester University. Outside of the university context\, he continues to maintain a small private studio of dedicated musicians and pianists. \n  \nThis project is an awardee of the Coltrane 100 Philly Community Project Grant.
URL:https://jazzphiladelphia.org/event/a-tribute-to-coltrane-tim-brey-quintet-ft-chris-coles-and-john-swana-presented-by-notsolatin/
LOCATION:Notsolatin\, 1440 W. Ritner Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coltrane Centennial Event,Coltrane 100 Philly Community Project Grant
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T163000
DTSTAMP:20261014T124444Z
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SUMMARY:Jazz Philadelphia Summit 2026: Offering Edition presented in partnership with the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
DESCRIPTION:Sixty years after Coltrane recorded Offering in Mitten Hall\, we return to explore what it means to give and receive across generations. \n\n\n\n\nThe 2026 Jazz Philadelphia Summit takes Offering as an act of giving for its theme\, marking the 60th anniversary of Offering: Live at Temple University (recorded November 11\, 1966) and honoring it within the Coltrane 100 Philly centennial season. As the culminating event of the Coltrane 100 Philly centennial season and the lead event of a two-day celebration\, followed the next evening by a tribute concert featuring Ravi Coltrane at the Temple Performing Arts Center\, the Summit gathers Coltrane’s peers\, including musicians who performed on the original Offering recording\, for first-person reflections on what that night gave to Philadelphia’s jazz tradition. \nBut the Summit doesn’t stop at tribute. A keynote address and panel discussion turn “offering” from a historical act into a present-tense question: what does this community still have to give and receive from each other\, and what will each person in the room commit to offering going forward? Attendees leave not just having honored Coltrane’s legacy\, but having named their own role in carrying it. \nThe Summit will also feature a John Coltrane exhibition curated by the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection\, drawing on the Collection’s archival holdings to place Offering within the fuller arc of Coltrane’s life and Philadelphia’s jazz history. Alongside the exhibition\, community partners will be on hand for resource-sharing\, connecting attendees with programs\, opportunities\, and support available across Philadelphia’s jazz ecosystem. \nCost: Pay-what-you-wish ($20 recommended donation)
URL:https://jazzphiladelphia.org/event/jazz-philadelphia-summit-2026-offering-edition/
LOCATION:Mitten Hall\, Temple University\, 1913 N Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Coltrane Centennial Event,Coltrane 100 Philly Community Project Grant
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