For the first time I am teaching a COLTRANE COURSE ONLINE: This is open to ANYONE on the planet Earth. Four classes, 2 hours each, registration is now open, it's only $20 per class, and this WILL fill up ! Oct 14, 21, 28 and Nov 4, 7-9pm NYC time. If You Cannot watch the class at that time, NO PROBLEM-- you can arrange to watch the class recordings anytime!! Just send them an email Before you register (LCE@lexingtonma.org )

Please note, this course is appropriate for people who already know a lot about Coltrane, as well as for those new to Coltrane. I'll be moving quickly, sharing rare and unreleased recordings, recent research, questions to explore, etc.

In Class 3 we will look at how Coltrane becomes renowned, 1961-1964. He continues to progress rapidly. His performances were controversial and avant-garde: Chasin’ the Trane, his work with Eric Dolphy. But he recorded with Duke Ellington and singer Johnny Hartman. What were the pressures on him as a popular artist? Coltrane’s “classic quartet”–a look at McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones.