Event Program
Ravi Coltrane in Residence copy
DUOS
THUR, FEBRUARY 03
RAVI COLTRANE
Saxophone
with
JAMES CARNEY
Pianist
and
ALLAN MEDNARD
Drums/Percussion
This program will run approximately 75-90 minutes.
The Artists
Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane (saxophone) is a critically acclaimed Grammy™ nominated saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. In the course of a twenty plus year career, Mr. Coltrane has worked as a sideman to many, recorded noteworthy albums for himself and others, and founded a prominent independent record label, RKM.
Born in Long Island, the second son of John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane, Ravi was named after Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar. He was raised in Los Angeles where his family moved after his father’s death in 1967. His mother, Alice Coltrane, was a significant influence on Ravi and it was he who encouraged Alice to return to performance and the recording studio after a long absence. Subsequently, Ravi produced and played on Alice Coltrane’s powerful, Translinear Light, which was released in 2004.
Ravi has released six albums as a leader. His latest, Spirit Fiction, was released in June of 2012 for the Blue Note label. Additional credits include performances as well as recordings with Elvin Jones, Terence Blanchard, Kenny Baron, Steve Coleman, McCoy Tyner, Jack DeJohnette, Matt Garrison, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Geri Allen, Joanne Brackeem, The Blue Note 7, among others. He is a co-leader of the Saxophone Summit with Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman.
Ravi lives in Brooklyn, NY and maintains a fast-paced touring, recording, composing and performance schedule. He leads the effort to restore the John Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, Long Island (thecoltranehome.org) and presides over important reissues of his parent’s recordings.
Ravi Coltrane (saxophone) is a critically acclaimed Grammy™ nominated saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. In the course of a twenty plus year career, Mr. Coltrane has worked as a sideman to many, recorded noteworthy albums for himself and others, and founded a prominent independent record label, RKM.
Born in Long Island, the second son of John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane, Ravi was named after Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar. He was raised in Los Angeles where his family moved after his father’s death in 1967. His mother, Alice Coltrane, was a significant influence on Ravi and it was he who encouraged Alice to return to performance and the recording studio after a long absence. Subsequently, Ravi produced and played on Alice Coltrane’s powerful, Translinear Light, which was released in 2004.
Ravi has released six albums as a leader. His latest, Spirit Fiction, was released in June of 2012 for the Blue Note label. Additional credits include performances as well as recordings with Elvin Jones, Terence Blanchard, Kenny Baron, Steve Coleman, McCoy Tyner, Jack DeJohnette, Matt Garrison, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Geri Allen, Joanne Brackeem, The Blue Note 7, among others. He is a co-leader of the Saxophone Summit with Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman.
Ravi lives in Brooklyn, NY and maintains a fast-paced touring, recording, composing and performance schedule. He leads the effort to restore the John Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, Long Island (thecoltranehome.org) and presides over important reissues of his parent’s recordings.
James Carney
Award-winning pianist, keyboardist, and composer James Carney has recorded as a leader for multiple labels, and regularly fronts bands featuring some of the finest musicians working today including Ravi Coltrane, and many others.
Carney won the Thelonious Monk International Composers Award, a California Arts Council fellowship in composition, and two American Composers Forum Subito Grants. He received “Best Jazz Artist” honors at the LA Weekly Music Awards, and he was on the roster of the California Arts Council Touring Program for 6 years. Carney has been a visiting artist at The Eastman School of Music, New York University, Cal State Los Angeles, the University of Nevada at Reno, Ithaca College, Williams College, Saddleback College, California Institute of the Arts and the University of Missouri at St. Loui in addition to touring, performing at venues across the United States and Europe.
His most recent album release, The James Carney Sextet Pure Heart (Sunnyside Records) features Stephanie Richards, Ravi Coltrane, Oscar Noriega, Dezron Douglas, and Tom Rainey. Carney also has three additional studio recordings ready for release, including one recorded in January 2020 with European collaborators Richard Bonnet, Samuel Ber, and Michaël Attias. Jamescarney.net
Award-winning pianist, keyboardist, and composer James Carney has recorded as a leader for multiple labels, and regularly fronts bands featuring some of the finest musicians working today including Ravi Coltrane, and many others.
Carney won the Thelonious Monk International Composers Award, a California Arts Council fellowship in composition, and two American Composers Forum Subito Grants. He received “Best Jazz Artist” honors at the LA Weekly Music Awards, and he was on the roster of the California Arts Council Touring Program for 6 years. Carney has been a visiting artist at The Eastman School of Music, New York University, Cal State Los Angeles, the University of Nevada at Reno, Ithaca College, Williams College, Saddleback College, California Institute of the Arts and the University of Missouri at St. Loui in addition to touring, performing at venues across the United States and Europe.
His most recent album release, The James Carney Sextet Pure Heart (Sunnyside Records) features Stephanie Richards, Ravi Coltrane, Oscar Noriega, Dezron Douglas, and Tom Rainey. Carney also has three additional studio recordings ready for release, including one recorded in January 2020 with European collaborators Richard Bonnet, Samuel Ber, and Michaël Attias. Jamescarney.net
Allan Mednard
Allan Mednard was born and raised in Queens, New York, and began to play the drums at age thirteen. His early musical experiences involved New York City’s All-City High School Music Program, Bayside High School’s Academy of Music, and Queens College’s Preparatory Studies in Music program. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jazz Performance from The City College of New York, where he studied with Carl Allen. He has shared the stage with ensembles led by Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks, Ben Street, Ben Allison, Godwin Louis, Andrew D’Angelo, Alix Ambroise, Jaleel Shaw, Le Boeuf Brothers, Melissa Aldana, and many more.
Allan Mednard was born and raised in Queens, New York, and began to play the drums at age thirteen. His early musical experiences involved New York City’s All-City High School Music Program, Bayside High School’s Academy of Music, and Queens College’s Preparatory Studies in Music program. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jazz Performance from The City College of New York, where he studied with Carl Allen. He has shared the stage with ensembles led by Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks, Ben Street, Ben Allison, Godwin Louis, Andrew D’Angelo, Alix Ambroise, Jaleel Shaw, Le Boeuf Brothers, Melissa Aldana, and many more.
More Information
This program is made possible by Susan Bay Nimoy, the NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community Trust, the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, the Michael Tuch Foundation, the Vidda Foundation, the Lemberg Foundation, and The Grodzins Fund.
This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Music programming also receives support from an endowment established by The Bydale Foundation, Mary Flager Cary Charitable Trust, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Christopher and Barbara Dixon, the Herman Goldman Foundation, William and Angela Haines, Walter and Marge Scheuer, and Zabar’s.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
It’s a truly extraordinary moment to be here for the 21/22 Symphony Space season! We are so grateful to the independent venue operators who banded together to initiate the Save Our Stages campaign, which became the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant. Through the leadership of Senator Chuck Schumer, and with bipartisan support from many Senators and Representatives, the creative community was bolstered by this special funding. All of us at Symphony Space extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every individual who recognized the unmistakable power and importance of the arts in this most critical moment.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Artistic Director (1988-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Darren Critz Director of Performing Arts Programs
Kristin Cook Senior Marketing Manager
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