Ravi Coltrane Saxophone
Ravi Coltrane is a critically acclaimed Grammy®-nominated saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Over the course of a 20-plus year career, Coltrane has worked as a sideman to many artists, and recorded noteworthy albums for himself and others. Born on Long Island, the second son of John 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 was a significant influence on him, and it was Ravi who encouraged his mother to return to performing and the recording studio after a long absence. Subsequently, Coltrane produced and played on Alice’s album Translinear Light (2004). Additional credits include performances and 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, and more.
Coltrane lives in Brooklyn, NY and maintains a busy schedule touring, recording, and composing. He leads the effort to restore the John Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, Long Island and presides over important reissues of his father’s records.