Oran Coltrane

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Oran Coltrane (born March 19, 1967 in Huntington as Oranyan Olabisi Coltrane ) is an American jazz and pop musician who also works as a DJ .

Live and act

Coltrane grew up in a musical family; his parents were the jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and the jazz pianist Alice Coltrane . After the early death of his father, he first played drums in childhood. In 1972 he was involved in an arrangement of Living Space (a recording by the John Coltrane Quartet ) by his mother on this instrument , which was released on the album Infinity . In 1982 he performed with his mother and brothers John and Ravi in the Sons of Coltrane quartet at the Royce Hall in Los Angeles.

Coltrane graduated from the California Institute of the Arts . In 1987 he performed with his mother and other musicians from the vicinity of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his death in New York. In 1992 he was a Santana saxophonist .

In 2001 he formed a rock band in which he sang and played guitar and drums; with this band he toured the Philippines. He presented his debut album Oranyan (BabySiva / Deity) as a rock singer and guitarist in 2004. In the same year he was involved as an alto saxophonist on the album Translinear Light by Alice Coltrane, the following year on Meshell Ndegeocello's The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel , for which he also wrote the title track Dance of the Infidel together with the latter . The TV movie Elle: Sing for Your Dream contains his song Shake It .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Kemper , John Coltrane: Biography. Reclam 2017
  2. ↑ Virginia Lee The Spiritual Journey of Alice Coltrane Yoga Magazine December 1982, pp. 38f.
  3. ^ A Tribute to John Coltrane's Spirit , New York Times , September 25, 1987
  4. ↑ Technology Unleashes Unlimited Potential in Oran Coltrane (Yamaha)
personal data
SURNAME Coltrane, Oran
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coltrane, Oranyan Olabisi (maiden name); Oranyan (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and pop musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Huntington's