The Coltrane Legacy Show

Ravi Coltrane and David Liebman came together Sunday, September 28, at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library in Dix Hills, to talk about John Coltrane’s life, work, and music.  After the performance the artists visited the Coltrane Collection computer and enjoyed browsing through the images there with Coltrane collector and scholar Yasuhiro Fujioka.

Coltrane Computer

The Half Hollow Hills Library in Dix Hills now has a computer database specifically dedicated to John’s music and pictures.  Much of the information has been donated by collector supreme Yasuhiro “Fuji” Fujioka and include some exclusive photos not found elsewhere.  The computer is located by the magazines, just past the DVDs, in a warm [...]

Kids for Coltrane, part 2

Joanna Massey from Jazz at Lincoln Center with Jehudith Cohen board member of The Friends of the Coltrane Home watching the children celebrate at their Cotton Candy Club reception. Joanna brought autographed books and CD’s from Wynton Marsalis for the raffles and teaching material for Ms. Passarella to work with. Director Steve Fulgoni giving flutes [...]

Kids for Coltrane, part 1

The third graders from Holliswood School in Jamaica celebrated the Coltrane genius in their own special way, under the guidance of teacher Christine Passarella. Boys getting ready to perform in honor of John Coltrane Girls anticipating a wonderful day before their performance. Audience getting ready for a great show! Director of the nonprofit group Friends [...]

A Love Supreme

We are so excited here at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library to be part of the effort to restore the last home of the brilliant John Coltrane. John lived here in Dix Hills and it was in this house that he composed “A Love Supreme,” one of his best-known and most beloved works.  The [...]