Coltrane's centennial week opens tonight at Dizzy's Club, Ravi Coltrane takes the bandstand in Los Angeles, and Philadelphia listens in the dark. Then Sekou tells the story of "Take Five," the tune its credited composer valued at one used electric razor. | The Lead: John Coltrane turns 100 tomorrow, and the centennial week opens tonight with six nights at Dizzy's Club, Ravi Coltrane at Blue Note Los Angeles and a listening session in the dark in Philadelphia. Listen to This: "Time Out," the Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1959, in the National Recording Registry, cut across three New York dates in one summer. The Bridge: "Take Five." Paul Desmond, its credited composer, said he would have traded the entire rights for a used electric razor. On the Road: Two trios at Smalls, four seatings at Preservation Hall, Shemekia Copeland in Seattle, and the Vanguard opens six nights with Miguel Zenon. One More Note: September 22, 1932: Duke Ellington's orchestra spends two hours and forty minutes on Broadway and comes out with two tunes. | The Daily Quintet is an AI-crafted production, researched and checked by humans. Every listing you hear came from the venue or the festival's own organizer.
