The John and Alice Coltrane Home in Dix Hills enters a soft opening this month, two decades into its restoration and days before Coltrane's centennial. Then Sonny Rollins walks off the stage in 1959 and takes his horn to a New York bridge. | The Lead: The John and Alice Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, a National Treasure since 2018, enters a soft opening this month after a two decade restoration, ahead of the September 23rd centennial concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Listen to This: Gretchen Parlato's The Wise Ones landed Friday on Edition Records with Robert Glasper and Gerald Clayton both on piano, plus Kiefer's new Blue Note single. The Bridge: In 1959 Sonny Rollins stepped away from performing and recording for roughly two years and practiced on a New York bridge, because a neighbor was pregnant and his apartment was small. On the Road: A Sonny Rollins birthday tribute at the Birdland Theater, Herlin Riley in New Orleans, Tierney Sutton in Los Angeles, B.B. King honored in Minneapolis, and Arturo Sandoval in Boston. One More Note: George Russell cut "Manhattan" on this date in 1958 with Coltrane, Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer and Bill Evans, and Cat Anderson and Steve Turre share the birthday. | 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.
