Daily entertainment news covering John Coltrane en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/23/celebrity_birthdays_september_142 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 137307@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to:

"The Boss" Bruce Springsteen (1949)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/29/prestige_records_releases_5_cd_john_colt Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:19:03 EST Entertainment News 69523@http://www.starpulse.com/news Interplay, Prestige Records' new 5-CD set, containing early collaborative recordings of the peerless tenor saxophonist and visionary John Coltrane serves two distinct purposes.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/29/josh_hartnett_listens_to_lots_of_chet_ba Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:10:50 EST Entertainment News 27424@http://www.starpulse.com/news Josh Hartnett isn't taking his upcoming portrayal of Chet Baker lightly - he listens to over 100 recordings of the jazz great after programming them into his iPod. The Pearl Harbor star was spotted at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah this week with his earphones on at all times - listening to Baker's hits.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/15/jazz_pianist_alice_coltrane_dies Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:44:06 EST Entertainment News 26161@http://www.starpulse.com/news Avant-garde jazz pianist Alice Coltrane has died. She was 69. The pianist and widow of saxophone star John Coltrane died on Friday from respiratory failure. Coltrane married the legendary musician in 1963 and played piano for him as he moved into bolder, more spiritual music.

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