Michelle Coltrane was born in Paris,
France, and is the only daughter of Alice and John Coltrane. While and after
raising two children Michelle toured the US and France as a soloist, and has
performed with such artists as Kenny Kirkland, Jeff Watts, Ronnie Laws, Billy
Childs, Jack DeJohnette, Marvin Smitty Smith, Reggie Workman, The Gap Band and
with the McCoy Tyner Trio at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Her first CD, I THINK
OF YOU, is a classic and contemporary jazz collaboration with musician and
composer Scott Hiltzik. The recording was well received by Jazz Times and won a
YES Award, presented by blues artist Barbara Morrison. Michelle was a featured
performer at the 2013 Panama Jazz Festival, and recent appearances include
shows at The John Ford Amphitheater in Los Angeles, The Miami Jazz Festival,
Vibratos in Bel Air Ca., H. O. M. E. (House of Music & Entertainment)
Beverly Hills, Ca., Bar 1912 in Bverly Hills, Ca. and Yoshis Jazz Club,Oakland
Ca.
Michelle honed her stage manner skills as
an Emcee to many John Coltrane Scholarship events like the Wiltern Theatre and
The House of Blues in Los Angeles. During the late 1990s Michelle co-hosted a
radio program on 90.7 FM for 5 years, “Straight No Chaser” with Maggie Le
Pique, interviewing artists such as Charlie Haden, Alice Coltrane, Ravi
Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, Stanley Clarke and many others. She is
heavily involved in the “Save The Coltrane Home” project with her brother Ravi
with the most recent event featuring Santana, Ravi Coltrane, Cornell West,
Ashely Kahn, Winton Marsalis, Marcus Miller, and Jimmy Heath as guest speakers.
She is also the vice-president of the board of directors of the John and Alice
Coltrane Foundation involved in many projects.
Michelle’s new band a collaboration with
Shea Welsh guitarist and MD. Michelle and Shea have composed new material and
are arranging new and classic standards to create the bands unique modern and
retro sound.
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