Ravi Coltrane

Carrying the Coltrane name into a saxophone career is the kind of pressure I cannot imagine, and that is precisely why Ravi Coltrane earns my respect. Rather than coast on his father's legend, he built his own voice, co-running a label and producing artists like Luis Perdomo and Ralph Alessi. To me he is a case study in how second-generation artists can honor a towering inheritance without being crushed by it. There is real courage in choosing the same instrument as one of history's giants and still insisting on your own sound.

Name (English)

Ravi Coltrane

Name (Japanese)

ラヴィ・コルトレーン

Reading

らゔぃ・こるとれーん

Born

August 6, 1965 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

jazz musician / saxophonist / record producer / musician

High school

El Camino Real High School

• Official sitehttps://www.ravicoltrane.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/RaviColtrane
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi%20Coltrane
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353845

Tags

• New York
• jazz musician
• saxophonist
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.