Coltrane 100: The John Coltrane Centennial on Vinyl in Brooklyn

September 2nd – December 9th, 2026

Twenty-one nights · Kissa Kissa, 667 Franklin Avenue, Crown Heights

John Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926, and would have turned one hundred this year. Coltrane 100 is how Kissa Kissa, the Japanese-style jazz vinyl listening bar at 667 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, marks it: twenty-one nights from September 2nd to December 9th, 2026, most of them on the anniversary of the record being played. Each record goes on the house system and plays front to back.

Every night is free and open to the public. No cover, no ticket.

The schedule: twenty-one nights, September to December

1. Wed, Sep 2ndMeditations, in Sequence7:00 PM · the new Verve Vault reissue, heard in Impulse! chronology
2. Thu, Sep 10thTrane with the Miles Davis Quintetfrom 5:30 PM · 70th anniversary of the ‘Round About Midnight session
3. Tue, Sep 15thBlue Train: The Complete Masters7:00 PM · 69th anniversary of the session
4. Wed, Sep 23rdCentennial Celebrationfrom 5:30 PM · one hundred years to the day
5. Sat, Sep 26thColtrane & Friendsfrom 5:30 PM · 64th anniversary of the Duke Ellington & John Coltrane date
6. Fri, Oct 2ndA Love Supreme, Live in Seattlefrom 5:30 PM · 61st anniversary of the Seattle performance
7. Wed, Oct 21stThree Ways Through the Same Tunefrom 5:30 PM · “My Favorite Things” at 66
8. Sat, Oct 24thAtlantic Week, night two — Coltrane Plays the Blues7:00 PM · 66th anniversary of the October 24th, 1960 session
9. Sun, Oct 25thAtlantic Week, night three — Coltrane’s Sound7:00 PM · closing the week: the October 26th, 1960 session
10. Tue, Oct 27thChasin’ The Trane — early listen7:00 PM · the Verve Record Club exclusive, ahead of its release
11. Sun, Nov 1stThe Village Vanguard, 1961 — night one7:00 PM · four nights, played in performance order
12. Mon, Nov 2ndThe Village Vanguard, 1961 — night twofrom 8:00 PM · the run continues in performance order
13. Tue, Nov 3rdThe Village Vanguard, 1961 — night three7:00 PM · the run continues in performance order
14. Wed, Nov 4thThe Tiberi Tapes — advance listen7:00 PM · Frank Tiberi’s tapes, heard against the professional recordings
15. Thu, Nov 5thThe Village Vanguard, 1961 — night four7:00 PM · the closing night of the run
16. Sun, Nov 8thJourney, Deeply6:00 PM · Alice Coltrane at Dix Hills, 56 years on
17. Wed, Nov 18th“Alabama” at 63from 5:30 PM · featured listen: Live at Birdland
18. Mon, Nov 23rdMeditations, sixty-one years on7:00 PM · a quieter return to the record we opened with
19. Tue, Nov 24thColtrane Jazz at 67, Olé at 657:00 PM · two records from the Atlantic years, 1959 and 1961
20. Wed, Dec 2nd“Naima” at 677:00 PM · Giant Steps in full, closing our Atlantic stretch
21. Wed, Dec 9thA Love Supreme, at the session7:00 PM · 62 years to the day · season finale

What’s on the turntable

The series follows Coltrane across his records: sideman sides with the Miles Davis Quintet, Blue Train, the Atlantic sessions from Rhino’s 1960–1964 Mono box, Giant Steps in full, the four 1961 Village Vanguard nights, Live at Birdland, A Love Supreme live in Seattle and in the studio, and Meditations. Alice Coltrane gets her own night with Journey in Satchidananda.

Two nights are advance listens: the Verve Acoustic Sounds reissue of Live at Birdland on November 18th, two days before street date, and the Tiberi Tapes, live recordings made by saxophonist Frank Tiberi in Philadelphia and New York clubs in the early 1960s. On October 2nd, release day for Rhino’s six-LP Coltrane 100: Selections from 1951–1967, the box plays alongside A Love Supreme, Live in Seattle.

Coltrane 100 at Kissa Kissa: the details

Is it free? Yes. Every night is free and open to the public, with no cover and no ticket.

When does it start? Most nights start at 7:00 PM. A few start earlier, from 5:30 PM or 6:00 PM; each night’s time is in the schedule above.

Where is it? Kissa Kissa, 667 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238, in Crown Heights. Hours and directions are on the visit page.

Do I need a reservation? No. Walk-ins are welcome, and each night’s page has a link to reserve a table. Sunday through Wednesday are Listening Nights, with low voices and phones down at the bar; Thursday through Saturday are Social Nights, when we suggest reserving ahead.

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