Miles Davis John Coltrane centennial celebration at Van Dyck Music Lounge 5/9/26

May 13, 2026

2–4 minutes

By:Rudy Lu

It is a coincidence that two of the most influential Jazz musicians were born in the same year. Miles Davis and John Coltrane were two of the most influential musicians in the world of popular music. This year there are celebrations all over the world. The 518 is no exception.

The Art D’ Echo Trio lead by pianist/teacher/composer Dave Gleason with special guests Dylan Canterbury and Brian Patneaude headlined an evening of two bands playing the music of the mid fifties to early sixties that were an important part of jazz history before the two diverged onto different paths.

Gleason’s combo concentrated on the music of Miles first quartet which included John Coltrane that was recorded in 1955 and released in 1956. There was a flurry of creative activity that was created out of necessity to liberate Miles et. al. from Prestige Records to a more lucrative contract with Columbia records.

Yes, this era was 70 years ago, but the music was not played like museum pieces. These pieces still have relevance today and are part of a standard performance repetoire as well as student curricula.

Gleason’s piano often took off to the present era, with touches of other styles and places including stride, Ellngton from earlier era and even a touch of the avant garde.

Canterbury showed his chops on muted trumpet, especially excelling on “Bye Bye Blackbird”. He communicated many moods with his instrument. Patneaude closed with a more restrained sound, giving the whole piece elegance.

Dylan Canterbury,
Michael Lawrence, Brain Patneaude

Pete Sweeney is a powerful drummer, he certainly demonstrated that with restraint. He switched to brushes as needed. The fat tone of Michael Lawrence provided body for all the music.

The unplanned encore was chronologically later than the other music, but was a good choice for closer. “All Blues” from “Kind of Blue” is a universally accepted introduction to acoustic Jazz.

Vinny Marotta led his trio of fresh college grads in playing a set of standards giving respect to those maestros that preceded them. They were clearly having fun with the music as their body language and grins eager to show off their chops. Issac Nokes swung that it was going out fo style. Nat Mussman’s nimble fingers wandered the keyboard. They pulled out no stops by starting with McCoy Tyner’s “Passion Dance ” and Joe Henderson’s “Recordame”. They paid their mandatory respect to the blues with “Bags Groove”. Patneaude and Canterbury joined the band to close this set with the Dizzy Gillespie composition “Tin Tin Deo”.

A fine evening of Jazz at the Van Dyck. It was announced that this was the second sold out house for jazz since music has returned to the Van Dyck Music Lounge. Thanks to Chris Sule and his amazing staff for making this happen!