Demolition debunked: john coltrane’s historic house in philadelphia will remain standing

Adam Ritchie/Redferns/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free _Mother Jones Daily_. After erroneous reports had circulated that

John Coltrane’s house was headed for demolition, confirmation came that it’s safe and sound. CBS-3 Philly was first to debunk the false alarm after prominent sources had spread the

misinformation internationally. The contractor at a neighboring property slated for demolition, on North 33rd Street, has to protect adjacent structures. Coltrane’s is a National Historic

Landmark. He’d lived there from 1952 through 1958, a span that saw _Giant Steps_, _Blue Train_, and collaborations with Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. Miles away, in Queens, New York, a

second National Historic Landmark, Louis and Lucille Armstrong’s home, was reinvigorated this weekend with a virtual walkthrough. Rooms were open, stories shared, documents discussed, and

music played. And today is International Women’s Day: Queens Public Library, near the house, is streaming a celebration of women in jazz, as are the Detroit Jazz Festival, led by

artist-in-residence Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Blue Note Records, with a well-chosen playlist. A deeper dive: Sherrie Tucker’s _Swing Shift: “All-Girl” Bands of the 1940s_, Angela Davis’

_Blues Legacies and Black Feminism_, Val Wilmer’s _Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This: My Life in the Jazz World_, and Sally Placksin’s _American Women in Jazz: 1900 to the Present_. For

music right now: Geri Allen’s tribute to Mary Lou Williams from Harlem Stage.