Thus Coltrane’s circle shows those same 12 semitones and their notations (flat or sharp). The outer ring portrays the hexatonic or whole-tone scale of the note Do, and the inner ring portrays ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author and cartoonist Ken Krimstein about his new graphic novel, "Einstein in Kafkaland." It visualizes the time Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka lived in Prague and met.

Turns out Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka lived in Prague at the same time and had the same circle of friends. In a new graphic novel, Ken Krimstein puts us in the room with two 20th century geniuses.

Jazz legend John Coltrane penned his famous circle in 1967 and musicians have been pondering it ever since. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ... It’s not much of a leap therefore to suggest ...