WROCLAW (Poland), April 29 -- Ravi Coltrane has a tough task: honour his father John and fellow legend Miles Davis without imitating them, he tells AFP, beer in hand during an interview in Poland.

The younger Coltrane has teamed up with multiple Grammy winner Terence Blanchard for a series of concerts across Europe marking the centennials of his father and Davis which will culminate at the revered Grand Rex in Paris - a venue that meant a lot to both men.

"If you're doing a tribute to somebody... the assumption might be that we're going to be imitating their style," Coltrane - named after Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitar player who inspired The Beatles and a host of other Western musicians - told AFP in Wroclaw.

"To really truly honour t...