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John Coltrane - His Life and Music (Paperback, 1st pbk. ed)
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John Coltrane - His Life and Music (Paperback, 1st pbk. ed)
Series: The Michigan American Music
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John Coltrane was a key figure in jazz, a pioneer in world music,
and an intensely emotional force whose following continues to grow.
This new biography, the first by a professional jazz scholar and
performer, presents a huge amount of never-before-published
material, including interviews with Coltrane, photos, genealogical
documents, and innovative musical analysis that offers a fresh view
of Coltrane's genius.
Compiled from scratch with the assistance of dozens of Coltrane's
colleagues, friends, and family, "John Coltrane: His Life and
Music" corrects numerous errors from previous biographies. The
significant people in Coltrane's life were reinterviewed, yielding
new insights; some were interviewed for the first time ever.
The musical analysis, which is accessible to the nonspecialist,
makes its own revelations--for example, that some of Coltrane's
well-known pieces are based on previously unrecognized sources. The
Appendix is the most detailed chronology of Coltrane's performing
career ever compiled, listing scores of previously unknown
performances from the 1940s and early 1950s.
Coltrane has become a musical inspiration for thousands of fans and
musicians and a personal inspiration to as many more. For all of
these, Porter's book will become the definitive resource--a
reliable guide to the events of Coltrane's life and an insightful
look into his musical practices.
." . . well researched, musically knowledgeable, and enormously
interesting to read. Porter is a jazz scholar with deep knowledge
of the tradition he is studying, both conceptually and
technically." --Richard Crawford, University of Michigan
"Lewis Porter is a meticulous person with love and respect
forAfro-American classical music. I applaud this definitive study
of my friend John Coltrane's life adn achievements." --Jimmy Heath,
jazz saxophonist, composer, educator
Lewis Porter is Associate Professor of Music, Rutgers University in
Newark. A leading jazz scholar, he is the author of "Jazz Readings
from a Century of Change" and coauthor of "Jazz: From Its Origins
to the Present," He was a project consultant on "The Complete
Atlantic Recordings of John Coltrane," which was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Historical Reissue, and an editor and
assisting author of the definitive Coltrane discography by Y.
Fujioka.
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