Full name: A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album

Author: Ashley Kahn Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music, Biographies, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780142003527 0142003522

Few albums in the canon of popular music have had the influence, resonance, and endurance of John Coltrane's 1965 classic A Love Supreme-a record that proved jazz was a fitting medium for spiritual exploration and for the expression of the sublime. Bringing the same fresh and engaging approach that characterized his critically acclaimed Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn tells the story of the genesis, creation, and aftermath of this classic recording. Featuring interviews with more than one hundred musicians, producers, friends, and family members; unpublished interviews with Coltrane and bassist Jimmy Garrison; and scores of never-before-seen photographs, A Love Supreme balances biography, cultural context, and musical analysis in a passionate and revealing portrait. Similar books: Coltrane by Ben Ratliff Improvising Jazz by Jerry Coker Kind Of Blue by Ashley Kahn Visions of Jazz: The First Century by Gary Giddins Early Jazz by Gunther Schuller Miles Beyond by Paul Tingen Ascension by Eric Nisenson The History of Jazz by Ted Gioia As Serious As Your Life by Valerie Wilmer Jazz by Geoffrey C. Ward John Coltrane by Lewis Porter The Birth of Bebop by Scott DeVeaux The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine West Coast Jazz by Ted Gioia But Beautiful by Geoff Dyer The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman Comfortably Numb by Mark Blake The Beatles by Bob Spitz Everybody Loves Our Town by Mark Yarm Shostakovich by Elizabeth Wilson