Coltrane : the story of a sound / Ben Ratliff.

By:

Ratliff, Ben

Publication details: New York : Picador, 2008, c2007.Edition: 1st Picador edDescription: xxi, 250 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780312427788
0312427786

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

ML419.C645 R37 2007

Contents:

Introduction -- pt. 1 -- 1. Who's Willie Mays? -- 2. Not much happens -- 3. Prestige -- 4. Theory-mad -- 5. Vanguard -- 6. Two concepts going -- 7. Best good -- pt. 2 -- 8. The style of -- 9. Spiritual -- 10. You must die -- 11. Dark days -- 12. Syllabus -- Notes -- Sources and acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary: John Coltrane left an indelible mark on the world, but what was the essence of his achievement that makes him so prized forty years after his death? This book examines the life of Coltrane, the acclaimed band leader and deeply spiritual man who changed the face of jazz music.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Book	Vermont Jazz Center	Book Collection	Archive Room	ML419.C645 R37 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Howard Brofsky Collection		39088000000012

"Originally published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-238) and index.

John Coltrane left an indelible mark on the world, but what was the essence of his achievement that makes him so prized forty years after his death? This book examines the life of Coltrane, the acclaimed band leader and deeply spiritual man who changed the face of jazz music.

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Coltrane : the story of a sound / Ben Ratliff.

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