John Coltrane : [electronic resource] his life and music / Lewis Porter.
By: Porter, Lewis.
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TextSeries: The Michigan American music series: Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1998Description: xvii, 409 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0472101617 (alk. paper); 9780472101610 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Coltrane, John, 1926-1967 | Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography | Saxophonists -- United States -- Biography | Jazz | Coltrane, John, 1926-1967 | Coltrane, John, 1926-1967 -- Critique et interprétation | Musiciens de jazz -- États-Unis -- Biographies | Saxophonistes -- États-Unis -- Biographies | Musiciens noirs américains -- BiographiesAdditional physical formats: Online version:: John Coltrane.DDC classification: 788.7/165/092 | B Other classification: 24.65 Online resources: Publisher description | Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-383) and index.
Southern Roots -- Life without Father -- A Musical Education I -- "Every Day Was an Adventure" -- A Musical Education II -- Philadelphia, 1946-48 -- A Musical Education III -- Apprenticeship with Vinson and Gillespie -- Obscurity: 1951-55 -- The Turning Point: Miles and Monk -- Coltrane's Music: 1955-57 -- Back with Miles Davis -- Giant Steps and Kind of Blue -- "Today's Top Tenor" and His "All-Star Band" -- "So Much More to Do" -- More on Coltrane's Music of 1961-65 -- A Love Supreme -- The Man: "A Quiet, Shy Guy" -- Final Years: 1965-67.