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John Coltrane and black America's quest for freedom : spirituality and the music / edited by Leonard L. Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coltrane, John, 1926-1967--Criticism and interpretation.
- Coltrane, John.
- Jazz--History and criticism.
- Jazz.
- Jazz--Religious aspects.
- African Americans--Music--Religious aspects.
- African Americans.
- Jazz musicians--Interviews.
- Jazz musicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York City : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- John Coltrane's unique and powerful saxophone sound is commonly recognized among scholars and fans of Black American music and jazz as having a ""spiritual"" nature, imbued with the performer's soul, which deeply touches musicians and listeners worldwide. This revered and respected musician created new standards, linked tradition with innovation, challenged common assumptions, and relentlessly pursued spiritual goals in his music, which he aimed openly to use as a means to help listeners see the beauty of life. More than four decades after Coltrane's death, it is this spiritual nature of the m
- Contents:
- Foreword; Contents; You Have to Be Invited: Reflections on Music Making and Musician Creation in Black American Culture; In His Own Words: Coltrane's Responses to Critics; John Coltrane and the Practice of Freedom; John Coltrane as the Personification of Spirituality in Black Music; Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Alice Coltrane and the Redefining of the Jazz Avant-Garde; When Bar Walkers Preach: John Coltrane and the Crisis of the Black Intellectual; "Don't Let the Devil (Make You) Lose Your Joy": A Look at Late Coltrane
- The Spiritual Ethos in Black Music and Its Quintessential Exemplar, John ColtraneSomebody Please Say, "Amen!"; Masters on a Master Introduction; Coda: George Russell on John Coltrane; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-977974-0
- 1-282-70276-9
- 9786612702761
- 0-19-971650-1
- OCLC:
- 650854040
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