John Coltrane and black America's quest for freedom
Subtitle: spirituality and the music
By: conceived and edited by Leonard Brown.
Contributors: Brown, Leonard, 1946-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780195328530; 9780195328929
Subjects: Coltrane, John, -- 1926-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation; Jazz -- History and criticism; Jazz -- Religious aspects; African Americans -- Music -- Religious aspects; Jazz musicians -- Interviews
Genres: Interviews
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: You have to be invited / Leonard Brown; title: In his own words / Leonard Brown; title: John Coltrane and the practice of freedom / Herman Gray; title: John Coltrane as the personification of spirituality in black music / Anthony Brown; title: Freedom is a constant struggle : Alice Coltrane and the redefining of the jazz avante garde / Tammy Kernodle; title: When bar walkers preach : John Coltrane and the crisis of the black intellectual / Tommy Lee Lott; title: Don't let the devil (make you) lose your joy : a look at late Coltrane / Salim Washington; title: John Coltrane and the spiritual ethos of black music / Emmett G. Price III; title: Somebody please say, amen! / Eric Jackson; title: Masters on a master introduction : Anthony Brown's and Leonard Brown's interviews with Olly Wilson, Yusef Lateef and Billy Taylor; title: Conversation with Olly Wilson; title: Conversation with Yusef Lateef; title: Conversation with Billy Taylor; title: Coda : George Allen Russell on John Coltrane's legacy.