Description
Book SynopsisA deeply researched and beautifully illustrated study of saxophone legend John Coltrane's signature album. Written with the full co-operation of the Coltrane family and featuring the voices of musicians, producers and writers of the 1960s, Kahn has also unearthed rare, unpublished interviews with Coltrane and bassist Jimmy Garrison. The book also features commentary from contemporary music stars including Carlos Santana, Bono, Phil Lesh, Patti Smith, Ravi Shankar and Steve Reich.
Trade ReviewWe get the man, the mission, the methodology ... a well-researched, transparently written, passionately felt book * Independent *
One of the most accessible slices of jazz history you'll find...mixes biography, a forensic study of the recording process and an examination of the album's racial, political and spiritual legacy...a fine journalistic narrative -- John Lewis * Time Out *
Kahn provides a historical and critical overview of Coltrane's life and work and has also carried out an impressive quantity of research. [It] is an enjoyable read, with great photographs. Coltrane's followers will have to get it * Guardian *
Thoroughly absorbing * The Times *
Ashley Kahn deftly unpicks the background, describing the context and making of what was to become the signature modern jazz album * Financial Times *
Kahn's book puts you there in the studio, next to Elvin's kit -- Geoff Brown * Mojo *
