John Coltrane and black America's quest for freedom : spirituality and the music / John Coltrane & black America's quest for freedom edited by Leonard L. Brown. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xiv, 235 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

You have to be invited : reflections on music making and musician creation in black American culture / Leonard L. Brown -- In his own words : Coltrane's responses to critics / Leonard L. Brown -- John Coltrane and the practice of freedom / Herman Gray -- John Coltrane as the personification of spirituality in black music / Anthony Brown -- Freedom is a constant struggle : Alice Coltrane and the redefining of the jazz avante-garde / Tammy L. Kernodle -- When bar walkers preach : John Coltrane and the crisis of the black intellectual / Tommy L. Lott -- "Don't let the devil (make you) lose your joy" : a look at late Coltrane / Salim Washington -- The spiritual ethos in black music and its quintessential exemplar, John Coltrane / Emmett G. Price III -- Somebody please say, "Amen!" / Eric D, Jackson -- Masters on a master introduction : Anthony Brown's and Leonard L. Brown's conversations with Olly Wilson, Yusef Lateef and Billy Taylor -- Conversation with Olly Wilson -- Conversation with Yusef Lateef -- Conversation with Billy Taylor -- Coda : George Russell on John Coltrane.

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Coltrane, John, 1926-1967 --Criticism and interpretation.
Coltrane, John.


Jazz--History and criticism.
Jazz--Religious aspects.
African Americans--Religious aspects.--Music
Jazz musicians--Interviews.

ML 419 .C645 / J63 2010