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Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album | Ashley Kahn
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Few albums in the canon of popular music have had the influence, resonance, and endurance of John Coltrane's 1965 classic A Love Supreme-a record that proved jazz was a fitting medium for spiritual exploration and for the expression of the sublime. Bringing the same fresh and engaging approach that characterized his critically acclaimed Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn tells the story of the genesis, creation, and aftermath of this classic recording. Featuring interviews with more than one hundred musicians, producers, friends, and family members; unpublished interviews with Coltrane and bassist Jimmy Garrison; and scores of never-before-seen photographs, A Love Supreme balances biography, cultural context, and musical analysis in a passionate and revealing portrait.
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Airplanes are great for finishing books. This one was cool AND I learned a lot. A broadly journalistic accounting of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme," which is arguably his most loved and most influential recording. Lots of info about the years and works leading up to the album, the recording session itself (one night!), and what came next. Lots of interviews with a ton of different people, musicians, producers, label executives, fans and family.

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The problem with reading books about music is that I keep stopping to listen to something... I'm really enjoying some sessions from 1959, right now. A Love Supreme didn't come out until January 1965. It's going to take forever to get through this one!