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ISBN: 0670031364

ISBN13: 9780670031368

A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album

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By Ashley Kahn

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Book Overview

Bringing the same fresh and engaging approach to music that characterized his critically acclaimed Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn has written an even more illuminating celebration of saxophone legend John Coltrane's 1964 spiritual opus and masterwork. A Love Supremeis a passionate and revealing portrait of a timelessly resonant musical statement, artfully balancing biography, analysis, and a palpable enthusiasm that anyone from the casual listener to the avid fan will enjoy. A Love Supremewas written with the full cooperation of Coltrane's family and features the voices of more than a hundred musicians, producers, and witnesses, including the surviving participants in the album: Elvin Jones, pianist McCoy Tyner, and engineer Rudy Van Gelder. With unpublished interviews with Coltrane and bassist Jimmy Garrison and scores of never-before-seen photographs, A Love Supremeweaves a rich historical backdrop to the 1964 recording and examines the questions and myths surrounding the album.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0670031364

ISBN13:9780670031368

Release Date:October 2002

Publisher:Viking Books

Length:260 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 8.1" x 9.0"

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Rated 5 stars
This book is really good!

By Thriftbooks.com User, March 31, 2005

Ashley Khan did a great job. I first picked up Coltrane's A Love Supreme, in the early 90's while a teenager, in a used section of a Parisian jazz record store, at that time i was only basicly educated about music and jazz. When i first played that album i was spiritualy moved and fell in love with it. I had no idea then of the importance of that record in Coltrane's career or in jazz in general, but the music touched my soul,...

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Rated 5 stars
love it

By Thriftbooks.com User, March 21, 2003

I loved this book. In fact I was just ordering a few extra copies to give as gifts to serious jazz connoisseurs when I came across this drivel from Rich Fontana in the customer reviews section. I felt that as a fan of both the album and the book, I am compelled to reply to his assiduously prepared critique.In taking the author to task for being a fan, he misses the point of the book entirely: it is intended as a passionate...

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Rated 5 stars
A must read for any Coltrane fan

By Thriftbooks.com User, February 3, 2003

What an amazing book about an amazing album. Coltrane has been one of my favorite musicians for many years. Kahn gives a wonderful, brief biography about Coltrane which I found to be one of the better accounts of his life, (although not an extremely detalied account). Kahn introduced new aspects to the music of "A Love Supreme" I had never thought of. The interviews with other jazz musicians were outstanding in bringing...

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Rated 5 stars
Great follow-up to his first book on "Kind of Blue"

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 31, 2002

A wonderful book that lets you discover more about the classic album. Kahn not only lets us in on the recording session, but his interviews seem to bring out the best in the subject and that is the best part of both his books - The jazz musicians themselves telling us what it was like and what it meant.As for the previous reviewer who decided not to buy the book because of Bono. Bad move, because Bono is mentioned once...

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Rated 5 stars
Perfect Gift for Jazz Lover

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 4, 2002

A gorgeous book, it gracefully fuses art and literature into a beautiful form with a most compelling story. Any jazz fan will appreciate the depth of the writers research into the making of this historical album and into the mind of the master. The interviews are fresh and fascinating, the photos sublime. One of the best music books I've read in years.

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