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A Love Supreme Ashley Kahn

A Love Supreme By Ashley Kahn

A Love Supreme by Ashley Kahn


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Summary

With a new introduction for the 55th anniversary of the album's release, this is Ashley Kahn's seminal work on John Coltrane's masterpiece A Love Supreme.

A Love Supreme Summary

A Love Supreme: The Creation Of John Coltrane's Classic Album by Ashley Kahn

A 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family and featuring the voices of musicians, producers and writers of the 1960s, Kahn has also unearthed rare, unpublished interviews with Coltrane and bassist Jimmy Garrison.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.

A Love Supreme Reviews

We 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 *

About Ashley Kahn

Ashley Kahn is the author Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece and A Love Supreme: The Creation of John Coltrane's Classic Album, both published by Granta Books. He is a contributor to Rolling Stone, the New York Times and Mojo. He lives in New Jersey.

Additional information

GOR011263001
9781783786053
1783786051
A Love Supreme: The Creation Of John Coltrane's Classic Album by Ashley Kahn
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Granta Books
2020-02-06
464
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - A Love Supreme