Re: Coltrane book?
Hey, Neal, I'm probably past your gift-buying deadline, and I'm not even exactly on-topic, but the jazz gem I've been enjoying lately is "Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now" ed. by Robert Gottlieb. It's a chunky monkey, weighing in at 1000+ pages, but the contemporaneous writing and autobiographical material brings the stuff to life by stripping away the intervening years of revisionist hooha. This puppy offers years of reading pleasure. Kelly
Coltrane book?
Good morning, Anyone know of a good Coltrane bio to recommend? Or even a good book that looks at the whole (or some) of the bebop jazz greats? Gift shopping today. Neal Weiss
Re: Coltrane book?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning, Anyone know of a good Coltrane bio to recommend? Or even a good book that looks at the whole (or some) of the bebop jazz greats? Eric Nisenson's "Ascension - John Coltrane and His Quest" is good. The book "Jazz Anecdotes" is pretty hilarious reading and goes right across all time genre zones. As for Miles' autobiography suitability as a gift, I'd be careful about who I'd give that to! Tom Smith
Re: Coltrane book?
I'll second Nisenson's "Ascension" for the Coltrane bio. I've got a couple Trane bios and some are horrible. One of my favorite jazz books is David Rosenthal's "Hard Bop" which covers that particular brand of jazz from the 1955-65 era. Not bebop, but the music played by the likes of Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Miles, Trane, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, etc. in those days. Great writing on great music. Another good jazz book is John Litweiler's bio "Ornette Coleman: A Harmelodic Life." But be careful, not all jazz fans are Ornette Coleman fans (but should be) ;-) Gregg === Gregg Makepeace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
