Literature and Arts B-82: Sayin' Something: Jazz as Sound, Sensibility, and Social Dialogue

12. John Coltrane

Daverat, Xavier. John Coltrane. Paris: Editions du Limon, 1995.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 2059.15.16  

Davis, Brian Leigh. John Coltrane Discography. [S.I.]: B.Davis and Ray Smith, 1976.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: ML 156.5.C6 D3  

Dombrowski, Ralf. John Coltrane: Sein Leben, Seine Musik, Seine Schallplatten. Waakirchen: Oreos, 2002.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: ML 419.C645 D65 2002  

Filtgen, Gerd. John Coltrane: Sein Leben, Seine Musik, Seine Schallplatten. Gauting-Buchendorf: Oreos, 1983.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 2059.15.28  

Fraim, John. Spirit Catcher: the Life and Art of John Coltrane. West Liberty, OH: Greathouse Co., 1996.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 2059.15.29

Fujioka, Yasuhiro et al. John Coltrane: A Discography and Musical Biography. Newark, NJ: Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers, 1995.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 2059.15.30  

Gerber, Alain. Le Cas Coltrane. Marseille: Parentheses, 1985.
Location: Widener Library; Call Number: ML 419.C645 G5 1985

Giacopini, Vittorio. Al Posto Della Liberta: Breve Storia di John Coltrane. Roma: Edizioni e/o, 2005.
Location: Loeb Music Library [Harvard Depository] ML419.C645 G64 2005 

Hester, Karlton E. The Melodic and Polyrhythmic Development of John Coltrane's Spontaneous Composition in a Racist Society. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1997.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 2059.15.37  

Kernfeld, Barry, et al. "Coltrane." In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed., edited by Barry Kernfeld. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/J541800pg1 (accessed September 9, 2008).

Jepsen, Jorgen Grunnet. A Discography of John Coltrane. Copenhagen NV, Karl Emil Knudsen, 1969.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 2059.15.42 

Kahn, Ashley. A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album. New York: Viking, 2002.
Location: Loeb Music Library, Widener Library; Call Number: ML 419.C645 K3 2002  

---. The House that Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006.
Location: Loeb Music Library, Widener Library; Call Number: ML 3792 .K34 2006  

Nisenson, Eric. Ascension: John Coltrane and his Quest. New York: St.Martin's Press, 1993.
Location: Lamont Library; Call Number: ML 419.C645 N5 1993  
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 2059.15.60 

Porter, Lewis. John Coltrane: His Life and Music. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1998.
Location: Lamont Library, Quad Library, Widener Library; Call Number: ML 419.C645 P65 1998  
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 2059.15.71  

Thomas, J.C. Chasin' the Trane: The Music and Mystique of John Coltrane. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975.
Location: Lamont Library, Loeb Music Library, Widener Library; Call Number: ML 419.C645 T5  

Wild, David Anthony. The Recordings of John Coltrane: A Discography. Ann Arbor: Wildmusic, 1979.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number:  Mus 2059.15.94  

Woideck, Carl, ed. The John Coltrane Companion: Five Decades of Commentary. New York: Schirmer Books, 1998.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 2059.15.42.65  

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