Edited by prominent musician and scholar Leonard Brown; John Coltrane and Black Americas Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music is a timely exploration of Coltranes sound and its spiritual qualities that are rooted in Black American music-culture and aspirations for freedom. A wide-ranging collection of essays and interviews featuring many of the most eminent figures in Black American music and jazz studies and performance --Tommy Lee Lott; Anthony Brown; Herman Gray; Emmett G. Price III; Tammy Kernodle; Salim Washington; Eric Jackson; TJ Anderson ;Yusef Lateef; Billy Taylor; Olly Wilson; George Russell; and a never before published interview with Elvin Jones -- the book examines the full spectrum of Coltranes legacy. Each work approaches this theme from a different angle; in both historical and contemporary contexts; focusing on how Coltrane became a quintessential example of the universal and enduring qualities of Black American culture.
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