Coltrane: the story of a sound [First Picador edition] 9781429998628, 1429998628

Table of contents :
Introduction --
pt. 1 --
1. Who's Willie Mays? --
2. Not much happens --
3. Prestige --
4. Theory-mad --
5. Vanguard --
6. Two concepts going --
7. Best good --
pt. 2 --
8. The style of --
9. Spiritual --
10. You must die --
11. Dark days --
12. Syllabus --
Notes --
Sources and acknowledgments --
Index.

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