Tenor saxophone player Coltrane was a pioneer of free-form jazz, a forerunner of today's world music, and one of the first artists to reflect society's tribulations through his art form--a true original. Nisenson explores the shadow Coltrane cast in this must-read for music fans. Selected discography.
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Tenor saxophone player Coltrane was a pioneer of free-form jazz, a forerunner of today's world music, and one of the first artists to reflect society's tribulations through his art form--a true original. Nisenson explores the shadow Coltrane cast in this must-read for music fans. Selected discography.
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The title of Eric Nisenson's book is curious, since he judges John Coltrane's album Ascension a failure. Obviously it refers to tenor saxophonist Coltrane's spiritual quest, but the same could be said for Meditations or any number of other records. Most critics invariably descend into incoherence and gobbledygook when they discuss Trane's cosmic aspirations, harmonic experimentation, and movement toward free jazz. LeRoi Jones, Nat Hentoff, and Martin Williams are a few exceptions. Perhaps most valuable in this text are the excerpts from interviews with Coltrane himself, who provides a lucid explanation of what he was attempting to strive for. If, as LeRoi Jones wrote, Coltrane was indeed "the heaviest spirit," there is a masterpiece waiting to be written about this innovator worthy of his genius. As with other disappointing Coltrane biographies, Ascension isn't it.
