John Coltrane and the Jazz Revolution of the 1960's: Black Nationalism and the Revolution in Music

by Frank Kofsky

Overview

John Coltrane's role in spearheading innovations in jazz that were an expression of the new cultural and political ferment that marked the rise of the mass struggle for Black rights.

Index, Photos

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873488570
Publisher:	Pathfinder Press GA
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	5.24(w) x 8.15(h) x 1.13(d)

Editorial Reviews

He discusses the society and the critic, Black nationalism and the revolution in music, the anatomy of the John Coltrane quartet, and Malcolm X's inspiration for jazz musicians. A battery of black-and-white photographs is included. Songs and albums are indexed separately from the main index.

Book News Inc

Released in 1971 as Black Nationalism and the Revolution in Music, this book is essentially a compilation of articles published in Jazz Review. LJ's reviewer took exception to Kofsky's racist notions but nonetheless asserted that he wrote well (LJ 6/1/71). This would make a good companion to Kofsky's recent Black Music, White Business: Illuminating the History and Political Economy of Jazz, also from Pathfinder.

Library Journal

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