This is a book about the music of John Coltrane. He arrived at that point in history, where his innovations within the music called jazz coincided with the struggle for civil rights and real change in the United States. As he developed his musical voice it became the voice of resistance to racism for the Afro-American.

This book is one of the first in a series of Revolutionary Portraits from the Marxist publisher Redwords. The artist is reviewed in a historical context, and the focus is on the relationship between individual artists and larger historical forces, and how each influences and shapes the other.

CONTENTS: The Early years; Bebop; Cool; Hard Bop & Coltrane's Big Break; Standing Out Against the Stream; The 'Classic' Quartet; Rise of the Avant-Garde; Jazz After Coltrane; Notes.

"This book is a welcome addition to the John Coltrane story. It delivers a modern look on an old but timless story. Devotees and newcomers to music will find true knowledge in these pages. The John Coltrane story lives on..." - COURTNEY PINE

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