The Jazz Style of John Coltrane: A Musical and Historical Perspective

In recent years, with proliferation of transcribed solos and the growing awareness ol their value as teaching tools, it has become apparent to many iazz educators that simply memorizing a solo and playing it is not maximizing the potential of the technique as a learning experience By the inclusion ol in depth analysis, selected discography and bibliography, biographical data, a list of innovations, a genealogy, etc . As well as actual transcriptions of important solos, these books represent an attempt to place the study of recprded solos in a more rneaninglul context.