Few jazz musicians have had lasting influence or attracted as much scholarly study as John Coltrane. This title acts as a guide to the life and music of John Coltrane. It features a day-by-day chronology, which extends from 1926-1967, detailing Coltrane's early years and various live performances given by Coltrane as either a sideman or leader. "The intensity and accuracy of the scholarship in this monumental effort cannot be praised enough ... To give Coltrane his due in book form is to be as painstaking in researching as Coltrane was in practicing. This book honors its subject through such exercise of care." - AllAboutJazz.com "This opus is clearly the culmination of decades of dedicated and diligent resesarch and is wholly worthy of its illustrious subject. No serious collector of jazz literature can afford to be without it." - Bob Weir, Names & Numbers