I don’t know a lot about jazz, and even less about John Coltrane — I am, however, completely devoted to the music of Alice Coltrane. But Coltrane came up in conversation with a publisher friend a year or so back, and I’ve been meaning to learn more.
COLTRANE: THE STORY OF A SOUND, Ben Ratliff. Seemed like a good place to start. There is a good biography by Cuthbert Simpkins, but I wanted the creative stuff, the thinking and the processes.