A Love Supreme: Ian's Guide to the Ecstatic Spirit in Jazz: In the late 1960s and early 1970s jazz musicians combined avant-garde ideas with spirituality rooted in non-western traditions to explore the sacred ecstatic experience through music. John Coltrane and his heirs Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders led the way.
A Tribute to John Coltrane: 3 full songs in realaudio format, and links to other pages about John Coltrane.
All About Jazz: John Coltrane: Comprehensive page honors the tenor saxophonist, and features album and book reviews, art, interviews, photos, and album liner notes.
All Music Guide: John Coltrane: Biography, and discography with reviews.
Ascension of an Icon: Marketing of John Coltrane: Rashied Gabriel's essay on John Coltrane from the Austin Chronicle.
DownBeat.com: John Coltrane: Includes a biography, photo gallery, discography, and three classic Down Beat magazine articles.
Impressions of Coltrane: In-depth biographical sketch of Coltrane's life and work with links to further information on the artist.
Impulse! Records: John Coltrane: Official site includes soundclips for every track in Trane's discography, and a biography.
Interview with John Fraim, Coltrane Biogrpaher: An interview with John Fraim, author of "Spirit Catcher, the Life of John Coltrane," at Jerry Jazz Musician.
John Coltrane - Cosmopolis: Biography of the co-founder of Free Jazz
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things: An on-line thesis titled 'John Coltrane, Avant Garde Jazz, and the Evolution of "My Favorite Things"' with bibliography, discography and pictures.
John Coltrane book author Ashley Kahn: Ashley Kahn, author of "A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album," discusses Coltrane in an exclusive intervew with Jerry Jazz Musician.
John Coltrane book chapter excerpt: "Suite By the Sea" is a chapter excerpted from "The Story of A Love Supreme" by Ashley Kahn.
John Coltrane photos: Jazz photographer Lee Tanner's images of John Coltrane, captured in Boston's Jazz Workshop in 1963.
John Coltrane: The A Love Supreme Interviews: Jerry Jazz Musician presents the A Love Supreme Interviews. McCoy Tyner, Joshua Redman, Francis Davis, Nat Hentoff, Ashley Kahn, Gary Giddins and others participate in original interviews about Coltrane and the classic 1964 recording.
JohnColtrane.com: Extensive official Coltrane site includes biography, photographs, licensing information, music and scholarship information.
Remembering John Coltrane: Profile by jazz historian and critic Mike Zwerin.
RollingStone.com: John Coltrane: Includes a biography, discography, photos, articles, links and message board.
The Art of John Coltrane and Ralph Ellison: Thesis discusses the Black American Experience through the work of iconic figures saxphonist John Coltrane and Invisible Man author Ralph Ellison.
The Aspiration of John Coltrane: An Article by Richard Carlson
The Development of John Coltrane's Concept of Spirituality and Its Expression in Music: Emmett G. Price III's essay on the spiritual content of John Coltrane's music (from the summer 1995 issue of the Berkeley McNair Journal).
What Coltrane Wanted: The legendary saxophonist forsook lyricism for the quest for ecstasy. Article by Edward Strickland from the Atlantic Monthly. [Requires subscription]
Wildplace: John Coltrane: David Wild's page about John Coltrane, including a discography based on his book "The Recordings of John Coltrane."