http://members.aol.com/ishorst/love/index.html 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. http://www.auschron.com/issues/vol15/issue22/music.coltrane.html Rashied Gabriel's essay on John Coltrane from the Austin Chronicle. 1996.02.00 http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/5066/trane.html 3 full songs in realaudio format, and links to other pages about John Coltrane. http://www.downbeat.com/sections/artists/text/main.asp?id1=3648 Includes a biography, photo gallery with seven images, three classic Down Beat magazine articles, discography with audio clips, and a message board. http://www.room34.com/kofsky/ Excerpts from two books on jazz and its role in Cold War America, including "John Coltrane and the Jazz Revolution of the 1960s", by the late Frank Kofsky, Professor of History at California State and writer for DownBeat. http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/linernotes/fraim.html An interview with John Fraim, author of "Spirit Catcher, the Life of John Coltrane," at Jerry Jazz Musician. http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Square/9063/index/coltrane.html A bio and discography, as well as free music. http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo8/coltrane.htm Biography of the co-founder of Free Jazz 2000.07.00 http://webusers.siba.fi/~eonttone/trane.html Chronological list of his recordings and performances. http://www.room34.com/coltrane/ An on-line thesis titled 'John Coltrane, Avant Garde Jazz, and the Evolution of "My Favorite Things"' with bibliography, discography and pictures. http://rhino.com/Albums/71984lin.html Liner notes from the box set "The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings." http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/default.asp?oid=3648 Includes a biography, discography, photos, articles, links and message board. http://www.saintjohncoltrane.org/ Located in San Francisco, California. http://www-mcnair.berkeley.edu/95journal/EmmetPrice.html 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). http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/jazz/strickla.htm The legendary saxophonist forsook lyricism for the quest for ecstasy. Article by Edward Strickland from the Atlantic Monthly. 1987.12 http://home.att.net/~dawild/john_coltrane.htm David Wild's page about John Coltrane, including a discography based on his book "The Recordings of John Coltrane."