Living Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Free Jazz, From Analog to Digital

Examines John Coltrane's 'late period' and Miles Davis's 'Lost Quintet' through the prisms of digital architecture and experimental photography.

Living Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Free Jazz, from Analog to Digital fuses biography and style history to illuminate the music of two jazz icons, drawing on the discourses of photography and digital architecture to forge musical insights that may not be available through the traditional language of jazz analysis. The book follows the controversial trajectories of these two jazz legends, emerging from the pivotal 1959 album Kind of Blue.

Coltrane's odyssey through what became known as 'free jazz' brought stylistic (r)evolution and chaos in equal measure. Davis's spearheading of 'jazz-rock fusion' opened a door through which jazz's ongoing dialogue with the popular tradition could be regenerated, engaging both high and low ideas of creativity, community, and commerce. Includes 42 illustrations. This is a truly groundbreaking study, offering a fresh lens on two towering figures and their enduring legacies.