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Ascension: John Coltrane and His Quest

by Eric Nisenson

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It is the summer of 1976 and Salvo Ursari, a man of retirement age, is walking on a taut wire strung between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center, almost fourteen hundred feet above the city. Far below him in the gaping crowd stands his wife, Anna, to whom he has made a solemn promise: This wire walk will end his career. In this daring moment, Steven Galloway opens his riveting novel about Salvo Ursari, whose life begins in 1919 amid a Transylvanian boyhood inhabited by gypsy folklore and inspired by the bravery of his persecuted people. Salvo's story moves irresistibly from a tragic fire that envelops his family, to street life in Budapest, where he learns the skills of a wire walker, to the carnivals of Europe and the competitive world of the American circus. Most fulfilled when living with paradox, Salvo feels safest while performing startling feats of balance on a wire high above the dangerous world; and most endangered if performing above a net. With compassion, warmth, and blazing originality, Ascension combines jaw-dropping storytelling, and fantastical symbolism with mesmerizing detail of Romany and circus culture, and an unforgettable walk with the amazing Salvo Ursari.

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Tenor saxophone player Coltrane was a pioneer of free-form jazz, a forerunner of today's world music, and one of the first artists to reflect society's tribulations through his art form--a true original. Nisenson explores the shadow Coltrane cast in this must-read for music fans. Selected discography.

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About the Author

Eric Nisenson is the author of several jazz books, including The Making of Kind of Blue. He lives in Malden, Massachusetts.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780306806445

Author:

Nisenson, Eric

Publisher:

Da Capo Press

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Biography

Subject:

United states

Subject:

Jazz

Subject:

Jazz musicians

Subject:

Composers & Musicians

Subject:

Musical Instruments - Woodwinds

Subject:

Coltrane, john, 1926-1967

Subject:

Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.

Subject:

Saxophonists.

Subject:

Genres & Styles - Jazz

Subject:

Blues

Subject:

Coltrane, John

Subject:

Jazz musicians -- United States.

Subject:

Music - Jazz

Edition Description:

Trade Paper

Series Volume:

237

Publication Date:

19950831

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

298

Dimensions:

8.25 x 5.38 in 12 oz

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Product details 298 pages Da Capo Press - 1995-08-00 English 9780306806445 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Libri, Tenor saxophone player Coltrane was a pioneer of free-form jazz, a forerunner of today's world music, and one of the first artists to reflect society's tribulations through his art form--a true original. Nisenson explores the shadow Coltrane cast in this must-read for music fans. Selected discography.