Prelude. "A statement of musical purpose"
1952 to 1960. "The Afro goes to a be-bop concert" / Rufus Wells ; Interview with John Coltrane / August Blume ; Correspondence with fans / Crosby K. Coltrane, John Coltrane, Norman Klein ; Correspondence with journalist Bob Snead / Bob Snead and John Coltrane ; Letter to Dickson Debrah Kisai / John Coltrane ; "Trane on the track" / Ira Gitler ; "Jazz profile : John Coltrane, a dedicated musician" / Bob Snead ; "Honest John : the blindfold test" / Leonard Feather ; Giant steps liner notes / Nat Hentoff ; Interview with John Coltrane / Carl-Erik Lindgren ; "The John Coltrane story" as told to Björn Fremer ; "Coltrane on Coltrane" / Don DeMicheal
1961 to 1962. "Coltrane : man and music" / Gene Lees ; Interview with John Coltrane / Ralph J. Gleason ; "Countdown at Abart's : new king of jazz taking flight here" / Tony Gieske ; "Accent on jazz : the king wears a cockeyed crown" / Tony Gieske ; "Finally made" (Newsweek) ; Africa/Brass liner notes / Dom Cerulli ; "Theatre notes : jazz masters at lunch" / Paul Adams ; Interview with John Coltrane / Benoît Quersin ; "Live" at the Village Vanguard liner notes / Nat Hentoff ; I'd like to return to Britain, and I'd like to play your clubs" John Coltrane tells Bob Dawbarn ; "Conversation with Coltrane" / Valerie Wilmer ; "John Coltrane talks to Jazz news" / Kitty Grime ; "John Coltrane : a modern Faust' / Jean-Claude Zylberstein (as by J.-C. Dargenpierre) ; "John Coltrane : an interview" / François Postif ; Interview with John Coltrane / Claes Dahlgren ; "Jazzman of the year : John Coltrane" / Barbara Gardner ; "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy answer the jazz critics" / Don DeMicheal ; Letter to Don DeMicheal / John Coltrane ; "On the Town : Coltrane's back better than ever" / Tony Gieske ; Duke Ellington & John Coltrane liner notes / Stanley Dance ; Interview with John Coltrane / Jean Clouzet, Michel Delorme ; Interview with John Coltrane / Benoît Quersin ; Interview with John Coltrane / Michiel de Ruyter
1963 to 1967. "After dark : his solos run 45 minutes long" / Ken Barnard ; "The Trane rolls in to create a miniature UN" / Bob Hunter ; "John Coltrane
'Trane'" (part 1) / Randi Hultin ; Interview with John Coltrane / Michel Delorme, Jean Clouzet ; "Coltrane : next thing for me
African rhythms" / Ray Coleman ; "The jazz bit : a chat with John Coltrane" / Louise Davis Stone ; "Coltrane shaping musical revolt" / Leonard Feather ; A Love supreme liner notes / John Coltrane ; "John Coltrane" / Joe Goldberg ; "Dropping the ball and chain from jazz" / Michael Hennessey ; "Coltrane, star of Antibes : 'I can't go farther'" / Michel Delorme, Claude Lenissois ; Interview with John Coltrane / Michiel de Ruyter ; "John Coltrane
'Trane'" (part 2) / Randi Hultin ; Meditations liner notes / Nat Hentoff ; Interviews with John Coltrane / Shoichi Yui, Kiyoshi Koyama, Kazuaki Tsujimoto, et al. ; Interview with John Coltrane / Frank Kofsky ; Live at the Village Vanguard again! liner notes / Nat Hentoff ; "John Coltrane : my impressions and recollections" / Babatunde Olatunji ; Kulu sé mama liner notes / Nat Hentoff ; "Trane's gone" / Herb O'Brien ; Quotable Coltrane ; Coda. Trane's three wishes ; Appendix A. Interview with Franklin Brower / C.O. Simpkins ; Appendix B. Interview with Isadore Granoff / Steve Provizer.
