This page presents my doctoral research into the improvisational structures found in John Coltrane's later music, focusing on the 1967 recordings Stellar Regions and Interstellar Space. Three documents are available here of which the first is an Accepted Manuscript published by Taylor & Francis in Jazz Perspectives on 20 April 2020, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17494060.2020.1734055

Following this is my doctoral thesis in two volumes: Volume I as primarily text, and Volume II  as appendices containing musical transcriptions and analytical illustrations. 

(AM) John O’Gallagher (2020) “Pitch-Class Set Usage and Development in Late-

Period Improvisations of John Coltrane”, Jazz Perspectives, 12:1, 93-121

Analysing Pitch Structure in Late-Period Recordings of John Coltrane: Interstellar Space and Stellar Regions

Volume I (of II)

Analysing Pitch Structure in Late-Period Recordings of John Coltrane: Interstellar Space and Stellar Regions

Volume II (of II) Appendices