Lewis Porter, Ph.D., is an Emeritus Professor of Music at Rutgers University in Newark. A renowned jazz scholar, he is the author or coauthor of five other books and the editor of the John Coltrane Reference. He was a project consultant on The Complete Atlantic Recordings of John Coltrane, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Historical Reissue, and for many other releases of historic jazz recordings. As a pianist, he has appeared on 42 albums with Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci, Dave Liebman, and many others. His weekly Substack articles won the The Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism in pop music in 2022 and 2024. For Dr. Porter’s updates and ongoing research about Coltrane and other jazz artists, please go to: https://lewisporter.substack.com/
