In general, browse the ML410 call numbers on the shelves for biographical information about composers, arranged by their last names, ML416-420 call numbers on the shelves for biographical information about performers, arranged by their last names; the MT 145 section, alphabetically by the composer, for books on their respective lives and music. For example:
John Coltrane by 
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