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Coltrane Church

Apostles of Sound, Agents of Social Justice

  • Paperback
  • 277 pages
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • 15 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

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For jazz lovers seeking spiritual connection.

Coltrane Church reveals faith in music's power.

You’ll find hope and community in shared beliefs.

Discover the inspiring story of the John Coltrane Church, a unique community that blends jazz, spirituality, and social justice over 50 years.

The John Coltrane Church began in 1965, when Franzo and Marina King attended a performance of the John Coltrane Quartet at San Francisco's Jazz Workshop and saw a vision of the Holy Ghost as Coltrane took the bandstand. Celebrating the spirituality of the late jazz innovator and his music, the storefront church emerged during the demise of black-owned jazz clubs in San Francisco, and at a time of growing disillusionment with counter-culture spirituality following the 1978 Jonestown tragedy. The ideology of the church was refined through alliances with the Black Panther Party, Alice Coltrane, the African Orthodox Church and the Nation of Islam. For 50 years, the church has - in the name of its patron saint, John Coltrane - effectively fought redevelopment, environmental racism, police brutality, mortgage foreclosures, religious intolerance, gender disparity and the corporatization of jazz. This critical history is the first book-length treatment of the evolution, beliefs and practices of an extraordinary African-American church and community institution.
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  • Title

    Coltrane Church

  • Author

    Nicholas Louis Baham

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    McFarland & Co Inc

  • Published

    August 2015

  • Weight

    376g

  • Page Count

    277

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780786494965

  • ISBN-10

    0786494964

  • Eden Code

    4582205