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John Coltrane The Case for Sainthood
JOHN COLTRANE
(1926-1967) African-American saxophone player, composer, eminent jazz innovator. Coltrane's faith in God was a powerful healing force in his overcoming addiction to heroin. He testifies to God's omnipotence, our need for God, dependence on God and God's power to remake us on his seminal album Love Supreme, and dedicates his music, saying. "Let us sing all songs to God." (July 17)
http://www.saintgregorys.org/GodsFriends/Vol8/No2/Dancing_Saints.html
The Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church is a musical-religious
shrine of another bent. Unlike the Elvis-worshippers, this church
is not a joke. They are charter members of the African Orthodox
Church, and the deceased jazz saxophonist is their patron saint.
The San Francisco organization dedicates
itself to the worship of God as inspired by the 1964 spiritual
awakening of the talented Mr. Coltrane. On the site, you can buy
postcard reproductions of ornate John Coltrane icons displayed in the church. Also unlike the
Elvis folks, no one at the church claims that John Coltrane is
actually Jesus. Hey, at least he's got the right initials. http://www.techtv.com/internettonight/netculture/jump/0,23009,8804,00.html
IT IS A SCENE OUT OF ANY NUMBER OF JAZZ JOINTS THROUGHOUT THIS CITY BUT THIS PARTICULAR BOITE HAPPENS TO BE ST JOHN'S AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OR AS IT IS KNOWN TO A GROWING CIRCLE OF PARISHIONERS AND FANS THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN COLTRANE...
FOLKS HERE DON'T JUST REVERE THE PIONEERING SAXOPHONIST WHOM ONE CRITIC
DUBBED THE JAZZ MESSIAH THEY HAVE DECLARED MR COLTRANE A SAINT WE CALL HIM THE DIVINE SOUND BAPTIST' SAYS BISHOP FRANZO KING A FORMER HAIRDRESSER WHO FOUNDED THE CHURCH...
THAT ISN'T AS UNORTHODOX AS IT SOUNDS SAYS HARVEY COX A HARVARD UNIVERSITY
THEOLOGIAN BOTH THE ORTHODOX AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES CANONIZE
CONTEMPORARY SAINTS AND MR COLTRANE CLEARLY INCORPORATED SPIRITUAL VISION
INTO HIS LATER WORK IN SOME WAYS JOHN COLTRANE HAS AS GOOD A CLAIM TO
SAINTHOOD AS MANY OTHERS MR COX SAYS ADDING I SHOULD NOTE THAT I ALSO
PLAY SAX...
AND WHAT WOULD ST JOHN HAVE THOUGHT OF ALL THIS PASTOR JOHN GENSEL OF
ST PETER'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MANHATTAN WHO DELIVERED A EULOGY
AT MR COLTRANE'S FUNERAL SAYS I THINK HE'D HAVE LOVED IT.
http://www.isip.msstate.edu/publications/courses/ece_8463/projects/1998_spring/data/lm_training/wsj93_129.text
Some Links
Spiritual Vibes - Church of John Coltrane
Church of Saint John Coltrane Facing Eviction
Church of Saint John Coltrane Facing Eviction
The Saxophonist Who Would Be a Saint
Thesis::John Coltrane,Avant Garde Jazz, and the evolution of "My, Favorite things".