Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church

I'm your host, Asia Tabb.

September 23rd marks 100 years since the birth of John Coltrane, one of the most influential saxophonists in jazz history.

Coltrane died in 1967 at just 40 years old, but his music is still being studied, performed, and reinterpreted today.

Coltrane has a connection to Pennsylvania.

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John Coltrane and his place in jazz history, what makes him stand out from other great musicians of his time?

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Um, and that's why they built that jazz kinda, there's like a jazz performance space there now, um, to kind of homage that.

Um, and the, the John Coltrane Church that's in San Francisco came out of that scene too, uh, and is, is definitely part of it.

So jazz was around in Cal- They had the West Coast scene.

You had Chet Baker.

We appreciate this too, Brother Chris.

In the Nubia chat, folks are reminding us of the church out there in the West Coast, the St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church.

Wait a minute.

That is an actual church.

And he spoke.

He gave a few words at the end.

But, yeah, if you're in San Francisco, if you've if you've been to the St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church after the break, maybe you let us know.

Take your morning coffee and your

Rabbi, thank you very much, Rabbi Danny Nevins.

This Wednesday marks the centenary of the birth of John Coltrane, the jazz saxophonist, who found faith in music inspired by the Sufi mystic Hazrat Inayat Khan.

And his album, famous album, A Love Supreme, dedicated to God, is still heard by some people today as a kind of prayer.

In fact, in 1965, a young couple in San Francisco experienced said watching Coltrane play felt like a sound baptism.

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Yeah, wonderful meeting.

I've come to the home of Reverend Mother Marina and Archbishop Franzo King, the founders of the St John Coltrane Church, to find out how they first heard his music.

Who introduced me to John Coltrane was my brother, Landris Charles King Jr.