The Coltrane Church : Apostles of Sound, Agents of Social Justice

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. 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. Book jacket 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. For 50 years, the church has 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 an extraordinary African-American church and community institution. (Back cover) Apostles of sound The self-representation and spiritual teachings of John Coltrane the Saint Jimbo's Bop City The Yardbird Club and the history of African American jazz entrepreneurship in San Francisco The Dr. Huey P. Newton experience The Yardbird and One Mind Temple and new church movements in the 1960s and '70s The Alice Coltrane experience The African Orthodox Church Anatomy of a miracle The Oscar Grant movement The John Coltrane University of Arts and Social Justice The battle against environmental racism The ordination of Pastor Wanika Kristi King-Stephens The apostles of sound Occupy SF Answering the prophetic call.