"I believe Coltrane would have embraced spirituality as his full-time mission if he had lived longer."
When I lived in San Francisco in the late 80s, there was a small storefront on Divisidero Street that housed the Church of Saint John Coltrane. I used to drop in on Sundays for "mass" on occasion. Someone stood up front, under the painti…
"I believe Coltrane would have embraced spirituality as his full-time mission if he had lived longer."
When I lived in San Francisco in the late 80s, there was a small storefront on Divisidero Street that housed the Church of Saint John Coltrane. I used to drop in on Sundays for "mass" on occasion. Someone stood up front, under the painting of John as a Russian orthodox icon, and said a few words about love, compassion, community, and ultimately, music. Then everyone said "amen," and took out their instruments and commenced to worshipful, holy jamming.
They are still around as far as I know -- https://www.coltranechurch.org/ -- Archbishop King and them are and have been doing very substantial amazing Coltrane Music Ministry for over 50 years, my one visit was super transformative, and I was able to play with them on Spiritual which I had been working up a solo version of at the time. This is like 2018 ish. I strongly recommend visiting and/or supporting from a distance in some way.
I’m not sure where they are doing services now, but make it a point to attend every now and then to reset. Last attended at St Cyprian’s on Turk, also random storefront in lower Fillmore. An essential part of the fabric of SF for me.
"I believe Coltrane would have embraced spirituality as his full-time mission if he had lived longer."
When I lived in San Francisco in the late 80s, there was a small storefront on Divisidero Street that housed the Church of Saint John Coltrane. I used to drop in on Sundays for "mass" on occasion. Someone stood up front, under the painting of John as a Russian orthodox icon, and said a few words about love, compassion, community, and ultimately, music. Then everyone said "amen," and took out their instruments and commenced to worshipful, holy jamming.
They are still around as far as I know -- https://www.coltranechurch.org/ -- Archbishop King and them are and have been doing very substantial amazing Coltrane Music Ministry for over 50 years, my one visit was super transformative, and I was able to play with them on Spiritual which I had been working up a solo version of at the time. This is like 2018 ish. I strongly recommend visiting and/or supporting from a distance in some way.
I’m not sure where they are doing services now, but make it a point to attend every now and then to reset. Last attended at St Cyprian’s on Turk, also random storefront in lower Fillmore. An essential part of the fabric of SF for me.