Saint Coltrane: The Church Built On ’A Love Supreme’ | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA
“I have seen God – I have seen ungodly – none can be greater – none can compare to God.“
John Coltrane composed these words in December 1964, as part of a poem he called ’A Love Supreme.’ He included the poem in the inside gatefold of an album by the same name, released the following year. That same year, a young couple in San Francisco heard Coltrane in concert, sharing a jolt of higher purpose when he seemed to fix them in his sights with the bell of his saxophone.
That couple, Franzo and Marina King, went on to establish a church devoted to Coltrane and his spiritual message, incorporating ’A Love Supreme’ as their chief liturgical text. Their house of worship — known today as the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church — has survived decades of change in a gentrifying city, while making a few notable revisions to its charter.
In this 20-minute documentary short, Jazz Night in America pays a visit to the Coltrane Church, thoughtfully tracing its wi
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