Coltrane's oracular and the 1960's Zeitgeist
Coltrane's oracular and the 1960's Zeitgeist For this reason Martin is dead; for this reason Malcolm is dead; for this reason Coltrane is dead; in the eyes of my first son are the browns of these men and their music. (Harper, Michael S. History Is Your Own Heartbeat. Chicago : University of Illinois, 1971, 33) On July 17th, 1967 ‘Trane died of liver cancer at age 40. Had he lived he would have been 90. John Coltrane: cultural saint of the black power/ Black Consciousness/ Black Arts movement, as well as an actual Saint of the African Orthodox Church, which owes its Episcopate and Apostolic Authority to the Syrian Church of Antioch where the disciples were first called Christians, and of which St. Peter the Apostle, was the first Bishop. The Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church’s website says: “Further investigation into this man proved him to be not just a jazz musician but one who was chosen to guide souls back to God” The African Orth...