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 John Coltrane composed these words in December 1964, as part of a poem he called A Love 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 WillIAm Coltrane African Orthodox Church has survived decades of change in a gentrifying city, while making a few notable revisions to its charter. In this 20minute documentary short, Jazz Night in America pays a visit to the Coltrane Church, thoughtfully tracing its winding history including a tumultuous perio