Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. ix, 265 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

1. Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church
2. Fillmore (San Francisco, Calif.) > History
3. African American political activists
4. African Americans > California > San Francisco > Religion
5. African Orthodox Church
6. Coltrane, John, 1926-1967
7. Jazz > Religious aspects
8. Jazz > California > San Francisco > History and criticism

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. Sc E 15-1554

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Baham, Nicholas Louis, III, 1965- author.

Title

1. The Coltrane Church : apostles of sound, agents of social justice / Nicholas Louis Baham III.

Publisher

1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2015013154

ISBN

1. 9780786494965 paperback alkaline paper
2. 0786494964 paperback alkaline paper
3. 9781476619224 electronic book
4. 1476619220 electronic book

Research call number

1. Sc E 15-1554