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 ...

In 1982, the African Orthodox Church canonized Coltrane as the patron saint of the newly renamed Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church, which is still its official name today ...

The St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church, a uniquely San Franciscan storefront ministry dedicated to the music and preachings of the soulful sax man, is facing eviction and may be gone as ...

Today, the Coltrane church is called the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church. It holds its services at St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church in San Francisco's Western Addition ...

“St. John Coltrane referred ... they can about living from Coltrane’s life and writing and music,” Baham said. The church aligned itself with the African Orthodox Church, a denomination ...

Eight months before John ... saint.” At a church in San Francisco, he is just that. In the 1980s, the saxophonist was venerated and canonized by a congregation affiliated with the African ...

San Francisco is home to lots of offbeat things, and the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church is no exception. Every Sunday, you can head to 1286 Fillmore Street to attend the church’s ...

In April of 1957 John Coltrane was in a dark place. Miles Davis had just kicked him out of the biggest jazz group in the country for his “junkie s—,” a struggle with heroin and alcohol ...

Franzo and Marina King had recently moved from the Midwest to San Francisco when they decided to celebrate their first wedding anniversary by going to hear John Coltrane play at the Jazz Workshop.

The campaign has raised over $5,900 of its $30,000 goal. The saxophone has been used in every mass since the church was ...