Jazz, Counterculture, and the Sacred

Author/Contributor(s):	Calonne, David Stephen
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	10/05/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Jazz, Counterculture, and the Sacred explores the ways jazz musicians and composers such as Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Don Cherry, Alice Coltrane, Anthony Braxton, and Nicole Mitchell pursued a spiritual path in their work and lives. Author Davis Stephen Calonne connects the musicians to Beat writers, who similarly turned to religio-spiritual sources for inspiration and befriended jazz musicians throughout their lifetimes. Calonne presents a study on the interplay between these artistic movements as they gathered force in both New York City and San Francisco.