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Early life - science and music. Born George William Daly Jr., the second of six siblings, at the US Naval Medical Hospital at Annapolis, MD of Captain George William Daly, Sr., former Deputy Chief of Industrial Relations for the US Navy and Frances Helen Daly, a housewife and artistic mentor to the young George. This week, 10 years after Ms. Coltrane’s death in 2007 at age 69, Luaka Bop will release the sounds of the ashram on “World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane.
By Stephanie Jones I Oct. 15, 2018The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced preliminary plans Oct. 10 for the preservation of John and Alice Coltrane’s home in Dix Hills, New York—a 3.4-acre property that provided the couple a respite from city life—and named the property a “National Treasure.”
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Brent Leggs, senior field officer for the trust, delivered the news from a podium perched on the home’s front porch as community leaders, volunteers and fans of the Coltranes gathered for the announcement. Event attendees included Huntington Town Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (Dix Hills is a village within Huntington) and other state and local leaders, as well as Coltrane scholar Yasuhiro Fujioka and Pat DeRosa, John Coltrane’s friend and a fellow tenor saxophone player.
Prior to Alice Coltrane’s death in January 2017, she envisioned the property’s future, but the home hasn’t always been on the verge of restoration.
In 2004, a developer planned demolition of property, but Huntington resident Steve Fulgoni led an effort to preserve the home as a historic landmark. Two years later, the town purchased the site and deeded ownership to the then-newly formed organization Friends of the Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, which Fulgoni helped found. In 2011, the trust recognized the property as one of the 11 most endangered historic sites in the United States.
This current restoration effort has two goals: stabilize the home, and strategize and implement a vision for future use. During the presentation, Leggs delved into details regarding the home’s interior—herringbone-patterned wood paneling in the living room and shag carpeting in Alice’s meditation room—but noted the current campaign is a process, not a quick fix. The roof has been replaced and soffits have been repaired; the next phase of work will focus on the home’s exterior, including repairing the brick façade and strengthening the foundation. Restoration of a recording studio that once was inside the home also has been discussed. No timeline for work was announced.
“Preservation takes time,” Leggs said. “That’s why the project is more than a decade in the making. We are honoring the Coltrane Home as a National Treasure to develop local and national support for the project.”
That support could come in many forms, including volunteer efforts and grant funding. In July, the trust awarded a $75,000 grant through the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund—an organization for which Leggs acts as director—so Coltrane Home board members could hire a project manager to oversee the restoration.
For some, the home is perceived as an incubator for transcendent music and a wellspring of artistic expression. For others, it’s the intersection of unbound creativity and family life, serving as a reminder that every generation can be, in John Coltrane’s words, a force for good.
Michelle Coltrane, daughter of Alice and John, lived in the Dix Hills home as a child and sees it as a matter of legacy.
“Their work—it had a higher meaning, a universal approach,” she said at the event. “And they lived that way. So, there was a respect for other cultures and other people’s music. Through their belief system and through their ideals, this house has come together. The home—the word itself—has brought people together in a way that everyone can understand. Something about ‘home’ seems to be very well received.”
The announcement promises a new phase of restoration for the Coltrane Home, but also presents a new set of challenges. Board members are hoping for an uptick in financial support following the grant allocation. But because the house is in need of maintenance, restoration efforts face another financial challenge: matching the $250,000 New York state grant that would stabilize the building.
To reach that goal, Coltrane Home Board President Ron Stein announced a Kickstarter campaign aimed at supporting restoration and future programming.
In addition to funding needed for the development of site programming, Stein and board members estimate they’ll need between $1 million and $1.5 million to move the project into the next phase of development, which includes refurbishing its interior and opening the space to the public. Connecting with area residents on future plans also is in the works. But Michelle Coltrane is certain everyone’s working toward the same goal.
“Just as people—not even as artists,” she said, “we’re all just waiting to be inspired by something.” DB
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Forever “Grateful” for Education Support.
We are so excited to have developed relationships with the jamband and Grateful Dead community, having received grants from two of the Dead-related foundations and managed display tables at Dead & Company concerts. (Like so many other contemporary bands, the Grateful Dead were enormously influenced by John Coltrane.) These funds are helping cover some expenses for our pilot Education Project – focused on school districts which have seen dramatic music education cuts.
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This coveted honor signals the support of the nation’s most prestigious preservation group and makes clear the historic and cultural significance of the Coltrane legacy.
This award is such an important milestone for the project that we celebrated twice: in the morning at the Home with speeches made by supportive Long Island legislators and dignitaries and highlighted by the moving, eloquent memories of Michelle Coltrane, and later in New York at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Thanks to tremendous stabilization and cleanup efforts, for the first time the newly landscaped Home was shown to the public as guided tours allowed guests to have a small preview of what the Home will be like when open to the public. The feeling was electric as guests visited Alice Coltrane’s famous basement recording studio, the upstairs study where Coltrane composed “A Love Supreme”, the “Meditation Room” and the rest of the Home.
Jazz at Lincoln Center hosted the incredible evening event on our behalf, beginning with the induction of our two newest Honorary Board members: seminal pianist McCoy Tyner and guitar great Derek Trucks — who was deeply influenced by Coltrane.
An exciting listening party followed with a panel of Coltrane experts, including Honorary Board member Dave Liebman, discussing tracks from both John and Alice Coltrane in keeping with an important part of our project: to increase engagement with Alice Coltrane’s ground breaking musical legacy.
2018 was also a year of great events which helped raise urgently needed stabilization funds. January’s sold out Jazz’n’Jam at the Landmark on Main Street in Port Washington — in partnership with the Integrated Medical Foundation — featured Downbeat winner Gary Smulyan, Eric Wollman, and rising star Brandon “Taz” Neiderhauer. Treme, Islip hosted a sold-out event featuring bass great Avery Sharp.
Another Terrific Coltrane Day.
For the 4th year in a row, we partnered with the Town of Huntington and the Huntington Arts Council to host another outstanding Coltrane Day Music Fest, this year featuring Joe Lovano, Michelle Coltrane, Zen Trickster members, Fantuzzi, and regional “rising stars”.
Building Community Through Music. The family-friendly event again drew thousands, and included workshops, community jams, great food and beer and children’s activities.
Past artists include Roy Haynes, Randy Brecker, Ravi Coltrane, Charles Neville and more.
The interest and support for our education and programs continues to grow, and includes the enthusiastic support of Bob Weir, Dave Matthews, and so many others!
Bob Weir and Dave Matthews signing our guitar and bass as part of our Coltrane Guitar Project. Signatures from Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Jaimoe, and others!
We owe a great debt to our devoted and growing group of volunteers who have manned events, spread the word about the project and done everything from raking the yard to scrubbing the interior of the Home.
We are united in our belief in the power of the Coltrane legacy and we are most thankful to them for all of their efforts.
2019 promises to be great! We are so excited about our next major steps – a campaign to complete our home stabilization, community events, concerts and educational programs, organizational growth, building new relationships, and more to be announced. We have much we need to do in 2019, but please stay tuned for some of our exciting next steps as we work to open the Home to the public as an inspirational museum and cultural center!
Please Join Us. We invite you all to support the Home, spread the word, and feel welcome to be a greater part of this incredible effort over this coming year.
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Thank you again, and on behalf of the Board, Committees and Coltrane Family, our deepest thanks and Best Wishes to you and yours for a wonderful Holiday and peaceful New Year.
Ron Stein, Pres
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BTW – More 2018 photos here , and stay tuned for our Year-In-Pictures.
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