Even if you love jazz, chances are you might not know one of its pivotal masterpieces, “A Love Supreme,” was composed by legendary saxophonist John Coltrane in 1964 at his home along Candlewood Path, just south of the LIE in Dix Hills.
After his unexpected death from liver failure at age 40 at Huntington Hospital in 1967, Coltrane’s wife, Alice, recorded five groundbreaking albums of her own the home’s recording studio, including “A Monastic Trio,” “Ptah the El Daoud” and “Huntington Ashram Monastery.” (Alice Coltrane, later known by her Sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda, died in 2007.)
On Friday, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and a host of Suffolk officials announced a $1.75 million JumpSMART grant for the ongoing restoration of the two-story brick-and-wood frame John & Alice Coltrane Home, billed as “The Spiritual Home of Jazz.” Today the house, which once faced demolition,is on the National Historic Register.
JumpSMART is part of the countywide “Main Streets” program that provides funding for projects supporting small businesses, as well as strengthening arts and cultural organizations and promoting tourism and workforce development efforts, according to the county website. The program’s funding comes from the Suffolk’s capital program, as well as from federal ARPA (American Rescue Plan) funding instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials said the funds will be used to restore the facade of the Coltrane home, and to reconstruct the recording studio and exhibit space — including the Love Supreme Room and Meditation Room.
The house was built in the 1950s, and in 1964 John and Alice Coltrane moved in, Alice living there with their three sons — John Jr. (who died in a 1982 car accident), Ravi and Oran — and her daughter, Michelle, until 1973.
A historic marker placed at the home by the Town of Huntington in 2018 notes: “Musicians John & Alice Coltrane moved here in 1964. In this home, John composed…
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