Coltrane Code

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The Coltrane Code is a space where jazz, spirituality, and personal storytelling intersect to explore how John Coltraneโ€™s music offers lessons for living with depth, clarity, and purpose.

About Bret Primack

Journalist, filmmaker, and self-appointed major factotum, Bret plays a dangerous kazoo, writes sharper sentences, and believes art saves lives, aliens are real, and swing is not music but a moral position. Proceed accordingly.

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