A humorous look at the history of jazz music, straight from the Bible, as translated by Dr. D.D. McCloidsman. Louis Armstrong is Adam; Miles Davis is Moses; John Coltrane is the Messiah; and Kenny G is the two horned (soprano and tenor) Beast foretold in The Gorelick Revelation.

Principles Present In
Dispensational Theology
and Jazz Music and
Relevant To Both

by Dr. D.D. McCloidsman, Ph.D., D.D., L.S.M.F.T.
The Dispensational JazzologyTM website features 4 chapters from the Dispensational Jazzology booklet (© 1993, Fry By Night Publishing, used by permission), along with numerous wav files, and areas in which you can purchase jazz related books and cds.
"In the beginning God created jazz. And jazz was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Lord God formed Buddy Bolden of the dampness of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Buddy was given Soul. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters, in the city of New Orleans, which is as close to the Garden of Eden as you're going to get in this life. And the Spirit of God carried the sound of Buddy's trumpet over the hot and humid bayou, and the sound wafted over the Mississippi river, and people heard the sound, and it called to them."
"And the angel of the Lord appeared unto Miles in a flame of fiery jazz; and he looked, and, behold, the holy band cooked, and burned even, and yet they were not consumed. And God called out to him out of the midst of the burning jazz, and said, Miles, Miles. And Miles said, Man! That's some scary s***! Here I am!"
Commandment No. 6: "Thou shalt not kill a jazz musician while he's playing on the bandstand. The jazz life is tough enough as it is. (Are you listening, lady friend of Lee Morgan?)"
"The beginning of the gospel of John Coltrane. As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of a saxophone wailing on the Williamsburg Bridge, Prepare ye the way of the Master, make his saxophone straight. Rollins...preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, and I will no longer be worthy to play with Miles Davis. I, indeed, have baptized you with great sounds, but he shall baptize you with great sheets of sound."
"Paul the apostle, to all the servants of John Coltrane who are at Marsali...I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the music of grace, or free and avant-garde Jazz, unto another gospel, which is no gospel, but is a return to the laws of Hard Bop. O foolish Marsalians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes John Coltrane hath been openly set forth? Received ye the Spirit by works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish?"
"Having read the brochure, my life has changed forever. By the graces of the McCloidsman, I have reached a new higher reality, a deeper understanding of the meaning of the art form of jazz." -- John DiSalvo"I'm sure you realize, we have a document here that is not only hilarious, but pretty much historically correct!" -- Bill Dedman
"It made my hair stand on end!" -- Kenny G
"If this isn't the best philosophical treatise on jazz available today, then may I be struck down right here on this bandsta..." -- Lee Morgan
"The perfect coda to my life's work" -- Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Purchase your own copy of Dispensational Jazzology, or purchase other jazz related books that we recommend.
Check out the Wav credits - a list of the sound files used on this site, and the recordings they come from - recordings you can purchase directly from this web page through an association with CD World. We also list recommended CDs from each major period of jazz history.
"Are you spreading the music of Jazz? Are you fellowshipping regularly on the Jazz news group or bulletin board of your choice? The purpose of this book will be fulfilled if it helps Jazzites to refocus their priorities in these important areas."
Support this web site by taking the links below to shop for more books and CDs.
![]()
Your web browser doesn't support frames, but you can still see some of our web pages the old fashioned way.
Last updated May 8, 1999