Hamlet, North Carolina: John Coltrane Mural
Multi-story photo-realist mural of hometown hero John Coltrane and his saxophone. Painted in 2020 by Scott Nurkin.
- Address:
- Vance St., Hamlet, NC
- Directions:
- Downtown, on the corner of Vance and Raleigh Sts.
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At the intersection of Vance and Raleigh Streets is an amazingly well done mural of saxophonist John Coltrane. It is on the outside back wall of the former town movie theatre.
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Painted in 2020 by Scott Nurkin, based on a photograph by Chuck Stewart. Famous jazz musician John Coltrane was born in Hamlet, then spent most of his life elsewhere. He died, age 40, from liver disease likely caused by a combination of alcohol and heroin injection with dirty needles.