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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 6024980109212 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Impulse Records Manufacturer: Impulse Records MPN: 000061002 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Impulse Records Release Date: August 19, 2003 Studio: Impulse Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: A Love Supreme is a suite about redemption, a work of pure spirit and song, that encapsulates all the struggles and aspirations of the 1960s. Following hard on the heels of the lyrical, swinging Crescent, A Love Supreme heralded Coltrane's search for spiritual and musical freedom, as expressed through polyrhythms, modalities, and purely vertical forms that seemed strange to some jazz purists, but which captivated more adventurous listeners (and rock fellow travelers such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, and the Byrds), while initiating a series of volatile, unruly prayer offerings, including Kulu Su Mama, Ascension, Om, Meditations, Expression, Interstellar Space. From the urgent speech-like timbre of his tenor, to the serpentine textures and earthy groove of Elvin Jones's drumming, Coltrane's suite proceeds with escalating intensity, conveying a hard-fought wisdom and a beckoning serenity in the prayer-like drones of "Psalm," where Jones rolls and rumbles like thunder as Garrison and Tyner toll away suggestively--all the while Coltrane searches for that one climactic note worthy of the love he wants to share. --Chip Stern Average Rating:
 Rating: - A jazz masterpieceI have a small but highly acclaimed jazz collection. This is the jewel, my favorite, only tied by kind of blue in quality. An essential, not for jazz lovers, but rather music lovers. Rating: - Like ColtraneMy friend is in search of his interpretation of God. So I gave this cd to him to help him on his quest. I hope he finds what he is looking for. <3 Rating: - Mere Words Are Inadquate to Describe This Incredible Work of ArtI have the deluxe edition that includes the Antibes performance of A Love Supreme as well as that "lost" recording with Archie Shepp and Art Davis. I don't think this additional material is all that necessary unless you are a student of this man's music. The actual release "A Love Supreme" is a recording that belongs in every serious music collection. This is wonderful, inspired music. It is the pinnacle of Coltrane's career, no question. Everything about Trane's music changed ... Read More Rating: - A Love SupremeJohn Coltrane-A Love Supreme ***** Being a massive Miles Davis fan but not owning much jazz other than Davis, Coltrane came highly recommended, especially A Love Supreme. So I finally broke down and bought it, and my only gripe is with myself, that I didn't buy this masterpiece sooner! Upon hearing the title I assumed it was a spiritual album of sorts, and I was correct. The album symbolizes Coltrane's search for music, spiritual, and cultural freedom. Though I'm not sure he live long ... Read More Rating: - An Album of Amazing Beauty and DepthJohn Coltrane wrote and recorded his work, "A Love Supreme" after having an intense spiritual awaking and often stated that he believed the album to be his musical love letter to God. The album is probably, next to "Blue Train," Coltrane's best known work by the world as a whole. While I belong to the point of view that everyone of Coltrane's works was a work of genius and that they were all truely works of great art, "A Love Supreme" ranks as one of my favorite Coltrane albums. The music on the album ... Read More |
