A Love Supreme

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

A Love Supreme
List Price: $29.98
Our Price: $18.97
You Save: $11.01 (37%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $11.78 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more CD details
Listen soundtracks from this album



(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

CD Details

Artist: John Coltrane
Brand: Dig
Edition: Music CD
Format: Deluxe Edition, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-10-29
Music Label: Umvd Labels
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Part 1 - Acknowledgement
  2. Part 2 - Resolution
  3. Part 3 - Pursuance
  4. Part 4 - Psalm
Music CD 2
  1. Introduction
  2. Part 1 - Acknowledgement (Live)
  3. Part 2 - Resolution (Live)
  4. Part 3 - Pursuance (Live)
  5. Part 4 - Psalm (Live)
  6. Part 2 - Resolution (Alternative Take)
  7. Part 2 - Resolution (Breakdown)
  8. Part 1 - Acknowledgement (Alternative Take)
  9. Part 1 - Acknowledgement (Alternative Take)

Music reviews of A Love Supreme

Music Review: A Love Supreme
Rating: 5 Stars

John Coltrane-A Love Supreme *****

While running the risk of blabbing on way to long about an album so obviously great I loose sight of what is important...hearing the darn thing, so I'll be brief.

I for the longest time put off checking out Coltrane, and finally bought A Love Supreme and it changed music for me forever. The way I listened to it, what I listened to it, and most importantly how I listened to it.

As many have said it is an album designed for praise, not singularly of God but that of bigger things and more enlightened things. Something that frees you really. That was what Coltrane wanted, and album so uplifting that it takes you through your whole entire life, and every emotion you have ever felt in one single listen. This is not played out that way in any linear sense but in a metaphorical way told by way of his sax, Tyners piano, Jimmy Garrisons bass, and Elvin's incendiary percussion.

Played as a four part suite as Coltrane gift to God in thanks for all he has Coltrane gave the greatest gift anyone would ever hope to receive. 'Acknowledgement' begins with a flowing sax line from Coltrane that becomes instantly recognizable and will fill your head forever more. Played almost like a hymn with the album title chanted over and over again for a together effect. Elvin Jones' begins 'Pursuance' with possibly the worlds only non boring drum solo which segues perfectly with the rest of the piece which features Coltrane and Tyner soloing almost as a dual. 'Pursuance' and 'Psalm' close the album. They both play better and feel right when played one before the other as the album is supposed to be played for an uplifting effect.

A Love Supreme became the last acclaimed Coltrane album. After this he began to experiment more and more and some say lose the soul his music once had. Others say he only then hit his creative peak. Either way there is no denying the absolute power and sensitivity of A Love Supreme, an album unparalleled by any other. Just like John Coltrane himself.

Description of A Love Supreme

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

General CDs

Music Genres
Bestsellers in General CDs
A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Original Sound Track Recording Of The CBS Television Special ImageVince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Original Sound Track Recording Of The CBS Television Special
Release date: 2000-09-19; Music CD
Best price: $4.06
Price in other shops: $11.98
What A Night! A Christmas Album ImageHarry Connick Jr. - What A Night! A Christmas Album
Sony; Release date: 2008-11-04; Music CD
Best price: $7.68
Price in other shops: $11.96
Chris Botti in Boston (CD/DVD) ImageChris Botti - Chris Botti in Boston (CD/ DVD)
Sony; Release date: 2009-03-31; Music CD
Best price: $13.72
Price in other shops: $18.94
Sinatra: New York (4 CD/1 DVD) ImageFrank Sinatra - Sinatra: New York (4 CD/ 1 DVD)
Release date: 2009-11-03; Music CD
Best price: $56.69
Price in other shops: $79.98
Michael Bubl? ImageMichael Bubl? - Michael Bubl?
Release date: 2003-02-11; Music CD
Best price: $6.46
Price in other shops: $18.98
It's Time ImageMichael Bubl?? - It's Time
Release date: 2005-02-08; Music CD
Best price: $7.45
Price in other shops: $18.98
Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day ImageNellie McKay - Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day
McKay; Release date: 2009-10-13; Music CD
Best price: $10.94
Price in other shops: $13.98
Call Me Irresponsible ImageMichael Bubl? - Call Me Irresponsible
Release date: 2007-05-01; Music CD
Best price: $7.69
Price in other shops: $18.98
My One and Only Thrill ImageMelody Gardot - My One and Only Thrill
Verve; Release date: 2009-04-28; Music CD
Best price: $6.49
Price in other shops: $13.98
Your Songs ImageHarry Connick Jr. - Your Songs
Release date: 2009-09-22; Music CD
Best price: $7.88
Price in other shops: $13.98
Similar CDs
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album ImageA Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
by Ashley Kahn
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2003-10-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.25
Price in other shops: $16.00
Mingus Ah Um ImageCharles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
MINGUS,CHARLES; Release date: 1999-02-16; Music CD
Best price: $5.40
Price in other shops: $7.99
The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions ImageJohn Coltrane - The Complete Africa/ Brass Sessions
Release date: 1995-10-10; Music CD
Best price: $18.99
Price in other shops: $27.98
Time Out -50th Anniversary (2 CD/1 DVD Legacy Edition) ImageDave Brubeck - Time Out -50th Anniversary (2 CD/ 1 DVD Legacy Edition)
Release date: 2009-05-26; Music CD
Best price: $13.65
Price in other shops: $15.93
Kind of Blue (Legacy Edition) ImageMiles Davis - Kind of Blue (Legacy Edition)
Davis; Release date: 2009-01-20; Music CD
Best price: $13.61
Price in other shops: $15.93
Blue Train ImageJohn Coltrane - Blue Train
Release date: 1997-04-01; Music CD
Best price: $7.87
Price in other shops: $11.94
Ah Um 50th Anniversary (Legacy Edition) ImageCharles Mingus - Ah Um 50th Anniversary (Legacy Edition)
Release date: 2009-05-26; Music CD
Best price: $14.44
Price in other shops: $15.93
My Favorite Things [Deluxe Edition] ImageJohn Coltrane - My Favorite Things [Deluxe Edition]
Release date: 1998-03-03; Music CD
Best price: $5.99
Price in other shops: $13.96
Giant Steps ImageJohn Coltrane - Giant Steps
Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.41
Price in other shops: $11.98
The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings ImageJohn Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
Release date: 1997-09-23; Music CD
Best price: $36.25
Price in other shops: $54.98
Compare prices and find music notes for more than one million Music CD titles