John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
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Artist: John ColtraneBrand: 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
- Part 1 - Acknowledgement
- Part 2 - Resolution
- Part 3 - Pursuance
- Part 4 - Psalm
- Introduction
- Part 1 - Acknowledgement (Live)
- Part 2 - Resolution (Live)
- Part 3 - Pursuance (Live)
- Part 4 - Psalm (Live)
- Part 2 - Resolution (Alternative Take)
- Part 2 - Resolution (Breakdown)
- Part 1 - Acknowledgement (Alternative Take)
- 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 SternGeneral CDs
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