John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1965)
Label - Impulse
Producer – Bob Thiele
Art Direction – George Gray
Nationality - USA
Running Time – 32:59
Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)
1. Acknowledgement
2. Resolution
3. Pursuance
4. Psalm
This is another of those records that when you read about, you see phrases like “easily one of the most important records ever made”, and “It is almost impossible to imagine a world without A Love Supreme having been made, and it is equally impossible to imagine any jazz collection without it.” I don’t know about all of that – but this was a nice listen. John Coltrane's ‘A Love Supreme’ is considered to be his best studio outing. As I read about the album it is described as being “composed of four parts, each has a thematic progression leading to an understanding of spirituality through meditation.” I’ll just take their word for it.
It IS however very pleasing to listen to – doesn’t ramble on and on as I have come to find out most jazz records do – and at just over half an hour it was over actually pretty quickly so I didn’t begin to tire of it – which has happened with several jazz records I’ve listened to and they just turn into a laborious listen.
I really liked the opening track "Acknowledgement" the best - but there are only 4 tracks here and you can’t really fault any of them. ‘A Love Supreme’ is usually listed among the greatest jazz albums of all time and it was ranked at number 82 in a 2005 survey conducted by a British television channel to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time!!
It is recommended.
You can purchase the CD here.
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