Reviews (page 11 of 15)
When people say they don't like jazz i'm guessing this is what they think of. I remember listening to this Album in high school but i seem to have forgotten how avant-garde and free jazzy this was. I like Jazz and I like some of Coltranes music (Like Giant steps). But this is a bit too much for me especially pt.I. Pt.II get more comprehensible and Pt.III gets more easy to listen to at some points. When i heard Giant steps it felt like Coltrane took a motif and then just calmly and controlled just flew away technically. even the pianist couldn't keep up with it at times. This feels more uncontrolled and sporadic and the piano feels like the most collected. Almost like they switched roles after Giant steps. This was way to much free jazz for me
the highest way of being you can reach, making this album, or listening to it. incredible
Guy who has only listened to jazz music from Soul: “getting a lot of Soul vibes from this”
Probably top 3 jazz albums for me. Ez dump.
2.5
Alfa jazz 4.5
jazzy in the truest sense. often chaotic
Very funky. Kinda like it
a love supreme, a love supreme, a love supreme...
I honestly wish I liked jazz more than I do, because this for me had nothing special, I can appreciate the musicanship and all of that here, but it was annoying when it sounded like if the piano, the sax or the bass where on their own.
feels like the city, feels like being a man, complexity, feels cool, feels like feelings
Know Coltrane is a jazz master but I don’t like free-form jazz anymore
I think my general dislike of Coltrane is already a matter of record at this point. He was a supremely talented musician who chose to create cacophony instead of beauty with those talents. And that's really frustrating because, when he's not playing, I can really get into this. Tyner is a masterful jazz pianist and, when he takes the lead, the music is interesting and engaging, the phrases building on one another and evolving in fascinating ways. And then, inevitably, Coltrane will slide in with his saxophone and lay down a series of arhythmic runs, knocking over the complex house of cards that Tyner built. So frustrating. The only track that I came close to enjoying was the last one, "Psalm", and only because Coltrane restrained himself and actually built something WITH his bandmates instead of actively working against them.
Expertly played. Think it hits the peak with "Part 3", where the frantic energy is contagious. Favorite tracks: "Part 3: Pursuance"
3.8
Jazz
Was okay. Too much impro, but it’s jazz, yeah.
I have heard this album many times. Wonderful. Fully deserves to be on this list. The quality of playing, and the great recording of this album is top notch.
First album - thanks to Avi Schwab for the link to this site!
Too jazz for me
Yes please
Jazzy!
Wow, a beautiful suite of music that increasingly intensifies as it moves forward. Sounds live, crisp and thrilling. All musicians are given space to paint intricate parts. Floored by this album.
I'm just not that into jazz. Pleasant sometimes but I really hated the long drum-heavy portions.
Ok on the heels of a few albums where I thought "I'm so tired of musicians who are just impressed with themselves and don't care about entertainment value unless the music is paired with party favors" it was hard to hear this for the amazing music that it is. I would love to sit in a smoky bar in a big city and listen to this. But as it was I was in the car with my kids screaming and it just ... added to the cacophony. Sorry to the millions of people and Coltrane himself that I have seriously offended.
I have to give this 5 stars just because it was so influential and such a rich union of art and spirituality. But, yeah, not background music, that's for sure. I think you can only listen to this record through really good headphones in a dark room, maybe smoking a cigarette.
Classic Coltrane - great smooth jazz
Classic jazz album
Good I guess? Maybe I'm a caveman but
One of the best Jazz Albums ever.
Wow
Some will say 5 stars is too high for this album, they can all blow my sax because this is one of the foundational records of modern American music
Album # 41 Jazz makes for great background music while I am working or in the car when life has become too much. Good album, short and sweet.
Finally! An album that you should definitely actually listen to before you die. Listen to it, but don't die yet, the world needs you. bleeblahblooobedydoobeebedoobybe HONK scoobedydoo dee dum diddly JAZZ....nice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQYzpOHpik I'm not really a fan of Jazz, but after listening to this, I am fully ready to accept that it may be music's sublimest expressive form.
Solid but unmoving jazz album
Yeowwww. These cats are cookin' *snaps fingers repeatedly*
Like it
Don't love but don't hate Jazz
Am Stück recht anstrengend, aber ich hab's trotzdem gemocht.
Coltrane's masterpiece. A little challenging as it is not pop-jazz, but so interesting. My favorite jazz album, just narrowly ahead of Kind of Blue. John Coltrane was a genius.
Hell yeah
Not my favorite Coltrane, still great.
I like Jazz, but I’m definitely not an expert. I can tell it’s technically impressive, but it didn't really speak to my soul.
I like it but it's generally busier than I like jazz to be.
I'm still trying to figure out exactly how I feel about jazz overall. I love Mingus, but there is a lot I can't tolerate. This is somewhere in the middle. I can appreciate it, and I probably would listen to it again, but I don't know how it makes me feel. Maybe that just makes me stupid. Maybe jazz is supposed to be confusing. Ok, by the end of this record I am really coming around to it.
Five full stars. The opening run alone is worth the price of admission. I don't know anything about jazz but this sounds good and if it sounds good it is good.
Ah, I already own this album. Sublime. I ration listening to this, because it's such a powerful testimony to human creativity. I don't want to grow bored of it.
I’ve tried, I just don’t get jazz. Everyone knows Coltrane is highly regarded so I don’t want to rate low so going middle of the road 2.5/5
#159. Jazz is still jazz. 2/5: jazz Song added to playlist: A Love Supreme, Part II I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
Very nice Jazz!
I get it. It is a wonderful album for what it is and Coltrane is a master. That's why I give it a 4 star rating, even though jazz is not my jam. I get it.
So, I'll concede, I just don't get jazz. I know Coltrane is supposed to be the master, but this sounds like every other jazz thing I've heard. Obviously the musicianship is tremendous - these guys are professionals. But why is this better than any other jazz album? I listened to it twice just to see if I missed something on my first pass. It's good background music, I guess? But only in a coffee shop or something, because they go too hard with the horns to listen to this while studying or anything like that. I'll give it a 3 because I know I'm missing the point, so I don't want to go lower. It's not you, John Coltrane, it's me. But it's just not gonna work out.
Loved it, sophisticated morning vibes
I feel like I just had to be there, man 3.1/5
One of Coltrane's most improvised albums, fully composed with an incredible stable yet dynamic back beat. Coltrane was able to take risks and go into some avant movements here.
A mí en particular no me llama
Back to time where music wasn’t so sterile and packaged. Jazz is not for everyone, but this a great album. A glass of very good whiskey would go well with it.
A masterpiece. The drums and bass are exceptional and Coltrane is just flawless. Finally some high level jazz on this list. 5/5 Will listen again
jazz is jus cooler when its live
I had heard the name lol Some pretty epic jazz on this album. Im typically more interested in smooth/easy jazz, but I enjoyed Contrane's talent-filled tunes. Look forward to more!
Good overall jazz album. I like Jazz, but I don't find myself going there very often.
I vascillate with jazz. I like background music with smooth/soft jazz, containing nice rhythms and sweet tunes. But then I listen to this and hear perhaps a technically superior album that sounds like musicians just jamming in their own heads and realize I really dislike this style. 1 / 5
I liked it, I'm not a huge jazz person but I thought it was impactful and full.
Not for me. I know that Coltrane was one of the pioneers of jazz and I do like jazz, but not this kind. I feel like I’m supposed to like him, and while I can appreciate his virtuosity, I just do not like this style. I gave it a fair shake though
Perfect Music
Buon jazz, ma non a livello di altri standard del genere
I wonder if the failing is mine. I can agree that my childhood ineptitude for sport meant that I developed no comprehension of strategy in football, and so a whole vista to the game remains hidden from me. More relevantly, a contemporary appreciation of opera requires some investment, some education in how to appreciate it: you shouldn’t expect a nine-year-old to sit rapt through Tristan und Isolde. Even more relevantly, the musicianship of jazz, the focus on technique perhaps leaves it incomprehensible to those unable or unwilling to discuss the use of non-harmonic arpeggios. But I’ve tried to appreciate jazz. I’ve been to a jazz festival. I had a Miles Davis poster on my wall at uni. I even had this album. But this album, apparently one of the two most celebrated jazz albums (along with Kind of Blue), just isn’t jiving with me. It’s not sweeping me away, rendering me agog, flummoxing me with the power of its logic or leaving a cascade of butterfly kisses down my throat. It’s just some people playing instruments well. That’s all I can say. Yes, “playing instruments” is the most reductive definition one can give to all music, but a focus on technical displays often leads to chilliness. The shredded guitar solo, the Whitneyesque wooahooahooahoos, the jazz saxophonist demonstrating his knowledge of the seven diatonic modes: all are liable to leave the listener with frostbitten eartips. Maybe I should get some musical earmuffs, but right now, I just can’t be arsed. Oh, one thing that rankled with me: the constant claims to spirituality made about this album. The liner notes to A Love Supreme include a devotional poem, and the final movement Psalm has Coltrane playing the words on the sax, if you will. I am in no way a spiritual man. Spirituality is hokum, and all too often the mask of a con artist. So maybe there’s another layer to this which I don’t get. Still, permit me to reject the retort that my lack of full appreciation for A Love Supreme indicates I’m dead inside. I mean, I do appreciate the Happy Mondays, and that’s got to hint at the vestiges of some form of internal life, right? Writing about jazz is the fucking worst. Honestly, this only about 500 words and I’m absolutely exhausted. There is nothing interesting to write about jazz. Plenty of mates of mine say listening to jazz is the most boring experience conceivable, but I have my trusty counterexample and I ask them if they’ve ever tried to write about jazz. I need to come up with a stock response for jazz albums. Is writing about jazz the only function an AI’s good for? Ask it to bash out 500 words while I listen to something that genuinely inspires me. I’ve actually grown a little resentful of A Love Supreme, just because attempting to write about it is maddening. A Love Supreme? I’m feeling A Peevishness Lowly. NoRadio, signing off.
Uma verdadeira declaração de ternura em forma de sopros e melodias.
Good jazzman but I didn't got caught by this album
I get it. I just am not interested in jazz.
Ein Klassiker, aber die Hupe wird irgendwann ganz schön nervig.
Zu wenig Am, C, G Akkordfolgen, aber sonst sehr gut :-)
Wow . Almost passed this up. Really glad I didn’t . 8.3/10
Couldn't finish. Too much anxiety
TPAB
5/5. Hard to put into words, just an enjoyable yet smooth jazz album. Every instrument has its place and it feels so raw yet meticulous. I looked up and saw there were 90,000+ takes for these songs. The dedication alone shows, it's mastery of music on another level. I need to listen to this a bunch more to hear everything, it's so good.
Good Sunday morning jazz. 4/5
Not for me
Wanted to like it more than I did. Seems to be how I feel about most jazz. Just doesn't seem like convenience music to me at times.
First time listening to a Coltrane album. Although there’s some amazing playing going on here it gets tedious after 20 minutes.
Det låter som att jag sitter i telefonkö till UPS kundtjänst. Låtarna verkar ju vara ganska sammanhängande i alla fall, så det är väl ett plus. Vi har haft dåliga album innan, men detta är ren misär. 1 / 5
• Coltrane ser seriös ut • Intressant att vi haft ett trumcentrerat album och nu ett med saxonfon • Allt sånt här funkar bäst som bakgrundsmusik, helst live. Känns även som det hade passat i bakgrunden i en film • Väldigt struktrutellt lös Betyg: Bra teknik, gillar man denna form av jazz är det säkert bra, funkar nog bäst live och i bakgrunden. Funkar mindre bra att lyssna på påväg till jobbet => 1/5
Gillar inte utdragen fri-jazz
Cacophonous at times, but very good instrumentally.
it is moving.
- I can't get on board with Jazz
This album is like organized chaos. My instinct with jazz is to throw it on as background music, but there's an urgency and franticness to this album that forces you to pay attention. Coltrane at times is wailing via saxophone. He has the lung capacity and vigor of an elite athlete. There's some real spirituality to this thing too. "Psalm" is an actual psalm. A Love Supreme is complicated and layered - I don't think you can get everything out of it that Coltrane intended in just a single listen or even multiple listens over the course of a day. I've enjoyed digging into it.
Insane this was recorded in 1 day. Absolute master piece and the entire blue print for modern improvisation
Nice enough, but it just sort of noodles along. I imagine this could be a significant jazz album, but as I'm not a jazz aficionado that passes me by. 3/5
One of my all time favorites. Listen on vinyl!
I love this jazz
OK. Chaotic
BL: Coltrane is an artist im incredibly aware of being one of the most notable in his class. Never listened to this one despite it being one of the key listens within the jazz compendium. AL: Awesome jazz record. Lots of interpretation, soloing and getting lost in the music. One of the masterworks within its class, though I don't enjoy this as much as something like Davis, who I think captures the soul of the music in a very different way but in a way that is more compelling to me, Loved this either way though FT: "I: Acknowledgement", "III: Pursuance" 5/5
On the one hand, I can appreciate the musicianship, but on the other hand, there is so much going on musically that it is difficult to find a thread to grip you. Like many pure jazz records, it's too technical for its own good. It's just a series of experiments thrown together. That's all good if that floats one's boat, but unfortunately, it doesn't float mine.
Ciboire que jcomprends pas le fucking jazz.
Gillar ändå jazz mer än jag tror
Another great jazz album!
Perfect. 5
Jazz, sax., improv., 1965 -> 4
Is 3 the highest a jazz album can get?
Listened to this album about 6 times in 2 days.
Mid
It’s jazz baby. Would give it a 5 but I can’t just give every jazz album a 5, and there were parts here that got a little too chaotic 4.5
Beautifully done, a pleasure to listen to.
Almost hard to listen to. Definitely a good jazz record by the more I listen to it the more I realise, jazz is not my kind of music. Songs were the exact length that I wanted to skip it the last few seconds.
Half an hour of improvisation. Great musicianship, but for not jazz lovers quite hard to understand. A mood thing and you have to be fully concentrated to appreciate it.
This was such a great listen, especially since yesterday I had to listen to Spy vs. Spy. Now this is the kind of Jazz I can get behind and enjoy.
Good for background listening but still jazz!
Love
Jazz correcto. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
Bien. Sin más.
I absolutely loved this album! I was having a stressful day yesterday but this music really helped. It wasn't telling me how to feel, instead I could imagine my own emotions expressed through the constantly changing jazz.
I hate jazz
I'm just glad I can both appreciate and enjoy jazz. Still baffling there's no actual Ornette Coleman in the book.
One of the greatest Jazz albums of all time
Sorry Lisa, I really don't care for or understand this kind of music. It just sounds like discord to my ears.
Not for me at the moment to chaotic jazzy sound
*previously listened to* A fully realized album that sees chaos erupt into peace and the cycle continuing until on the strained poem of Coltrane's sax is left. From the opening moments of the double bass riff to the very end, this is a captivating album. Jazz sometimes gets bemoaned as one of two things: background music or a caterwauling of notes. While A Love Supreme veers into the latter of those descriptions, it displays a deft hand at placing everything in just its right place. It's centered and exact while also feeling transcendent and spiritual.
A Love Supreme, A Love Supreme, A Love Supreme Best Song: A Love Supreme Worst Song: A Love Supreme PS: A Love Supreme PSPS: Walking around in New York to this album was a great experience, would recommend
I mean I'm on this project with someone who introduced me to Coltrane :)
I still don’t like jazz
Good jazz!
Not really my taste in music, but he’s really good:)
Nice
Beautiful music, although I feel it can't be appreciated on an album. I would love to hear it live to appreciate the interplay between instruments. Also think I don't have the discipline to give this music the attention it needs.
I know it’s a classic, but it’s never really got to me like some of his other stuff
This is a great album, classic jazz. It’s a little bit noisy for me to give it 5 stars but out worth 4 or 4.5. Coltrane is one of my favorite jazz greats.
It's fun. A little all over the place in a nice way. Will I listen to again: 75%
Good
Jazz
Not for me
I like my jazz with energy. And this album does a decent job of delivering that.
Enjoyable. I won’t pretend to fully understand what’s all going on in this album, but it held my attention and I was curious what would happen next.
Absolute perfection. Transcendent, much like yesterday’s album, it’s incredible musicians collaborating to make something bigger than all of them. It’s also a fascinating bridge between the more melodic playing of Coltrane’s previous albums and the freer more chaotic sounds he’d explore afterward. Can’t say enough about how much I love this. I guess Supremely?
I think the drumming sold this for me. Or maybe the piano. Or the bass. Or, you know what. John Coltrane put together a really great ensemble and recorded a really cool album. I have a complicated relationship with jazz. Especially the Miles Davis/John Coltrane end of the spectrum. But this was really great.
5.0
Solid jazz album
basta mi sono rotto jazz e basta proprio acustico due coglioni, ma poi a chicago te lo vedi live figurati su spoty la mattina presto
That's not my taste in musik. But ok
Optimal
I don’t even have to wait to listen. This one is regularly one repeat. I admit that it asks a bunch from listeners. It’s angular instead of lush. It’s not always lyrical. It’s tough to stay with it but it just works for me. And the cover image is on a t shirt I own. And it’s the soundtrack in my mind to a zillion things.. and.. and..and.. five effing stars.
1. 4.3 2. 4.5 3. 4.4 4. 4.7
Loved this!
Honestly, if this was distorted guitars and the like it would be just called noise
- Solid jazz, nothing much to say - Appreciate the short length
- not a ton of thoughts on this one - some parts were smooth and groovy, but a lot of it felt chaotic - and maybe that’s just how love is 🤷🏻♂️
Smooth jazz is as smooth jazz does
I thought it was pretty good when I listened to it, but I've completely forgotten it now by review time.
Impressive, but not my cup of tea.
Jazz. 5/5
Maybe the best jazz album ever 10 stars
I just love jazz!!
If you love jazz, this is a powerful example of John Coltrane's work. Even if you don't love jazz, this makes for good background music at a social event. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - It was ok to listen to but I wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.
You can feel the love in this album.
Serious question. Do people listen to this on purpose?
Great music, didn't love the channel mixing.
I liked this but wanted a little more out of it.
Недурно
3.4/5 Best Track: A Love Supreme, Pt. III - Pursuance
01) A Love Supreme, pt 1. - Acknowledgement - 3,0 02) A Love Supreme, pt. 2 - Resolution - 2,0 03) A Love Supreme, pt. 3. - Pursuance - 2,0 04) A Love Supreme, pt. 4. - Psalm 3,0 TOTAL: 2,50 (25/100) God I hate jazz! It's like my left ear is fighting with my right one. Every instrument plays it's own tune. I know this is worthy album, but it's a big no for me.
Really great all the way through. Intense, interesting, perfectly long. Improvisation that's clearly skilled. I'd definitely listen to it again, and that's rare for me with this genre.
I've been avoiding listening to A Love Supreme since I first heard of it in undergrad, just because it seemed like one of those incredibly famous and beloved jazz albums that I would have to immediately "get" or face eternal ridicule from jazz-heads. I listened to it on the subway this afternoon while half-asleep and felt real emotion from it. I've now listened to it 4 times through this evening, read about it, read the poem while listening to Part IV, and MAN! Music is so beautiful and important. Does it ever hit you how good the world can be. I'm not particularly religious but, to quote Coltrane- "God breathes through us so completely ... so gently we hardly feel it ... yet, it is our everything. Thank you God. ELATION-ELEGANCE-EXALTATION All from God. Thank you God. Amen."
1.8. Not for me.
This was already one of my desert island discs. I've listened to this album many times. The poly-rhythmic interaction between Coltrane and the other players in his band means that I can listen to this album many, many times and never get bored. I wish that I could give this a 6.
Beautiful album, can’t believe I hadn’t heard it before
A jazz legend. Enough said!
As a saxophonist, it almost feels criminal not to give Coltrane 5/5, but even though I am amazed by the techniques and improvisation that I could not dream if doing, Coltrane's style of jazz has never been my favourite. Still 4/5 because I can hear the influence of Coltrane through much other jazz that I do enjoy very much
I know the reputation this album has, and as such, I feel somehow wrong for giving it a less than perfect score. But this is meant to be a subjective review, and personally, I don't think I found this to be as transcendental an experience as I was lead to believe. I haven't quite fully grown into jazz yet, and to my untrained ear, a lot of the playing here sounded dissonant and out of sync with their fellow musicians. While it was interesting at points, nothing about it struck me as being the masterpiece it is hailed as. I believe I do owe this one a few more listens.
Really enjoyed listening to this album? Think I'll buy it on vinyl
Yes experimental and without the boundaries of conventional music, but it differs from other experimental and artsy projects on this list by 1 fundamental matter: it is not nearly long enough to be annoying. Great album.
Love Coltrane.
Couldn't get through it.
Yes the love is very supreme now please get out of my house
I’m sure there’s a lot more to this album that makes it great that I just don’t understand. I don’t know a lot of music theory, if I did I would maybe appreciate this album even more. I do hope one day to know more and be able to really dig into this album and other jazz greats. For now though, all I know is I love how it sounds and that’s enough for now.
Peppy yet mollifying.
Jazz is toch meer een kunstvorm dan een muziekstijl voor mij, en dit is er eentje die mij wat minder raakt.
Album no. 1/1001. Okay, a little rambly without clear stand-out for me. Somewhat messy (jazz way) but okay. Hopefully there will be jazz albums I prefer. 2/5
No está mal.
Its all very impressive, but lets face it, its a jam session
Second song is definitely my favorite. Not my style, but I appreciate the artistry.
Fantasic album, but instrumental jazz is not my jam. Clearly skilled musicians, especially the drummer. Song 3's drum solo was very impressive.
Me gustó
An interesting cycle of jams, which I enjoyed, but I get why many people would consider it annoying. As I listened, I was more focused on the piano and bass, which really revealed the unique chord progressions they employed. If any of these tracks came up in a random jazz playlist I would definitely listen again, but I likely wouldn’t seek out the album to listen to it in its entirety again.
Just ok
Transcendent mastery of a genre.
Solid, relaxing vibes. A great wind down after a tough day.
Classic Coltrane, Psalm is such a killer tune.
A true classic that never gets old. So much raw expression and talent.
I love Coltrane, well most anyway. This one is a bit more of a challenge in that it has a lot more edge to it. The first half is frenetic, a bit chaotic even. You really have to be in the right frame of mind. This is not the laid-back and cool Coltrane, this is the more urgent one - bursting through the door with a manic energy. We settle down a bit in the last quarter, feeling like some demons have been quelled maybe. Still, it’s Coltrane and there’s only one.
I've never been into jazz but can see why this would be an important album for that genre.
Coltrane gets weird in all the right ways. This one took me to another place and time. Very brain stimulating.
This project felt like one continuous song yet it felt like different phases of the same journey. I’ve always been a fan of jazz due to my trumpet background and i’ve listened to other Coltrane records in the past. It isn’t a surprise I enjoyed this. Definitely would return to this record if I am ever in the mood for a musical odyssey.
I'm just a casual jazz fan, but I regularly listen to jazz as background noise while doing something else. I found this album to be powerful enough to pull my focus back onto the music even was I was doing something else. I'll definitely add this album into my rotation.
Random stuff. experimental jazz. Its good but these people just needed electronics.
I wrote a whole ass Inforoo post about this about various existential crises I have but in spite of all of that this is still a classic.
Let's fucking gooo
Album #2: John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme A Love Supreme - Acknowledgement - Resolution - Pursuance - Psalm The lungs on the sax player holy hell Love how the instruments play off one another and play against each other. Songs that make me think of love and adoration, being in awe of something or someone. Based on my taste in music: 3.9/5 Pretending to be a music critic: 4.5/5
Funky
Jazz. Anxiety filled jazz.
Groovy
Chill, didn’t fit my current work day, would be fun to listen to live, reminded me of Daniel
John Coltrane is a king in the Jazz community and I know of this album's fame, but it is just not my thing.
Fire!!!
Not for me Music was great but not my style and I need lyrics
I don’t listen to jazz very often but this is clearly a masterpiece
banger
Good musicians, but it didn't engage me emotionally.
Love it. And Coltrane such a force.
Loved it. So smooth. And Coltrane was such a force.
I like it. Great musicianship. A little too frenetic for the morning but would be great for when I’m cleaning the house or cooking.
It's ok. Good background music.
SCC.
Very musically talented, but jazz isn't for me. I don't understand it or why it's good.
Fortunately, I WAS high enough to appreciate this album. At least in terms of jazz music. A lot of it felt like I was watching Jackie Brown or some blaxploitation film, but a man can only handle so much jazz at once. If I’m ever in the mood for this genre I’ll just go watch Whiplash or something.
Fantastic, especially track 4.
Cool Jazz. Far away from smooth bar Jazz.
3.1/5
Jazz aficionados will say I don’t get it…and they’re right. What a load of crap. This was a painful listen for several reasons. For starters, I don’t really care for the tone of a saxophone that much. It sounds like a clarinet with a bad head cold. Then, the early stages of stereo recording with its strange separation of instruments; sax in left ear, drums all the way in the right ear, piano and bass minimally spaced in the middle….annoying. Then the worst part, four guys just rambling on their instruments for a half hour. The only good thing I can say is “whew, I will NEVER listen to that again!” I give it one star because I can’t give it negative stars.
solid jazz music by Coltrane. you have to be in the right mood to listen to this :)
Something I would never have sought out.
The softer, slower cuts are ok. Could not get through the entire album
Was aware of John Coltrane and the A Love Supreme album due to my time working at Tower Records for 10 years, but this was my first listen. I liked the solos of each instrument and how the individual songs were just that - independent - but somehow blended together. I rate this a 4 out of 5.
Jazz, it just sounds like I'm at Macy's shopping with grandma for new shoes. I'd need to be super high to appreciate it.
Very nice short album, very good jazz
the jazz album to kill all jazz albums. Obviously not the craziest jazz album for the time, but definitely the best bridge of earlier hard bop/post bop and later avant garde jazz. an album for both casual listeners and nerds. not to mention its also just really good. amazing reoccurring theme. probably my favorite jazz album of all time.
I was originally not into it, it sounded like generic improvised jazz, but I became more fond of the emotion of the piece as I continued listening. The recording was well done, with each instrument of the quartet having their own solo / moment to shine. It is good to listen to on its own as the main event. Relax and don’t occupy your mind to enjoy.
Nice and smooth, great background music,
Nice but a bit inaccessible
Good album, if you like jazz. If you don't find yourself enjoying jazz, you might as well skip it because you will definitely find it boring. Had its moments, but not enough to leave me wanting for more. I might have to do a second listen.
very good
Not my thing.
Sounds like walking in a music school rehearsal building where there are lots of good musicians practicing their own things at the same time. Very nearly unlistenable for me.
A perfect album, one of my favourites.
Could listen to this all day!
John Coltrane is a beast on this record. He really makes you feel what he's feeling through just the use of his Saxophone. Solid Jazz record and would recommend to anyone looking to get into jazz
Have loved this album for decades.
COLTRANE
Great Jazz!
An album that starts a bit weak but improves. Part 2, 3 and 4 are strong. Would be fun to hear a modern recording of this one. Grade: 4/5
I don't have much experience with Jazz. I feel like it is something that plays in the background. All in all not bad.
Not interested
Good stuff
Jazz is not my favourite music ...
this is either total noise or some of the best music I've ever heard, it's like right at the edge for me
I'm not saying this is my favorite ever album, but I will say that is very difficult to imagine music being played better than this. My word, what a journey that was.
Jazz isn't a genre I usually listen to. However I persisted with Love Supreme and I enjoyed it.
Amazing Wonderful musical conversation
Coffee shop vibes
Blessedly short.
Good bath listen. But suppose it’s just not my cup of tea.
Feel harsh, but I over-scored some of my earlier 2s. Tracks are too long, started track 1 on my way to work and was still going on the way home. Reckon I might enjoy it more if I was off my face in La Bicicleteria in Sevilla, drinking their homemade orange wine. I just don't really 'get' Jazz music. It's not you John Coltrane, it's me.
How can anybody listen to this. I think listening to robbie coltrane farting for the same amount of time as this album would have been just as entertaining
Yes mon!! Absolutely love Train, banging album that flows brilliantly. Just love every track and it feels like a journey. Ending on Psalm just chills me out after vibing throughout the album. Might start running to this
I mean, it’s clearly very impressive but also not for me at all
Coltrane is a genius. I deduct 1 star merely based on my subjective taste. It's too cerebral for me, personally.
Great jazz! Loved it!
3/5 stars because the instrumentals are absolutely excellent,one ti8ng that stuck out to me was the really nice drum sounds in the background I would of liked a bit more vocals, but it almost doesn't need it as they are spoken through the saxophone work, pleasantly surprised as I don't really listen to jazz
The best meditation. Morning, noon, or night.
Amazing. Absolutely loved it. Also left me with a killer autoplay list afterwards!
Nice, I like Pt. III - Pursuance with the drums
zu anstrengend, glaube ich verstehe die Musik (noch) nicht
listened to again new year, same Coltrane brilliance
Too scattered for casual listening. Seemed to distress people in the room
Used to play jazz drums in high school, this took me way back.
If you don't like Jazz, then you won't like this. Luckily, I love Jazz.
Did not like it
As spiritual as jazz gets. Not as astounding as people say it is but it’s one of the most important jazz records
Was my first jazz album I ever listened to and it was great music to write with but I wouldn't sit down and stop what I was doing to listen to it (jazz might still grow on me though so maybe in a few months I would rate it higher) so overall 3.2/5
This just doesn't work for me. I appreciate the musicianship of each player individually, but as a whole it's disjointed and doesn't flow. It sounds like each musician is playing a different song. A mash up gone wrong so to speak.
One of my favorite jazz records.
More than 3, near 3.5. Good in Jazz perspective
AAA
Jazz isn’t my thing. I wanted to like this album but i just couldn’t. Although i respect it and the immense talent needed to play at this level. By the last song i was kinda getting used to it maybe i should try to listen again. Fav song: A love supreme: psalm 2 stars
Masterpiece. Checkout the live in Seattle version as well.
Jazz pur. Wenn man sich drauf einlässt, ist es richtig gut.
Total jazz! 4.8
Wat kan 'ie tuuteren he, Jandino Kolentrein. Het begin is eigenlijk best aardig, daarna wordt het bij track 3 toch wel wat zenuwachtig allemaal. Maar toch nog altijd liever dit dan bepaalde brouwsels van ome Miles.
I'm not much for jazz, but his skill cannot be denied.
Jazz! Fun stuff 3.5/5
1st I'm sure this is considered quality jazz, but jazz is not my cup of tea 2
John Coltrane. Just incredible
I liked it
This album fucks
an all-time great jazz epic composed by one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of his time. By far one of my favorite jazz albums of all time.
Sympa mais album très court
Heavy. Maar mooi, zeker de eerste en laatste track. Voor mij soms te dense, niet altijd even grote fan van bvb de block chords van McCoy Tyner (wel een zotte solo in tweede song). Veel energie, soms te, maar super puur. Ik weet niet of ik het vaak zou opleggen maar ik zou er wel naar terugkeren. https://youtu.be/WO7zI-mTtZU?si=eCVZVqMujc2kNn1F
expected to listen this more
Very interesting and enjoyable.
Big 'no' for this amount of trumpet
It has good moments and bad moments (especially when everything is out of any rythm). I think I would enjoy it more in other circumstances.
I've had the album for years but had not listened to it all the way through. Took this challenge to have me listen to it all the way through, and I'm glad I did. Having listened to Mingus' Black Saint and the Sinner Lady earlier in the week probably set the stage. Such a great work, with the beauty of being able to focus in on what each member contributed - McCoy Tyner's piano, Jimmy Garrison's bass, Elvin Jones' drumming, and of course Coltrane's sax playing at his pinnacle. Each element I was able to find an anchor in their motifs and was wonderful to hear it as a complete suite.
Jazzzzzz
I wish I had more hands so I can give this album four thumbs down. I was expecting to be overwhelmed with how musically talented these players were, but I really just think that they were a bunch of amateur junior high school players. Mama this was garbage.
This was excellent to have on in the background while I was working. I'm appreciating jazz more and more as it comes up in this list.
Not something I'd listen to, but it was fine as background music.
Yes, this is fantastic. I visit Coltrane during the winter months, so this hut just right. My little dog loves him too.
You can't go wrong with some Coltrane. Great listen.
Cacophonous
32 mins 46 secs over 4 songs 💀💀, i cant even edge that long. lyrics L
its okay not to like this genre, its difficult to grasp just how insane these tracks get. it certainly helps when you even just play one of these instruments, at any level. drum solos in Persuance are sex