A Love Supreme

Not a huge jazz fan but this was easy to listen to.

I'm sure it's important, but I don't know enough about the history of jazz and/or Coltrane to know why it's important. I'd prefer to listen to Coltrane's more melodic pieces.

Interesting jazz album, definitely need to LISTEN AGAIN, only got one listen in.

I know it's great, but I'm super ignorant about jazz. I enjoyed it but didn't feel compelled to finish it.

Enjoyed it and really appreciated the brevity of this album. I’m not grasping why it’s super revered tho

Not all songs were available sadly but I enjoyed it

Good for background music.

Dette er ikke noe for meg, gitt. For min del er dette mest slitsomt og masete. Jeg liker så veldig mye hvor dette er elementer i annen musikk, men på egenhånd uten annet enn jazzen å lene seg på faller det helt gjennom for min del.

One too many albums for Coltrane. I don't get jazz, it's admittedly over my head, but that's because I enjoy music I can understand and that has an actual structure. 4 parts of a song that are all over 7 mins long making for an agonizing 33 minute album of random thoughts and sounds. I got a degree in sound engineering after college, every one of my teachers was a die hard jazz player/listener, I just never could get "it". I find the entire genre annoying with unappealing wandering horns, no melodies and some guy tapping the cymbals for 7 mins straight. Then you add in the 5 year old kid playing piano and just banging keys, oh my god, I was on the window ledge by the end of Part 2! Hated it. Literally hated every minute. I'd rather listen to death metal on 11 than another minute of jazz randomness. To me, it sucks, it's annoyingly unstructured and it's boring. But I'm sure he's good or he wouldn't be famous all these years later. 2 stars. I'm still shaking my head, no.

First time listening to it and damn I know it's a classic but I'm just not feeling it at all. I love Blue Train but this one just didn't do it for me. It was ok but not as groundbreaking as I expected it to be 2/5

I like resolution. I like the saxophone. Not a big fan of pursuence and Psalm 3 star albumn.

Technically superb, but not to my taste.

Hat mich nicht so abgeholt

Jazz, good background music

A bit too jazzy for me

Not much jazz in my pants

I'm not a jazz guy

I'm sure it's good I just don't like jazz that much

Lite för spretigt för min smak 4.5/10

Jazzia ei ole kovinkaan paljoa listalla vielä vastaan tullut mutta alan kallistua siihen, että en yksinkertaisesti pidä jazzista. Arvostan kyllä muusikkoutta ja taitoa, mitä tämän esittäminen ja soittaminen vaatii mutta kun ei kolahda niin ei kolahda. 2/5

I get that this is good music but it's not for me, I can't concentrate when it's on and I don't enjoy it

I can't take any more jazz. I just do not like it

my second chance at jazz, i wanna like it but i just dont man

Still can't get away with Jazz

heh Listened to it while I drank tea after nearly dying from dry cough 2 stars

I like jazz, I do. I can name at least a dozen musicians in the genre that I enjoy and listen to pretty regularly. But this specific brand of jazz was not for me. Much like a sports team, the best jazz (in my opinion) is when the team works with each other’s strengths and weaknesses to create harmony. This album was not that for me. It felt more like each musician was playing a different song or trying to play louder than the other. I think the musicians in the band are all separately talented. I mean, c’mon, it’s John Coltrane. But this album didn’t really do it for me. 5/1001

Simply not my style of music

I really don’t like jazz. And I didn’t love this. It’s a 2 and barely gets that. I get that he’s a legend and all, but I just can’t get into it. Sounds like an unrehearsed mess to be.

not enjoyable for me

Научпоп по математике, вроде интересно, познавательно..большая музыка мслпнький мозг

Again, it is undoubted that the talent is there. I just don't get it. I felt like I was dying as the saxophone got louder.

I try! I still cannot, but I try. Maybe when I was trying so hard to be cool at 14, drinking black coffee and watching Twin Peaks I'd have pretended to get this bop, but I'm much blander now. He should add vocals to all of it.

Just why? Partly listenable, partly just not.

Glad I listened, I recognize that this is top-shelf jazz, but... well, jazz isn't really my thing.

Impressive, but the discord was just too much for me this time

I remember my first time playing an instrument. Just because it tells a story, doesn't mean it's a good one. This album is intricate, noisy, emotional, avant-garde, unique, anything but good. Track I: it is fine. there is a repeating set of notes that seems to be the theme here. I think the message is this unbounded love, or "love supreme", surrounding this repeating harmony. As the song goes on the harmony gets increasingly intricate and John on the saxophone takes extra turns and twists around the main points to show the intense passion he has for this supreme love". Finishing with a droning vocal of him saying the name of the project for some reason. Track II: It starts off all right with some notion of a theme that the saxophone keeps returning to; that high note and the walk down. Once the spotlight is handed to the piano, things start to break down. McCoy Tyner on the keys dances around the rhythm skillfully, then seems to just lose all sense of music. He begins spamming dissonant chords which, have their place, but not here. The "discussion" between the sax and piano results in the sax coming back in and attempting to regain control of the situation unsuccessfully. The redeeming feature of this track is how the drums and standing bass were able to maintain any rhythm. The intensity of emotion can be seen through the "voice crack" sound of the high notes from the sax. Almost an uncontrollable passion. This track successfully told a story, but it didn't sound good. Track III: Begins with the first technically impressive portion in my eyes, the drum solo. However, this is the least emotional part of the album thus far. The rest of the song is a more enjoyable harmony between the keys and sax. The music deconstructs itself towards the end, like it already has so many times, as the drums bring us out. This leads into a 2.5 minute "bass solo" which is just a kid exploring different notes that he can play on a standing bass. The only reason this portion isn't a complete waste of time is because it gives me a break from the noise I've been put through the last 20 minutes. Track IV: Alright a solid conclusion with structure, layers, and everyone playing their instruments properly. The drums carry here. I listened to this album probably 9 times front to back and begged my friends to explain to me why they love it so much. The sounds here are unique and can tell a story, but the only emotion it evokes from me is annoyed and bored.

Not too fond of jazz.

not a jazz fan, and this album, all but the last composition which sounded more like a song, was this random array of nice sounding instruments. Felt like a warm-up sesh rather than a thought-through performance.

i like the jazzy music but i like hearing voices sing i need volcals

Reaĺy dont get this style of jazz. Great sax playing but none of the musicians seem to be playing the same song.

Frankly uninteresting with no memorable or stand-out motifs. The runs were just like any other runs heard in bebop songs. Coltrane's done far better.

Definitely appreciate it for what it is, but this wasn’t my thing. Good background music but not something I’ll intentionally return to.

Just not for me

Not a fan

I don't really appreciate jazz in general. John Coltrane is of course legendary, his bandmates are cool cats, and the importance of this album is undeniable. That doesn't make me want it in my ears. Next we have the 1965-style stereo mix, where you get all the sax in your left ear and all the drums in the right (piano and bass are centered). I dare you to listen to this end-to-end in your headphones without a "listen in mono" option.

Meh

(3/7) now I understand why orchestras have conductors

I wish I was the kind of classic and cultured fella who enjoys Coltrane but alas, I’m just not. And really most of the album is okay except for the saxophone. Ugh! Saxophones are the worst! Bowie can get away with it a little because I love him so much but in general I’d rather listen to a brigade of kazoos and vibraslaps than a sax. Anyway, sorry, Mr. Coltrane. I’m just not cool enough for you.

i dont listen jazzzzz

Coltrane is clearly a massive talent, but I guess I just don't gravitate towards instrumental jazz like I do with most genres. Wouldn't mind it as background music though. A personal 2, but I can recognize why it'd be much higher for others. STAND-OUT SONG: “A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution” HONORABLE MENTION: “A Love Supreme, Pt. 4: Psalm”

I love jazz, and it's a great listen, but I struggle to find the incredible-ness of it because I end up wanting to write instead of sitting and listening, and so I end up making it more of a background noise (which is why I prefer vocal jazz because I pay attention more). That's not to say this album is bad or that I disliked it, it's just not one I plan on replaying, beside to have as background music on a writing playlist. I found the transitions between the pieces to be really fun, like the low bass at the end of part 1, into the full band for part 2. I love the jazz sound and I find it comforting and fun and easy to listen to. Beautiful album, just not the kind of album I tend to reach for. If it was in a concert setting I would adore it, with all the solos and just the energy jazz brings into a room, but since it is just an album it cuts away at some of that excitement for me. I don't really get jazz, but I enjoy it, and this album plays that weird line of "I don't really get it so I don't really like it" and "it sounds good the whole way through so yeah". Pursuance is probably my favourite track, simply because it is the most energetic. I loved the intro drum solo, then the one midway through that transitioned into the bass solo (love a bass solo). Psalm is a close second with it being the most dramatic piece of the album.

Jazz 🙄

sometimes jazz is the best thing you've ever heard and sometimes its some bullshit and this is more of the latter i want to say i like it i really do but i just dont

Bare ikke mig, alt for meget trut.

Another album that is obviously very technically impressive but means nothing to me

moze jakbym sluchala tego 50 lat temu w jakiejs kawiarni to by mi sie podobalo

Ambitny jazz:)

Jazzijazzijazzi. Mikið að gerast þarna...

Igual me dió, SOY MUY MALA CON LOS INSTRUMENTALES no sentí nada diferente 😭😭😭 igual posiblemente lo siga escuchando para leer y no mantenerme como loca cantando y no prestando atención a lo que leo

just started listening, i really like the first song. i love the beginning of this. ok tbh im not the biggest fan of this much avant gardness, idk lolll its a bit too experimental and strange for my taste. im more into bebop, hardbop, big band. first track over. ok so i wasnt the biggest fan, but i can appreciate it. sort of. anyways, see u tomorrow

em ok

Well, I guess I’m in the group of people who don’t “get it.” I wish I liked this. Maybe sax squeak doesn’t hit the same as guitar amp feedback for me?

Granted a very technical album but man, this was a tough listen. Maybe I don’t like jazz.

je sais que c'est un des meilleurs albums de jazz au monde mais je ne peux pas :(

I can’t opine on this other to say ‘it’s all over my head, babe.’

Not my genre at all. Wish it were. Maybe as I age it will become. I’m sure this is really good

Too much jazz for a Thursday morning

No more jazz, PLEASE!

You know... I didn't hate it as much as I have other jazz albums, but I still didn't care for it. I know, I'm a bad music listener.

Full jazz, 4 morceaux assez longs, bien jazz (splash) mais trop pour moi car j’ai deja du mal avec ce genre. Coltrane est l’un des saxophonistes les plus influants de l’histoire du jazz. Album concept considere comme album majeur du jazz. Enregistrement en une seule seance en studio.

1.5

ts jazz

First track... Booo daaa dooo dip. 'Its the notes you don't play". I piano being walked on by a cat playing random notes and a sax just screaming in pain. Not for me.

Sophie - Why is every album on this list 4 songs yet the length is like 40 minutes? Again, maybe background music but I certainly wouldn’t be putting it on in my home. Not bad music though, just not my style. 2/5

I've tried so hard, but I just don't love listening to jazz music. I'm sure this is a great album for those that do though.

Most modern jazz doesn't hit with me. I like melody and harmony. I can take a little jam band, a heap of improvisation as part of a larger work as long as it isn't too repetitive. I keep coming back to a few of the best Coltrane\Monk performances to see if age allows me to appreciate it. I can hear the skill in this, but it doesn't raise the little hairs on the back on my neck nor make me want to listen again. Like most great ballet, it makes me want to check my watch and read the program. I realize this may be a personal failing. I would also rather watch old Bugs Bunny cartoons than watch a ballet. I'd rather listen to early Iron Maiden than listen to this for long.

- didn’t like the first song - not a particularly cool jazz album - probably won’t listen again

This is obviously good but it's not for me

Escuchándolo en vivo en un bar de jazz, joya. Por si solo, no me encantó.

The list continues to affirm that I’m not much of a jazz enjoyer. I’m sure if you’re a jazz fan this is a great work, but it didn’t do much for me. The piano-heavy sections were more enjoyable, but the sections where it became more overcrowded with instruments tempted me to channel my inner Homer asking Lisa to ‘knock off that infernal racket’.

Revisit later 2

Jazz

Jazz. And a lot of it. Just too much going on for my little head to take.

I don't get jazz so much aber hin und wieder sicher irritierend gut

It has been clear in my reviews that I am not a fan of jazz. This jazz, however, is worse than most. It is too meandering, and too random. He clearly achieved the sound he was going for, but it is not for me.

Not quite my tempo

Oh ja szanuję osoby które lubią taką muzykę ale… nie dla mnie słuchanie 10min piosenek bez tekstu 😭nie dokończyłam…

Mid jazz

Ei toiminut. Ei vaan lähde tämmöset

Joooh, ihan taidokasta pimputtelua, mutta pimputtelua

Onpahan luritusta, otapa tästä nyt sit selvää...

Ei tää ollutkaan Robbie Williamsin Love Supreme. Kai tästä soitannosta tunne välittyi, mutta vaatisi kyllä myös oikean mielentilan kuunnella tätä. Nyt automatkan taustamusiikkina hukkui kyllä vähän kaiken muun alle. Ei ihan varauksetta lähde, mutta ei tämä nyt mitään kamalista kamalintakaan ole.

nice but again

Not for me.

Probably one of the best Coltrane album titles out there, and he has a lot of album titles. Not his best music, though. Four seemingly connected tracks, if only in title. Not smooth, kind of wonky. The band doesn't seem to coalesce around any given theme(s), and it sounds like just a collection of notes that don't fit particularly well. I know there's better in Coltrane's repertoire, and this left me wanting more.

I continue to be unable to fully appreciate jazz, and today I realized it's at least in part due to how I listen to the albums on this list: while working, usually. This is usually a detriment for albums where the lyrics are a big part of the draw, but I think it's also a problem for jazz despite the lack of lyrics. Jazz can be fine as background music, but it can probably only be appreciated at a 4 or 5 star level if you're really paying attention to it. A few times during this album, I'd devote attention to it and think "oh, that was a nice little bit in the middle of this 8 minute track" but then the rest of it would just be pure background noise. I didn't dislike any of this, but I also don't think I'd like it enough to just sit and listen to it.

DNF 3/23, need to relisten. The technical ability of the musician is impressive but this is SO hard for me to listen to.

OMG no

Probably the greatest jazz record ever but it’s still jazz.

Wish I was more into jazz, but I don’t think I’m smart enough.. Was fine in the background while I worked, but not my thing. Points for musicianship though

Just not that into jazz, personally.

Jazz is a difficult genre for me to judge. It is not very accessible and since I am not the most avid listener, I tend to not really like most of it. However the stuff I do like, I like a lot. This however falls into the first category. I don't really understand the aim of this album and its music. It is likely on me for not understanding it, but I cannot give it a higher mark than I am doing now. 2/5

I don't like jazz

60s Jazz masterpiece. The kind of chaotic jazz that puts me on edge. Improv jazz like that is not for me.

i’m stressed now thanks john

Respect jazz more than I like it

porque me esta recomendando todo el rato jazzque yo no quiero escuchar mas jazz

Please, no more jazz.

I have an appreciation for Jazz but not an appreciation for listening to it. I understand it's importance in the history of music but I feel you cannot just sit down and enjoy a jazz album without understanding the complexities and improvisations of the genre. I did take some time to read more about John Coltrane and the significance of this album. But ultimately it is hard for me to get past it being "just noise". Probably a criticism you might hear about any genre of music.

Not qualified to opine on jazz. This isn’t the album that’s made it click for me. FWIW first couple of tracks and final track were ok and third was a harder listen. Prefer Madness for my sax fix! Sorry but a 2 for me. Philistine I may be.

If you like it fair play. I don't. Probably like when an artist paints a few splodges when you know they can do better. .....and falls on a piano halfway through

i hate jazz it makes me angry people who say they like jazz should be given a wide berth

It’s Jazz. I wonder how Jazz artists name their music when it doesn’t have words. Tbh the instruments seem uncoordinated as if they’re playing different songs. Interesting. 2/5 personally.

Great musicianship, but I still can't really get into Jazz. It felt like random blips of scales and no real cohesiveness. Some parts better than others, but I found myself eager for it to end.

I don't like jazz so I'm not sure I could judge its merits. John Coltrane shows off his incredible skills as a musician. I found I like psalm best and other parts were more exciting or interesting but it just descends into a mess to my ears that I can't make sense of and hate hearing. 2/5

Jazz is such a double edged sword. Some stuff is like this: disorganized and overstimulating as fuck. I *know* the instrumentation here is special… I know there is virtuoso playing… but it just doesn’t sound nice.

Not a style of Jazz I enjoy, post bop, free jazz, are technically brilliant but not for me

Hard to rate this one anything more than a two when Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew was so much better.

i don't like jazz :(

not super big fan, could be cool for a dinner party

o maluco arregaça no piano oq me causa muita inveja

wow

Angry jazz.

I was probably not in the right mood but njjjaaa

cool as background but i wouldnt listen it while walking down the street but i really love this jazz bar vibe felt like in david lynch film

Sounds Kind of generic to me.

One of the better choices among the weird selection of jazz on this list, but if you like jazz, you will already know it, and if you don’t like jazz, you definitely won’t like this.

Ich muss mich erst auf Jazz einlassen. Ich erstmal 2

I don't get improvisational jazz. Part II is superior to part I. Jazz makes me feel stupid because I absolutely do not understand most of it, this included. This is what is on at a snobby, rich young New Yorker's loft during a party in a movie. I can't imagine real people listening to this even as background music on a day-to-day basis. I feel about the saxophone the way I know many people feel about the harmonica in Bob Dylan's or Neil Young's music. I think I'm just more of a standards and jazz trio kind of person.

Tough one... this one says more about me than it says about the album, but Jazz is really not my thing :(

No doubt impressive for its time and what it is. I can appreciate its merits. But I don’t live inside the movie Whiplash; I don’t have a lot of situations in my life where I want to hear someone randomly riffing on a horn while everyone around does the same thing with theirs. I suppose it’s the ad hoc improvised feel that makes it less enjoyable. I want progression, build up, conflict, tension and maybe resolution? The only tension here seems to be between the players vying to see who can play over the other. Simpleton perspective? Maybe. But I just don’t know how or where I would listen to this on the regular. 2/5

Listening to the first song of the album, yes it is jazz i think (excuse my lack of knowledge) - I dont understand what they're trying to do. The instruments dosent seem to be flowing in sync for some reason? Maybe ill grow into it..hmm..lets see Oh the lyrics have started now (by the end of first song, my nerves seem to be settling down a little bit now) Yea no, the second song is making me restless again...ugh. Wow, i feel like strangling myself. At the third song and yep, sorry mr coltrane, i shall try out your album someday down the line again.

Jazz

I really really like the saxophone sounds and the piano! The drums on the last song threw me off a bit.

Enjoyed the first track, especially when you get to hear Coltrane chant A Love Supreme.

I'm sure it's an important album but life's too short to spend even half an hour listening to what I experience as tedious chaos.

Pas son meilleur, vraiment pas

Jazz kinda sucks.

Not for me. Just jazz. Probably good of you enjoy jazz. But I don't have the patience for it

this was ok i just have instrumental jazz fatigue

Coltrane can be nice and smooth. Some of the riffs get overwhelming and I find myself reaching for the "skip" button. Something that requires focus and attention, not for background music. This album isn't my favorite Coltrane.

I've tried this album a few times over the years and not for me. Appreciate the influence it had and the musicianship in particular the drum and double bass but the claranet just gives me anxiety. If I had to listen to jazz it's probably the slower smoother stuff.

I want to like this album I really do but I just don't get it. There's a lot of really fast notes that overwhelm me. The playing is flawless but to me un engaging. And what's with the solo drumming? It's a lot of noise that leads nowhere.

No thank you. I have all the respect for Coltrane and I love a good jazz ensemble, but I need a touch more structure. If I ever need to wipe an ear worm out of my head though, this album would probably do it.

I was vibing with it at the beginning but then it just became a headache to listen to so much saxophone so not to bad i just don’t think it’s my type.

Thank god it was short. It's not bad Jazz but jesus christ is it boring to listen for 30 minutes straight when that part 3 and 4 suck so much.

not a big fan to be honest. don't get what it's doing

i dont like jazz enough for this… wouldnt listen on a regular basis but it isnt bad

Found it boring, sorry.

GOING IN: Quite hopeful LISTENED WHILE: reading a magazine FAMILIARITY: New to me SKIP RATE: Gave up entirely REPLAY VALUE: Once was plenty DISCOVERY CURVE: Never happened ALBUM ARC: All over the place VERDICT: Bit disappointing BODY'S VERDICT: Statue mode My Rating: 2 Spent almost 20 years getting to a quiet place in my head. This album undid it all in under 4 minutes.

It was a hit or miss for me. I found myself to be immersed at times and at other times bored. If I had listened to this live, I believe I would’ve liked it a lot more.

Eh. Jazz without vocals not really my thing. This album is probably the goat for jazz heads. This album does nothing for me

Just have difficulty listening to this type of music.

Definitely for a jazz lover, made me feel like I was a sex in the city extra

I suppose I need some kind of strategy to get into Jazz. So far, I have failed. *sigh* I'm sure this isn't bad, but ... well ... not very enjoyable for me. I'll keep on searching, I guess. 2/5

Several random musicians, albeit highly talented ones, recording in different rooms with different notes. Borderline irritating

basis

fav: (?) „A Love Supreme, Pt. IV - Psalm”; sadly not my style but undeniably very impressive musically

Listen, he’s a sublime instrumentalist. I just don’t love sitting and listening to jazz

Really tried but jazz is just not my thing

75/1001 First listen. It’s jazz. It just sounds like a warm up before the actual music begins but it never does. Thankfully it was only 32 minutes. 3/10

The album was great but jazz simply is not a style I gravitate towards!

* fave song - a love supreme, pt. II - resolution * every song would start strong and get me excited but by the end of it i wasn’t feeling it. the motif in pt II resolution was cool. it was a little much for me

This list has made me realise I can't stand jazz music. Maybe I am too stupid and my attention span is too bad (IDK) but jazz makes me want to rip my skin off - it's so boring! Regardless, this is better than the albums I have given 1 star too.

not my thing.

I like a bit of jazz but not if it's too jarring, e.g. with lots of sudden chord/key changes. I found this album a little jarring. The piano was great but the sax kept on breaking out of what I was expecting. I'm sure some people will say, but that's jazz. If that's what you like then I'm not going to argue with you. Overall, it wasn't awful to listen to, but probably not something I'd go back to look for again.

I enjoyed a portion of this but genre wasn’t really for me.

Джаз, хуяз

innerlich gestresst amüsiert begeistert hibbelig

not my style as I prefer lyrical songs more than just instrumental songs. It’s also my first jazz album and I didn’t feel really connected to it but it was a short listen and I don’t regret it.

very drum heavy. prefer pt. iv the most mainly due to the sax being more prominent.

I feel like this was meant to be some form of relaxing album based on the title but I found myself stressed due to the constant rhythm changes. It sounds like a bunch of people who are competent at music decided to go off script and wasn't sure why everyone else wasn't following their lead The last song wasn't bad, maybe they agreed to play a slower song and were able to piece something together 1-2

It was alright, I wish I could get this exalted religious experience others seem to. It feels like I’m standing in front of a marble statue but there’s a sheet over it. Jazz feels like the hardest genre for me to understand which is ironic given it predates almost everything I listen to. Rating: 2.3

Slightly tedious jazz

Bit of a Din .... ! 5/10

not a jazz fan

This is auditory slop in a bad way. I did not enjoy listening to this, and if this is the "peak" Jazz album I will happily avoid the genre in its entirety. It felt like I was sitting in a panera bread eating re-heated soup in a hard to eat bread bowl. Ew.

If you listen to music, and listen to musicians and read about music I don't think that you can go through life without hearing of John Coltrane. He is spoken about in reverent terms, as is his album "A Love Supreme". Jazz and learning more about Jazz is one of the reasons why I started this exercise of listening to 1001 albums. What I have discovered so far, is that Jazz, on the whole, is just not for me. I found "A Love Supreme" to be a far from relaxing listening experience, off putting and sonically jarring. I was not at ease listening to it at any time. I didn't find it thrilling, moving or beautiful. At best I was indifferent, finding it somewhat monotonous, and at worst I disliked it. Did I like anything? The drumming of Elvin Jones was impressive, particularly during "Pursuance" but during that track it was effectively a drum solo, laid back a little in the mix until 7 minutes 30 seconds or so when he cuts loose. But we then move into a dull double bass guitar solo. If I find myself reaching for the definition of the 5 star rating system, that I use, the album I'm listening to is getting a rating of no greater than three stars. That is the case here. I realise that for some my rating will be a sacrilege but for me this is a two star album. 1 Part 1: "Acknowledgement" (2/5) 2 Part 2: "Resolution" (2/5) 3 Part 3: "Pursuance" (2/5) 4 Part 4: "Psalm" (1/5) Total - 7 Average - 1.75 172/1001 93/172 albums reviewed were new to me.

Didn't enjoy it very much, but it wasn't bad

I think I've learned that John Coltrane is not my favorite jazz artist.

Jazz not really for me.

Hey, A Love Supreme. I listened to this album forever ago and tore it a new one at the time. I was in the depths of my intolerant hatred for jazz music and could not for the life of me understand why so many of these things clogged the highest-rated charts on music cataloging sites. I still don't, but I've made peace with my inability to understand. I'll probably come away with an improved opinion of this album on the relisten - it's among my lowest-rated albums on said music cataloguing sites. Yeah. I mean, okay. That's the level of elocution you can expect whenever I'm talking about jazz. I've always held the conspiratorial belief that jazz fans are musicians in disguise who are covertly psyopping the masses into adopting their sick musical proclivities. I'm confident that you need some level of music theory understanding to "get" this brand of jazz, which I have none of. To my unwashed, untrained ears, this is fine background noise without being anything more. I rarely felt that the tracks were building towards anything and it was difficult for me to form a complete opinion of the songs when they went on for so long. Still, this was a perfectly fine album to listen to on a Sunday afternoon while trying to settle my perpetual album debt. "Acknowledgement" is fine. The vocal bit at the end of the track is pretty cool, and the instrumentation was decent overall. The rest of the tracks were fine, also. Going in with lower expectations meant that I could appreciate the good bits and blot out the rest that I didn't care for. I know that this is one of the frontrunners in jazz music, so I won't think of consulting the book for why this is in here. I cosign the inclusion.

Is free jazz the longest, most disconcerting and most complicated cry for help in human history? I think so. I'm going to continue ignoring it but it is really making me uncomfortable.

2.5

Not really my thing. Jazz...

Krasser jazz Erinnert mich ans Montez

I found this interesting, but I feel like I need to listen to more jazz (and more accessible jazz) to learn to fully appreciate it.

It's fine, didn't blow my mind or anything.

This is a pretty nice jazzy album, fairly short one as well, so it was alright listening to it. At some point, it kind of gets annoying because there's just too many instruments playing their own thing, but it's manageable.

как же они просто рандомно ебошили по инструментам........... хотя местами было вполне приятно слушать

I recognize the pure talent, but this was a little too free form for me.

A Love Supreme, Pt. 1

Tyvärr den tråkiga delen av jazz imo, förlåt musikhistorien.

Helt okej för att vara jazz.

I’m coming to find I just don’t like jazz. It just doesn’t do it for me.

Skibideeba badadeebapapaaa Skibedibap pa pa paaaaa - paused.

Nope. Over my head.

Not a jazz fan so couldn't finish it.

Für mich zu jazzlastig

813 albums in and I still fear the Jazz….

Appreciate it but it’s not my thing

When this was released I suppose it was groundbreaking, since modal jazz apparently was the greatest new thing in jazz. However, as I listened to this album it I’m unable to comprehend its magnificence. To me it is long rambling sax playing with no beginning, end, or melody.

At first thought, this is just chaotic noises. Any one instrumentalist on their own was enjoyable enough and talent can be gleaned from their style and quality of play. Together however I find this album, and this style of jazz incoherent and garbled. But this is coming from the guy who loves Ken Burns' Jazz and has watched it multiple times, but never made it past the 1950's, so I guess it's just not my thing. I enjoyed the album enough as more of background noise after awhile.

jazz is not for me. 4th track was alright tho

j’aime bien le jazz, quand ça sonne pas comme si quelqu’un avait lancé une batterie du haut d’un escalier

Har lyst til å like det, men får det ikke helt til. Mangler nok struktur. Jobbigt att lyssna på. Mulig jeg har den i feil setting. Fungerer nok bedre i en dyr skinnsofa i et stor Hollywoodhus kl 23:30 med et glass whiskey.

On initial spin, didn't really dig it.

Cool moments here and there

I like this kind of jazz

Not a jazz fan

Yeah this is was cool to listen to on my walk to the train after work. Not sure I’ll ever listen again tho tbh. I like the drums on the third track a lot.

Didn’t enjoy that at all, maybe that’s just jazz. A few good sections overall a mess

Great music, I like lyrics. Not for me.

I'm not a jazz man but good saxophone playing John

I don't get improvisational jazz. Part II is superior to part I. Jazz makes me feel stupid because I absolutely do not understand most of it, this included. This is what is on at a snobby, rich young New Yorker's loft during a party in a movie. I can't imagine real people listening to this even as background music on a day-to-day basis. I feel about the saxophone the way I know many people feel about the harmonica in Bob Dylan's or Neil Young's music. I think I'm just more of a standards and jazz trio kind of person.

Pas pour moi pas assez de connaissances en jazz

Well, this might be the best jazz album I’ve endured so far.

Still not into jazz

Albums like this remind me Im not a fan of jazz. Just not music I'd choose to listen to

John Coltrane made an excellent jazz album. He is a monolith. This album inspired a lot of people that I love to listen to. I sort of hear the musical conversation and improv, and it is interesting. All that said, I just didn't enjoy the experience of listening to it. I felt like I would miss part of the conversation, and I have nothing to catch myself back up, the music just keeps moving. I'm glad this album was made, but I'm not going to pretend like I understood what was happening.

Jazz

With the background knowledge that these songs were recording in a single session, it comes together as quite an impressive feat. I do find that the overall sound of the album eventually wears thin on my patience.

most of this album gave me a headache, but that's the case with most Jazz music. I can appreciate his talent and artistry, but my ears can't.

okay jazz

I’m not really one for jazz, but because of j cole on night shift, this would be my go-to, should I want to listen to jazz music. It’s good, I’m just an uncultured soul that does not get the genre as a whole. That rhymed. How fun

I have to be in the right mood to really enjoy jazz, and sadly today I was not in that mood. I can appreciate the quality of Coltrane's play though.

Day570 - not enough good to make up for the bad

zu jazzig für mich

Part 4 was quite nice and gets it a bonus star. The rest (minus the guy repeating “a love supreme”) I found irritating like somebody else’s kid badgering you nonstop for attention.

no sabría diferenciar las canciones entre si la verdad si me hablas de jazz lit pienso en esto no es un género que escuche pero no está mal le pongo un 3 xq no me da ganas de arrancarme los oídos pero tmp lo volvería a escuchar ngl mira sabes qué, voy a ser más estricta. me ha aburrido viva así que lo voy a bajar a un 2 2/5

Good accompanying music. Coltrane’s playing is a bit over the top. Not my cup of tea.

I mean, if I wanted to go to a lounge and experience some real live jazz like you see in the movies, this is what I hope I would hear there. It's got squeaky saxophone, terrible bass solos, gratuitous drum solos, and not a lick of rhythm or melody, nor a hook to be found. Very jazz.

Jesus Christ! This goes on a bit, doesn't it?

Did not care at all.

3/10 Music is about connections - between the notes and rythms, harmonies and voicings, about how individual elements fit to make something bigger than the parts. Jazz fights this. Each instrument is on its own journey - they often seem to wilfully ignore each other. So where is the magic and the beauty? I can't find it in the jumbled mess of a jazz track. I don't want to hear the tip tap of a hi-hat, the tedious meandering of a double bass, the incessant stabbing of a discordant piano. And most of all, I don't want to hear the rasp of a reedy clarinet searching through every note to see what fits. So no, I don't like jazz. I don't get it, and that's ok. You don't have to get everything. I could say I wish I did see it, but I don't need to. I'll leave it, thanks.

I don’t know if I’m in the minority here but just not my favourite, didn’t do much. 2 stars

listening to this album bumped my anxiety up to 11. I can tell it's good. I don't know what it is, but I don't think I'd ever be willing to listen to this intentionally

1.5

Too dramatic and long winded for me.

Must be an amazing album if you're into jazz, but it’s just not for me. While I can appreciate the artistry and musicianship, the style doesn’t resonate with my taste. It’s a well crafted work, but I find myself wishing for something different.

Decent jazz but boring overall

די משעמם... קצת מוזיקת מעליות

Guys, I've got some bad news. I think I hate Jazz music. I went into this with an open mind, and even a good friend talking me through what the "structure of Jazz music" entails. None of it helped. This was just bad. I don't understand Jazz music and I don't know if I ever will unfortunately. A big reason I started this challenge was to broaden my musical horizons, and in many aspects I believe I have succeeded. However, I tried to listen to this album and find ANYTHING to enjoy for multiple hours, and I just couldn't. So, I'm sorry John Coltrane. I gave it my best shot, and I still didn't enjoy it. However, each musician is clearly very talented, and for that reason this wasn't absolute torture. A 2 star, very low 2 star, but still a 2 star out of 5 nonetheless. I'd feel bad rating 2 albums a 1 star in a row anyway. Maybe I shouldn't, this was still pretty bad.

This is a spiritual jazz album heavily featuring the tenor saxophone. The album is separated into four parts leading you through the journey of coming to know the Lord and embracing his supreme love. I can appreciate that. However, I myself am not a jazz fan nor am I particularly religious. I can't deny the talent Coltrane has though, and I think that if you are a jazz lover you will really enjoy this album. It just wasn't for me.

Maybe I really don't like every genre. As a first impressions of jazz, dare I say that I found this album quiet boring. I get the whole spirituality theme of it but I just don't see how anyone could figure that out while listening. I liked some segments I guess.

I'm not really a Jazz man but can imagine if you was you'd enjoy it.

Nope. Still not old enough for jazz. (Whew!) Lots of frantic squawking on the sax and banging on an old piano. The musicianship in parts was Supreme, just not for me. (2.2*s)

unfortunately this type of jazz wasn't my thing:(

Too much. I don't mind Jazz , but this is the kinda of Jazz I struggle to digest. It seems like everyone is minding their own business

Great album for all the snobs out there. 1 point for the technical capabilities of the musicians.

I don’t get jazz it’s a me problem

I really want to love this album. I consider myself at least an amateur jazz enthusiast, I enjoy Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker. My first album that got me into jazz at all was the Charlie Brown Christmas album (Vince Garauldi Trio!). For the life of me I cannot seem to enjoy this that much. There are no snappy hooks that pull me in. I have listened to this album probably 8 or 10 times in my lifetime. Oh well, maybe someday. :)

har svårt för knepig jazz. jag behöver mer entry level grejer.

1.66

Favoriten A love supreme pt1. Acknowledgment A Love Supreme pt|v psalm

This is an incredibly hard album to rate cause I objectively didn’t like it, but I can appreciate the actual talent and craftsmanship that went into this. I appreciate a super technical guitar solo that goes completely over my head and almost sounds like a mush of noises and notes, but if it goes on for almost 30mins that could be exhausting. I know that is not a fair comparison cause there are so many instruments being orchestrated by immensely talented musicians, but as someone who was never classically musically trained, I can say first hand that most of this goes over my head and I don’t even truly appreciate what makes this so special. But I can say that just because a ton of work and talent goes into a beef Wellington doesn’t mean I’m actually going to like it. The same applies here, I didn’t love the somber atmosphere it gave and I couldn’t appreciate it on the level a gifted musician would. So I can’t give this album a good review but I can appreciate that my opinion on this doesn’t matter cause I’m not someone whose opinion of jazz should matter.

I've been really enjoying the jazz albums we've been getting on this list, but this one doesn't really do anything for me. I don't know why this one doesn't speak to me. I should probably give it another listen in a different mood.

J - 2/5 Best Track - N/A F - 2/5

I know this is criminal to say as John Coltrane is one of those legends, but this was meh. It REALLY felt like elevator music. Just because you can play really fast and get those squeals doesn't make you a good songwriter. If you were to tell me all 4 songs were one song, I'd believe you. Please do something else. Liked Songs: "A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution"

One thing can be certain - whoever curated this list loves jazz. This one was chaotically uninteresting to me.

Don’t think jazz does it for me

Eh jazz

I’m really not a big fan of jazz

Classic jazz. Skilled artists. Does sound a bit like a warm up to a performance. If melody is narrative, jazz is a haiku; recognizable and occasionally repetitious, consumable in small chunks and an ignorable background at it's worst.

ehhhhh

Wasn’t into it - I see how it’s appreciated but not my thing

Nej, nu har jag lyssnat flera gånger. Det har skavt varje gång, ibland mer och ibland mindre. Ett stort problem är att man inte kan bygga musik runt en saxofon, det är inte ett så skönt sound. Det kan passa ibland, som utfylland. Men inte i rampljuset. Den första låten, som är improviserad, är dessutom för jobbig. Det är inte najs. Det här är den sämre typen av jazz tyvärr.

Hade trott och hoppats att jag skulle gilla denna mer än vad jag faktiskt gjorde. Även om det såklart är bra rent tekniskt blir det lite för stressigt, hetsigt och intensivt med saxen. Kommer på mig själv med att pusta ut under pianodelarna. Den sista lite lugnare delen är mest behaglig att lyssna på.

I can appreciate the talent that goes into jazz, but it's still not for me. The music makes me anxious.

In the same way that Techno without certain chemicals could be quite repetitive and boring, this album seemed to be the total opposite and reminded me of a Jackson Pollock painting of just random noises with the purpose of as much chaos as possible. At least it wasn't something that would not entertain you for the 30+ minutes so it get's a 2 star rating.

If you are a musician or really like jazz this will probably be a god tier 5. I know very little about jazz, but generally like what I've heard/seen. I know nothing about avant-garde jazz but I know the name John Coltrane. This kinda washed over me and I listened to some more familiar jazz after and confirmed I don't like/appreciate this style of jazz. It's not bad. Prefer to watch Jazz live. 2/5.

Too experimental, felt like everyone was playing a different song.

“It’s improvised!” Yeah bitch we can tell

I just don’t really like jazz that much

Not my thing!

Great saxophonist and great music but not the type of music for me

Jazz just continues to be a struggle.

Yeah... I just can't get into jazz. I understand the significance of this album but to me, there's no hold for me

# 448 : 01/04/2025 : Hey, I tolerate most music. Jaz and Rap just aren't one of them. This album sounds like a bunch of guys in one huge jam session and doesn’t really meld…. Oh, and it's obviously meant to be listened to in mono.

All I know about jazz is that there are songs I absolutely love, and songs I don't get. Unfortunately, this is in the latter. Love the drumming though.

I dont mind an album like this but it's too much for me to passively listen and enjoy but not enough when I actively listen.

Not my cup of tea. I can hear the skill but didn't enjoy listening to it.

I'm really glad I listened to this but this just isn't my cup of tea. Very talented musician and interesting music. Just not something I want to listen to often

„A Love Supreme“ ist eines der bekanntesten und einflussreichsten Alben von John Coltrane. Der US-amerikanische Tenorsaxophonist Coltrane, der in den 1960er Jahren eine bedeutende Rolle in der Entwicklung des Jazz spielte, nahm das Album in den Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey auf. Es wurde 1965 veröffentlicht und markiert einen Höhepunkt seiner spirituellen Reise, die sich auch in der Musik widerspiegelt. Das Album ist ein Konzeptwerk, das sich in vier Teile gliedert: Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance und Psalm. Diese Struktur und die tiefgreifende Spiritualität des Werkes geben dem Album eine meditative und fast zeremonielle Atmosphäre. Coltrane wird dabei von einer herausragenden Band begleitet, darunter McCoy Tyner am Klavier, Jimmy Garrison am Bass und Elvin Jones am Schlagzeug. Besonders das erste Stück, Acknowledgement, mit seiner berühmten "A Love Supreme"-Phrase, zählt zu den markantesten Momenten des Albums. Musikalisch bewegt sich das Werk im Bereich des post-bop und ist für seine komplexen Harmonien sowie die improvisatorische Freiheit bekannt. Es zeigt Coltranes künstlerische Reife und seinen Drang, den Jazz in neue Dimensionen zu führen. Das Album wird oft als Meilenstein des spirituellen Jazz angesehen. A Love Supreme bleibt ein zentraler Punkt in der Jazzgeschichte und Coltranes Diskografie. Es spricht sowohl Jazzliebhaber als auch diejenigen an, die an der Verschmelzung von Musik und Spiritualität interessiert sind. Das Werk zeigt den einzigartigen künstlerischen Ausdruck von Coltrane und bleibt auch über Jahrzehnten hinweg von großer Bedeutung.

I've mentioned it before: I really struggle with jazz. The musicians all seem to just be doing their own thing - it honestly make me feel anxious. Occasionally it sounds nice and I'll start to get into it... then right back to chaos. I also thought the saxophone was mixed way too loud. I gave it two listens convinced I was missing something. That was enough for me.

такой глубокий джаз не мое( а жаль

How to rate something that I just don't enjoy....I want to, I really do, but the scattered nature of the music just doesn't jive with my brain. There are moments that I start to fall into but then the scatteredness comes in and I get distracted. Knowing Coltrane is one of the heavy hitters in jazz I tried this time to really focus and fall into the uncomfortableness in the lack of pattern in the music but it just is still not my thing. If I pull out each piece individually they are good and great parts of the time. The piano in part 3 is beautiful and the trumpet throughout I enjoy, but it is all of them together that just don't draw me in.

I don't like this album because there aren't any lyrics. I like the music and it sounds like jazz. I don't like that the song is a bit boring, there's no lyrics to listen to. I wouldn't recommend this to people who don't like classical/jazz music.

I like the beat but I like to hear some one singing i don't recommend if you like singing but if you don't then this song is for you

2 i like the trumpets and stuff playing the second i like the thimrd kinda

Really, really good jazz - and I really dislike jazz, regardless.

Jazzzzzzz

I am sorry, sir, but I am not a jazz fan. I am, however, jazzed at what you’ve accomplished here. I will see myself out.

I've come to the conclusion, I just don't like jazz.

Hit and miss with jazz anyway and this one wasn't my favorite

I see why it’s loved, it just irked me sometimes

Nice enough to have in the background or at a dinner party but that's about the only time/place I could envision putting this on again. Clearly talented just not a genre I listen to in my free time. 4.75/10 (2.375/5)

For me it's just jazz.

It’s clearly made by some very talented people but I just don’t see myself going back to listen to this ever again. Sorry!

Can see the artistry, as someone who's sat with a bunch of terrible instrumentalists this shines as something above and beyond. But maybe I'm just not a fan of jazz. Need to put it on with a glass of wine, or maybe at a club, and see if it's different. Oozes creativity, just not my style.