Reviews (page 12 of 14)
I always like the idea of jazz more than I do actually listening to it. I don't think I'm sophisticated enough for it. This is very easy listening, gentle stuff, but it doesn't really grab my attention.
Nisan sigurna da san uživala, al nije loše
Lijepo ali mi nije nešto spektakularno zanimljivo pa eto
Disco en clave entera de jazz. Trompetistas, saxofonistas y piano. Nada de vocal. Escuchable para un ambiente y entorno íntimo
It’s jazz!
Até agora não sei se gostei ou não. Foi meu primeiro disco de jazz de todos os tempos. Estou um pouco atônita com a quantidade de barulhos, mas entendo a importância e o legado.
I just don't think I know how to quantify jazz albums.
Try as I might, I just can't get into most jazz. Some jazz (e.g. John Zorn doing the music of Ornette Coleman) I really hate, and some I kinda like. This was somewhere in the middle, probably leaning a bit more to the "I kinda like it" side of the scale. I can definitely appreciate his sax playing, but overall I find it hard to get into. 3 stars.
Jazzzz, afslappende, vild sax, improviseret
Chaotic. It is up to you this is good or not for you.
So to begin, I am not a jazz music listener. Never got into it. So this was an experience. Very interesting, sounds of random chaos that melds together and works well. Enjoyable, but not my cup of tea.
Full disclosure: I'm a punk and indie kid. My exposure to jazz has been limited to the little bursts of jazz guitar lines and polyrhythmic changes in mathcore bands (Dillinger Escape Plan!), what little insipid piano-and-sax tinkles is played in hotel lobbies and, in recent years, BadBadNotGood and Jeff Goldblum (because Jeff Goldblum). So when I began my foray into this recommended work of Mr John Coltrane, whose name I've only read in passing in guitar magazines, I went in with a skeptical mind; one not completely familiar with jazz, but at the same time not without the pockets of exposure to be considered a clean slate. That being said, I am not wholly unimpressed by A Love Supreme. The musicianship is top notch. Exciting, dynamic, technical but emotive. Without any structure or riff to latch on to, I find myself flitting from instrument to instrument, taking in turns the melodically dissonant piano chords, the seemingly chaotic cymbals and syncopated tippy-taps of the snare and of course, the sax work of Mr Coltrane itself. Little wonder of course, that the sum of these far exceed its parts. I am writing this as I give this album my second listen, and while I don't think I will have this in my regular rotation (I am listening to this on YouTube via an incognito Google window, so as not to tamper with my algorithm), I do find that I am the better for having given this album a try. Minor aside : I really didn't like the vocal interjection of "A Love Supreme". It seemed so out of place in what would've otherwise been seamless instrumental interplay.
Too much saxophone action. Would have been a nice album with just the jazz drums and piano. Sorry.
Personally I found this type of jazz to be too fast paced, listening to it was not relaxing or a joyful experience but it felt like one was being rushed and almost stressful. Objectively though it's a good album by a legendary artist so I'm giving this the standard 3 for world/others
First Jazz album on the list. I enjoyed it and would listen again from time to time.
This is repetitive and while I don't hate it, I also don't live it.
i dont understand jazz
I'm in no position to rate this album, so... 3?
first disc is good
Not really my cup of tea. I'm not sure I'm knowledgeable enough on jazz to properly review this album, but I didn't really dig it personally. A bit harsh for my taste. I'd give it 2.5 if I could.
Jazz
Jazz
Jazz instrumental. Un poco aburrido.
Incredible, but hectic and not enjoyable per se
I generally prefer Coltrane's earlier work. This is a little more challenging than I want to listen to on a regular basis but the musicianship is undeniable.
Jazzy!
Strano, da risentire.
Well, it’s jazz.
Mmmmmm. Jazz. Niiiiiiiiiiiiice.
Not ready for jazz?
It's fine
Nice jazz album,
Listened three times to this magnum opus now, and oh, how I wish I was more into jazz. This is packed full of great moments from a technical standpoint. The opening minute with the gong, shimmering cymbals and the ensemble slowly coming to life, before the emergence of that four-note bass refrain. The climactic chants towards the end of "Acknowledgement". The drum and double-bass solos that bookend the unhinged "Pursuance". And then the calming influence of "Psalm" with some of the most expressive, yearning sax playing I've ever heard. It all passes by very quickly and each movement is completely distinct, giving an obvious shape to the record. It's very cohesive and tightly focused... I just don't respond to it emotionally. Hearing albums like this, I switch from "excitable-emotive-listener" into "objective-music-historian" mode. It does make me sad that I might never "enjoy" jazz as much as I do pop or rock, but it's impossible for me not to appreciate its craft and significance, especially on repeated listens. Would I know this was a classic in the genre if not being told by this site and many other sources? Maybe not. Does my awareness of its status affect how I perceive it? Almost definitely. I am giving this 3* because even though jazz isn't really for me (yet), the musicianship is almost definitely the best I've heard on this listening journey so far, and probably will be for a long while. Personal preference has to play a big role here, sorry Mr Coltrane! I'm sure you won't be turning in your grave.
jazz
Goed
Not to my taste
I realize he is an excellent musician. I just find all the high notes he plays on the sax to be grating so I can't really enjoy it.
Annie bought me this record for Christmas a couple years ago. It's enjoyable. That's the only criteria I really put on jazz music. I often put it on when we have guests and want something that will melt into the background. Still love the chanting of "A love supreme!" Never gets old.
not a massive Jazz fan but this was ok
Love John Coltrane. This is not my favorite from him.
Impressive, but not something I particularly enjoy listening to.
I’m not much of a jazz fan so it’s hard to rate the album I will say that the musicians are very talented but it’s not something I would listen to again 3/5
Not for me but jazz is impresive so
A master of his craft, his craft can be a little inaccessible.
best jazz offering we've had on this list (sorry spazzjazz).
*a love supreme, a love supreme, a love supreme, a love supreme*
Tambem ja tinha ouvido falar do John Coltrane mas eh azuis, talvez curta com um fone de ouvido mas esqueci...
i'm not very much into Jazz
Very impressed by the musicianship. The fourth track didn't land with me at all, but the rest was solid.
Hyvää jazzmeininkiä. Vaati sopivan mielentilan, että tästä jaksaa innostua. Nyt jaksoin innostua vaan kolmen tähden verran.
Tällä hetkellä oli vähän liian hidas päivä näin nopeaan jazziin. Lähtökohtaisesti jazz kuitenkin maistuu, ja tämäkin varmaan hieman eri tilanteessa paremmin. Vähän rauhallisemman jazzin vaatisi tämä päivä. 3,5 pinnaa, pyöristetään päivän menon mukaan tällä kertaa alaspäin, vaikka vikan kappaleen myötä olisi voinut pyöristää myös ylöspäin.
Ihan ok, mutta vähän turhan vikkelää neekerijatsia minun makuuni. Ei meinaa pysyä perässä, kun tulee nuotteja niin kovaan tahtiin. Taustamusiikkina jees, mutta en ihan asioikseni pistäisi soimaan.
Short album, would need to listen some more. Definitely felt more like a 60s album while still being Jazz
Although I usually don't like jazz, I though this album was OK.
De los discos de jazz que me salieron hasta ahora, creo que es el que más me gustó.
Great if you like jazz I guess. Good background stuff
Grande coltrane
As with Monk before him, not hugely into jazz, but it pleasantly classes up the joint. 5/10
Some nice Jazz
I can tell there is something cool going on here but I still don't get it.
Interesante y diferente, pero no veo como sea de lo más relevante en el género.
Do I love Jazz? Not particularly. Do I recognize the level of skill it takes to make this music? Hell yeah. An interesting listen.
It's Jazz. I enjoy Jazz in the right setting with the right mood. It is what it is.
Sí me gustó pero quizá de pronto no le entiendo al jazz. Es como si estás platicando con alguien y de pronto te grita y de pronto te susurra y dan ganas de darle unas cachetadas para que se ponga chido.
Corto, pero aguanta.
not bad
This is what jazz sounds like. It's jazzy and smooth. Unfortunately I don't feel like listening to this as I work without a glass of whisky and a cigarette
Very all over the place, 4 parts that let each instrument shine Devided into the ear speakers with clear distinction where each instrument would be in the room, which can be tiresome after a while when one instrument is just having a solo If you like jazz it's probably definitely for you
I wonder if this was in any way inspiration for the love below? Regardless, I did enjoy. Much more hectic than I would've expected, but interesting solos.
A bit dissonant for me. Not super leading jazz but tumultuous
Fin dzezic
3.6
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
I tried to get into Jazz once. I listened to the best and I listened to what I was told was the worst. There was little to no difference. This was the best.
Sacrilegious to say but I don't know what distinguishes this from 90% of jazz albums released after 1960 or so. I'm not convinced that a lot of the hype for this album isn't just an emperor's new clothes situation and most of you guys are just pretending to like it for the cool factor.
When it started off the surround system took my on a magical journey and I was blown away, until it started to feel like I was doing laps around the same landscape. Jazz fatigue kicked after 15 mins sorry.
2.5 ⭐️ i liked the ideia of just having 4 songs in the album, although I thought it would be different, I was waiting for lyrics on the other hand i think it's perfect for cozy study session!
I am sure this a classic jazz alblum. I am equally sure the mucianship is too notch to the trained ear. I found it boring. Glad I was exposed but it wasn't for me.
I felt like a detective🚬🌆🌆😊Thxx
Wanted to like it more, but….
Not for me
Just not my thing
I’m reluctant to only give this a 1 or a 2 because there’s nothing bad about it, it’s just not my cup of tea but, I did start to find it really grating after the second piece so 2 it is in afraid
Is jazz just five guys in a room playing whatever they want regardless of what the other musicians are playing and every once in a while it briefly clicks but they hurriedly move on anyway? That what it sounds like to me. Sometimes I was going "Yeah, this is working for me" only for John and friends to immediately change the groove and lose me again. Is that jazz? Am I too dumb for it? Or maybe I'm understanding it perfectly. Who knows. Who really cares.
Favourite Track(s):
2/3
I just can’t find a grove in this style of jazz and as such I can’t find enjoyment in it. Maybe I just do not have a sophisticated enough ear but if you need to understand it to appreciate it is it really doing what music is supposed to?? 🤔 2
Fine for a bit of background but once again, my pallette does not appreciate this.
Something that i can't understand now. Maybe later ...
Nette Hintergrundmusik, aber mehr dann auch nicht für mich.
Das Schlagzeugsolo am Anfang von Track 4 gefällt mir, sonst gibt es mir nicht so viel leider.
Tampoco me gusto mucho. Veo que es un historico del jazz, a mi me encanta el jazz pero simplemente no la vi. Es pura instrumental y en mi gusto llega a ser hasta un poco ruidosa, se nota que es un historico del jazz pero simplemente no es para mi este tipo de jazz. Llega a ser mas un album de musica de fondo que uno donde le prestes atencion. No se, no llegue a entender el contexto ni nada, en las primeras canciones se me hizo demasiado ruidoso. Obviamente se que puede estar mal mi opinion porque no tengo la experiencia de tocar o escuchar seguido estos instrumentos y no tengo la experiencia o la sabiduria de saber que se mando un albumzazo, pero me quedo con esta opinion de mi FL. Le doy un 5/10
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 🙄
Album 89 Tracks in order, favorite to least favorite: A Love Supreme Part IV --- Psalm; A Love Supreme Part II — Resolution; A Love Supreme Part III --- Pursuance; A Love Supreme Part I --- Acknowledgement I am back again! I can make a legitimate case for why I disappeared for so long, but I would be lying if I said that the album didn't factor into that hiatus at all. It did. I was not looking forward to listening to this one because when I first encountered it 4-ish years ago, I hated it. Since it is so short, I will be ranking all four tracks. Like I said, I hated this one the first time I heard it. Couldn't stand it. Couldn't wait for it to be over. Probably wrote something to that effect in my daily reflection for the jazz history class I was taking. I appear to have undergone some musical character development in the last 4 years, though, and this album now sits firmly in the middle of the pack. As far as jazz goes, is it my favorite? No, and it never will be. That honor goes to "And His Mother Called Him Bill..." for the time being. Is this still pretty low in my ranking of jazz albums? Yeah. HOWEVER, did I spend every second of this wishing it were over? No! Dare I say it, I actually rather enjoyed this listen. I think I probably wrote something about being beaten over the head with the "A love supreme" hammer in Part I. I still feel like I'm being beaten over the head with the album title hammer. Some things never change. I enjoyed Part III for about half of its runtime. It might've been the one that originally made me hate the album, and I might've skipped through parts of it on the first listen. In any case, it was long and noisy, but better than the last time I heard it. I liked Part IV. Soulful. Perhaps I'll continue being back, perhaps not.
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.