A Love Supreme

not a jazz person

Loveeeee loveeeee it was supreme. A classic

Good jazz. It grew on me. I worked out to this

"Ya like jazz?" Unfortunately Barry, not overly. While I can undoubtably hear the musicianship and prowess of John Coltrane in this album, which is pretty ubiquitous when it comes to saxophone and jazz music, it is not something I would often come back to, simply because of preference of genres. Still, I try to score relative to my understanding of his influence, his musicianship, and his profound ability to tell a story with very few words. Favorite Song: A Love Supreme, Pt. III - Pursuance Score: 93/100

Loved it! Especially parts 3 and 4. Officially added to my newly growing rotation of jazz albums along with Miles Davis and Charles Mingus.

Наимпровизировал на коленке на один из величайших альбомов жанра, молодец

Жяяяяяз

Это база

круто конечно, но я все равно и дальше буду путать разных джазменов - 3.5

It’s jazz. It’s got all the required bits in there and they are all jamming their little hearts out, making a decent racket that is pleasant enough. But I’m not quite seeing why this is regarded as such a landmark album. Maybe I’m just not cool enough. And I’m ok with that.

I'm not into jazz but this was really stunning

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.

mg hasta ahi

A classic in jazz, maybe one of the best jazz albums of all time, in the same class as 'Kind of Blue'. At least a strong 4. Might require more listens.

an easy chill listen

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.

Second half was peak

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 feel under-qualified to review this album, as I am not a jazz head. But even I can tell this is pretty exceptional work. Coltrane is incredible, and he's not alone. Each of the session musicians are amazing in their own right, and the mix gives so much room for each of them to breathe. It's as if you are sitting front-row in a jazz club and you have Coltrane to your left, the pianist and bassist center stage, and the drummer off to the right. This album truly needs to be listened to on headphones or a speaker setup with proper stereo spacing. I also dig how the whole album is really one song in four parts much like a classical piece.

I get why it's important, but it's not really for me.

it was ok, just not for me.

This was actually pretty entertaining and energetic for some straight forward jazz. A lot of talent here. I REALLY liked his backing band too.

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 like Jazz, but only here and there and I have to be in the mood. For it’s time I’m sure it was awesome, but today, it’s like any other Jazz album.

I felt like a detective🚬🌆🌆😊Thxx

I get it. But do I? It sounds like nothing else but now everything sounds like it even though it doesn't.

Wanted to like it more, but….

Outstanding

The high point of the week! This was very good, interesting rhythms, and cool solos. This did end up being kinda like a really artsy film, where I liked it and I'm glad I listened to it, but I also wouldn't just casually throw it on?

Practically the definition of jazz! I felt like Bosch as I listened to it and lusted after some Ohm speakers and his place in Brentwood. Maybe this should be four stars...

I still don't know much about Jazz so again it is going to be hard for me to comprehend the nuances and greatness of the genius that John Coltrane is without a doubt. That doesn't hold me back enjoying this record though and I assume it's getting better the more I listen to it and understand it more. Hard to put in words what I love about it but the saxophone playing from Mr Coltrane is otherworldly intense and just beautiful it seems like every single note and tone is exactly where it needs to be nothing more and nothing less. I also like how the album is built. Its a 4 part suite and every part is between 7 and 10 minutes long that makes it have enough variety but still enough time for every part to unfold in its complete beauty and intensity. I have a feeling this will be changed to 5 stars soon because I'm starting to listen to some more jazz every now and then and this one already feels like a masterpiece without me understanding the music behind it completely. 4,5/5

Correcto

None of the songs particularly stood out to me but it was a good listen

Not for me

I first listened to this album when I was first getting into jazz as it was widely acclaimed as one of the greatest records of any genre. I initially found it a bit atonal and didn't really encourage to me to seek out more of his discography. Nowadays, I really like the final track Psalm which is calmer than those that precede it but it's still not really for me. I think I'm more of a Blue Train/Giant Steps type guy and I'm fine with leaving this to the real jazz heads

1. acknouuledgement - 2 2. rezolution - 2 3. perzuance - 1 4. pzalm - 2

Just not my thing

Fabulous, a near peak, very high foothills. Nearly but a bit of over noodle.

Pretty good, songs sounded quite similar

Enjoyable jazz music but not my particular taste for replay value.

A superb easy listen of pure genius…

Absolute classic. Each listen I get something new. Only one star short of 5 because personally, stylistically this isn’t my favorite pocket in the jazz realm.

7/10 Buen album, muy tranquilo. Capaz medio repetitivo pero bien

Recorded in one session, that’s crazy work. Sorry to all those who don’t get it. This is a perfect album. ML400

Not joking, not exaggerating, this album made me believe in God again when I first heard it. Coltrane was a prophet.

One of the best albums ever made

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

un pazzo

måste va på rätt humör för sån här jazzzzz

Genuinely very stuck on this one. I’d listened before and I know it’s a seminal jazz classic but it’s never hit for me in the way other iconic jazz albums have. I can’t fault the craft, but if I’m being honest with myself I respect this album more than I personally like it.

this is simply the best album ever recorded

Some great playing naturally. A bit more glue in the thematic material I think would have bound this album together a bit more.

30 mins of innovation and beautiful chaos. So in America when the sun goes down and I sit on the old broken-down river pier watching the long, long skies over New Jersey and sense all that raw land that rolls in one unbelievable huge bulge over to the West Coast, and all that road going, all the people dreaming in the immensity of it, and in Iowa I know by now the children must be crying in the land where they let the children cry, and tonight the stars'll be out, and don't you know that God is Pooh Bear? the evening star must be drooping and shedding her sparkler dims on the prairie, which is just before the coming of complete night that blesses the earth, darkens all rivers, cups the peaks and folds the final shore in, and nobody, nobody knows what's going to happen to anybody besides the forlorn rags of growing old, I think of Dean Moriarty, I even think of Old Dean Moriarty the father we never found, I think of Dean Moriarty.

One of the greatest ever. The sax is just beautiful and when it starts playing those notes in "Resolution" it becomes a heavenly experience. Just an absolutely nuts album, so so good

Muito difícil esse tipo de álbum instrumental ser ruim

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.

A good friend of mine recommended this album donkey's years ago with one stipulation. I had to listen to it in one-shot, in the dark, and while lying down on the floor. Transformative. Thank you Linsey! 5.

Favourite Track(s):

Great players, but not sure that I "get" jazz

(9.5) One of the best Jazz Albums of all time.

5 stars and beyond are you kidding? Don’t even look at me if you can’t comprehend that. This is a masterpiece and Coltrane will continue to transcend.

Listening session: september 5th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: no Thoughts: impressive instrumentals, but like most jazz still not something I’d listen for fun Favourite track: A Love Suprème, Pt. II - Resolution

Overall: 6/10 This wasn't a very enjoyable listen for me at first, but once it got going I started to vibe with it a bit. Maybe not for me, but I respect what Coltrane was trying to do here. Fav Song: Pursuance

Celestial and ethereal and all the heavenly adjectives. Transcendent.

A dream

I don't have a strong jazz background so putting into words why this is some good ass jazz may be a bit difficult, but I will give it a shot. Coltraine doots with great speed and energy all over the place, the drums go boom blam bonk, the piano goes skrjfhsnbfbrkdjdhddkdbf, and the sounds give my brain happy feelings.

So classy

Easy 5 stars. Genius. I mean is it getting the 5 on reputation alone? Maybe…but is fucking Coltrane man. Nah - it earns it. An amazing listen from front to back. The music is always evolving and changing. Never dull - always interesting; always something happening. Perfectly transitions from one feature solo to the next at just the right times. And the ending - echoes of musical themes and melodies from earlier in the album. Transcendent stuff that evokes the future spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, and others. You can hear the seeds being planted here.

JL : 4, A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution

8/10

On a technical level, Coltrane is insanely impressive. Unfortunately I am just a basic cracker white dude who enjoys pop music, so it just doesn't quite tickle that itch for me the same way I'm certain it does for someone with a better ear for jazz. Still gets a 3/5 out of my respect for Coltrane's sheer skill.

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.

SO GOOD

Got to love a jazz album that is short and great musicians.

It is background music but it is perfect background music

I don’t really understand what was going on here but I know it was really, really incredible. Loved how each song had a different feel but same threads throughout it. I know I’ve said this before but I really wish I understood jazz so I could really appreciate this more.

This did not grab my attention at all. Perfectly good as background music though

Smooth smooth jazz

Something that i can't understand now. Maybe later ...

Hartes Rennen zwischen dem hier und Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" um den Titel des besten Jazz-Albums (ja, sind beides Basic-Picks, aber so tief stecke ich dann doch nicht drin). Das Album schafft den wundervollen Spagat zwischen Eingängigkeit und musikalischem Anspruch. Gerade diese 4 Töne, die im Opener gegen Ende wiederholt und dann sogar gesungen werden, bohren sich ziemlich ins Gehirn. Generell beginnen hier die drei Main-Tracks alle mit Melodie-Linien, die im Kopf bleiben, driften dann in den Soli-Sektionen doch in ganz andere free-jazzigere Sphären ab. Der letzte Track greift die klassische Melodie nicht mehr auf, bildet für mich eher eine Art abschließende Coda. Dabei klingt das Saxophon fast so, als würde es eine Geschichte erzählen, nur eben ohne Worte. Zeitlose Platte. verdienter Meilenstein.

Nette Hintergrundmusik, aber mehr dann auch nicht für mich.

Das klang einerseits nach einer Jamsession, aber andererseits immer nach der gleichen Idee. Ergibt auch irgendwie Sinn, wenn die das in einem Tag „mal eben“ runtergezockt haben. War aber leider nichts für mich.

Das Schlagzeugsolo am Anfang von Track 4 gefällt mir, sonst gibt es mir nicht so viel leider.

High energy. Jazz is not a genre I listen to frequently.

Yet another great jazz album, it might not be my favorite of all that I've heard on this list, but it still is pretty damn good.

Good.

I just hope i remember listing this from time o time.

Obviously technically brilliant but I struggled to access it.

genio

I love this album.

I can appreciate Coltrane, although it’s not my thing..but could be. This is a solid 3.5 for me..had to round down.

Didn’t like it that much

I don’t know from Jazz, but I know this is good.

Season 5 of Stranger Things brought A Love Supreme to my attention. I don’t really recall why they brought so much attention to it. But a quick google search says it symbolizes Johnathan Byers willingness to experiment and grow outside his comfort zone like John Coltrane did with this album.

Obviously a great album and I did enjoy it, but I can't say i know enough to be critical.

Kliché tissemands jazz.

Hygge jazz. Et hvert album der kan få mig til at smide en Robbie Williams sang på kan et eller andet. Er det godt? Måske.

There’s nothing smart I can say about this. I know how to play my triads on guitar, and I can show you a handful of scales—hell, I can even string together some shoegaze chords—but there’s nothing interesting I can say about A Love Supreme. I do love jazz, but jazz doesn’t love me. I can understand things about it that other people tell me, such as it bridging the gap between modal and free jazz, as well as it mirroring the structure of a Black church service and having a bassline that “says” “a love supreme”—but I can’t figure them out on my own. That said, I can look at the cultural impact, as well as the emotions it evokes. This thing feels like it’s trying to expel a demon. It feels like letting go. And a lot of people felt the same, as it was a huge inspiration for those in the Civil Rights movement, and it went on to inspire anyone and everyone looking to push boundaries with their music. It's music that makes you get up and take action. There is not a note wasted in the 33 minutes, yet despite its high-concept polish, it’s pure catharsis. This may not be art at its rawest, but it’s art at its purest.

Good.

Great improvisational Jazz record that captured the raw nature of the talented musicians. My personal fav moment were the drum solos that occurred throughout the second half of the album. They sounded like the drummer was right next to me playing his butt off. Solid listen in the 21st century.

Gonna sound uncultured, liked drumming but the mostly felt like some peeps just playing a wall of instruments.didnt make me feel anything. Vince: Why do you keep goin’ on about jazz for? Howard: Because it’s the most important art form in the 20th century. Vince: No one listens to jazz. Science teachers and the mentally ill, that’s all jazz is for. Howard: You better take that back, you electro ponce. Vince: Or what? Howard: You better just take it back, that’s all. Vince: I won’t be taking that back, I’ll be leaving it out there for all to see. Howard: Drink it back up. Vince: No. I hate jazz. Howard: You hate jazz? You fear jazz. Huh? Vince: Shut your mouth. Howard: Ahhhh… you fear jazz, don’t you? Vince: No I don’t. Howard: You fear the lack of rules, the lack of boundaries. Oh its a fence, no its soft, ahh… What’s happening? The shapes, the chaos! Huh? It has to be simple nursery rhymes for you, doesn’t it? [to the tune of a nursery rhyme] Dee di dee di dee dee di. When the melody gets abstract, you mess your trousers and run to your mummy. [Howard starts scat singing].

Ich bin kein Jazz-Fan, mich hat das Album überhaupt nicht angesprochen 1/5

That was beautiful.

solid 4.5.

Years ago when I first explored jazz music, this was among the few I came across and listened to a bit. Excited to relisten. I always found it hard to differentiate what it is I liked about certain styles of jazz. I don’t have a music background so it often went off of just the sound and feeling. I always loved this style of jazz music from the late 50s - late 60s. Whether it’s called hard bop, or the modal jazz style, I certainly gravitate toward a certain era. When jazz hooks you it really hooks you. By the end of Acknowledgement you’re wondering where this goes next and it gets into something a bit bigger and grander with Resolution. A great piano solo anchors this song. And Coltrane’s sax follows so great with its own. This is great jazz. I love this. I hear this and want to seek out more like it but nothing lives up to the greatness of some of these classic jazz records. Maybe I’m just not looking hard enough. Back half starts with heavy drum solo to kick off part 3. There’s such an intensity to this song. You can hear it in the sax playing. Psalm ends it on a slower sax heavy emotional tune. I don’t know what it is about Psalm on this listen but it’s giving me chills. Really good. I’ll go 5. Why not. Do I understand it all? Not sure I do. But I enjoy it.

A fantastic album. One of the best jazz albums ever.

Obviously great.

It’s short but sweet, at times super focused but also experimental and fun.

Not an easy one for the uninitiated. Coltrane's album is soul energy in search of something but never really finding it, The timings switch up without warning. Gillespie is playing with modals. The percussion is off in its own world. Coltrane is pushing at the boundaries of jazz and dangerously skirting around the edges of music before retreating back to safety, but only for a moment. Although it sounds like chaotic jumbling at first, you realize on second or third listening that there is not an unintentional note being played anywhere on this album. Not an accessible or easy record to sit and listen to but that's part of the charm here.

лав суприм надо понимать мне как обычному слушателю не просто выкупить эти молитвы тем более я не в контексте, я не знаю какая у джаза форма и как этот альбом держится на грани бесформенности. 3.7 авансом потому что такое надо понять, не с первого и не со второго раза, а сидеть с интернетом и разбираться

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.

A quintessential jazz classic. An absolute must-listen

Sultry, sexy, chaotic. Has a calculated calm chaos. Favourite track was Psalm - doom jazzy, sounds like a storm rolling over. 4/5 not because it's not perfect it's just not my favourite personally

Dette er ei plate eg set på åleine, med høgt volum. Då går tida utan at eg merker det og eg er alltid ei oppleving rikare. Kjempeplate👍

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.

Mykje er sagt. Dette er også mi, jaffal størsteparten av tida, favorittjazzplate. Fire fyrar går inn i eit studio osv. Det er det, eller også dette, som er magien i det for meg. Og at ein, sjølv om det ikkje er live lenger, kan høyra det bli spela fram live etterkvart som det blir spela fram. Den tankelesinga som føregår. Eg har fleire favorittplater der dette er hovudmagien - Tony Rice og Ricky Skaggs set seg ned på kvar sin krakk, Ry Cooder og Jim Keltner og gjengen spelar fram Paradise and lunch på nikk og kjensler. Men det blir noko eige når det er så ope som her, basert på nokre hovudtema og sikkert ein bakromspreik om kva som er visjonen/intensjonen. Favorittaugeblikk er når det fantastiske hovudtemaet på pt. II smell inn og avløyser pt. I. Og då vil eg gjerne bruka minst ei linje på å nemna McCoy Tyner, og kva i helvete det er han balar med på tangentane der. Eg skjønar ikkje bæret av kva for nokre chord-rekker eller voicingar eller høge tal som sprett ut av det pianoet, og likevel er det som skapt for melodien og for kompet og for heile uttrykket. Det får halda no, og det får oppsummera kvifor eg gir dette meisterverket 10/10

Stort, vidstrakt, andektig, insisterende.

Ja, kva skal ein seie? Standarden blei satt med denne plata. Jazzens hellige gral. For eit øs, for ei kraft, Gud er i musikken! Korleis kan ein ikkje bli bevega av dette?!

Flott til plate til å være jazz 🤣 Neida.. deilig fri i formen og passe kaotisk så fungerer bedre til aktiv lytting enn bakgrunnsmusikk. Ikke ei plate jeg har hørt i hjel men er innom av og til selv om go2 plata innenfor sjangeren er In A Silent Way som jeg holder høyere. Fire av fem er vel riktig her for meg.

Kjøpte albumet etter å ha lest en tekst av Torgrim Eggen om at han hadde lagt all annen musikk på hylla for å kun høre på A Love Supreme. Tok en stund før jeg fikk forståelse for en sånn påstand, men ja, vi har med en ekstraordinært god plate å gjøre. Det som trekker mest ned må vel være det lille vokalbidraget mot slutten av Acknowledgement. Der har jeg tidligere falt litt av, men i denne runden var selv det, ehm, ok. Så da ser jeg ikke noe å trekke for.

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Det kjennes ut så denne jazzen får være nesten fri, men likevel blir såvidt haldt i eit eller anna system. Lyden av saksofonen til St. John er altså så forbanna nydeleg mot alt det kaotiske som skjer bak og rundt (jesus for ei tromming!). For halve livet mitt sidan hadde eg aldri klart å hekte meg på eller I det heile tatt halde ut dette her, men no har eg brukt plata for å tømme hovudet mange gonger: Mørkt rom, mjuk madrass og “A Love Supreme” på temmeleg intenst volum. Om du nokon gong treng kjensla av at ei plate skyller over deg så velg denne! Når det er sagt dukkar det oftare opp eit bruk for den strået meir melodiske Coltrane for min del, som på “My Favourite Things” som vender tilbake til eit eller anna melodisk fundament ein god del oftare. Men ja, sjuk plate! 8/10

This album was one of the first jazz albums I ever listened to, so I have a lot of good memories associated with it. On this record, John Coltrane managed to combine a religious mood with modal jazz, and the entire musical palette leaves a great aftertaste.

music is love

(4/5) This is a complicated and challenging album. It's not, necessarily, kind to the ears and I don't revisit it often because of that. Nor would I fault anyone for disliking it because of that. The musicianship (for jazz) is 'god-tier' as the kids would say (I guess..?), and there's a musical through-line/theme that runs throughout the work. It's laid out in the first piece, "..Pt. I.." and you can hear bits of it until its fully revisited in "..Pt. IV..". The whole experience front to back is a journey and none of this plays well by itself. As a whole, however, it is transcendent. You can hear the spirituality that Coltrane is evoking in this record. This is a favorite, it's absolutely essential listening, but it's not an everyday thing.. hence my '4'.

My favorite part was when they tossed the piano down sixteen flights of stairs, followed by the upright bass, and finally a twelve piece drum set. Interesting might be an understatement, but overall it's not my tempo.

173. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1965) 8.14.26 Variety: 2 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 4 Uniqueness: 4 Emotionality: 2 = 3.4 rounded down to a 3 “You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.” - John Coltrane Coltrane is one of those guys I've struggled with. I think I heard some of his later free jazz stuff, and was turned off. Only much later did I try this album after seeing so much written about it being so influential. I remember liking it way more than whatever farty, shrieking stuff I'd previously heard, but it did not completely wow me. I've re-listed to it at least once more in the interim and liked it just a bit more, after I had done a deep dive into the genre and could maybe grasp its intentions a bit better. That was a decade or more back, so I'm very curious where I stand with this now. THE TRACKS Side One Part 1: "Acknowledgement" - I'll start by noting how much more chill this seems to me after having digested many more jazz albums from various subgenres and artists. Instrumentally we're given a loose, very improv forward sound similar to a lot of the modal type stuff I've heard, and the track felt almost like a jazz take on meditation music. The chant at the end only underlines this feeling for me. Elvin Jones's drumming throughout was awesome, and provided my throughline as the other players seemed to go off in weird directions that added a sort of dizzying, nauseous feel. He had a very light touch, and an almost casual, steady approach with the cymbal work that worked to cancel out any of the strange feelings from everyone else. Coltrane's sax wanders in and out seemingly on a whim. This is jazz that would be a fine choice for any cultists wanting to do some summoning. Part 2: "Resolution" - Much jauntier and traditional in flavor to my ears, with Elvin Jones once again providing the guardrails for everyone else to go as loose as they want. But as wobbly as thigs get, the wheels never quite come off and we're treated to a bit more energy as Coltrane spins out down some dead ends, circles back, and runs down several side streets, never really settling into one groove. Love the wrap up on this one. Side two Part 3: "Pursuance" - This track starts with a showcase for Jones, with him running through a solo that let's him maybe exercise some of that looseness and abandon that Coltrane himself has been hogging so far. On this one the quartet sounded much more like a cohesive unit. Everyone is still kind of off in their own universe, but with an eye on what the other is doing. Tyner's piano is more upfront here, and we get my favorite section yet I think with him and Jones seeming to take over as a duo for the first third. So much so that When Coltrane comes in at 4:16, he feels like an intruder in his own house. It was almost jarring to be taken out of the groove those two had going. That said, this run was perhaps my favorite of Coltrane's so far. It had a lot of fire and desperation in it, and felt like it was leading the playing more so ta on earlier tracks, with the piano and drums feeling like they were struggling to keep up. When things peter out around 7:31, Jones takes up the slack and we get some more impressive soloing before FINALLY Jimmy Garrison gets his moment in the sun with a solo of his own to close things down. This felt like a car that's finally run out of gas, after an epic drive. In a good way. Part 4: "Psalm" - Speaking of epic, the bass drum rolls and sizzling cymbals make this feel like one LONG extended and grandiose, and apocalyptic ( appropriate given the title maybe?) finale. All chaos barely restrained, and constantly building. Tyner's piano throwing up discordant hits are the perfect accents. Where as before the drums seemed to be holding everything together, here they are seems that are swelling up, ready to burst while Coltrane himself becomes the calming, guiding presence, making this feel almost like the inverse of where we began things. HIGHLIGHTS - Elvin Jones's drumming was the highlight throughout - Coltrane's playing, while it felt aimless a lot of the times had cool ease and smoothness about it - The structure on display in the album as a whole worked really well, while track to track it felt more chaotic MIDLIGHTS - LOWLIGHTS - Coltrane within the first three tracks especially seems more intent on finding his own way than in complementing anyone else's playing, even though I think he more than makes up for this on that last track - Tyner and Garrison got lost in the mix too often FINAL THOUGHTS I have to say my thoughts on this one have not changed too much. It's all very interesting, with a lot of very chill moods, and thorny textures, but it's still a bit too unstructured and loose for my tastes. With the Miles Davis albums we've had, I was able to soak in the atmosphere and feel like the minimalist playing was building an almost cinematic world for me to inhabit. Coltrane's playing by comparison seems too unfocused and exploratory, like Phillip the Hyper Hypo from the Mike Myers SNL sketch, forever tugging at his harness wanting to go off on every tangent, and barely restrained by Elvin Jones's exasperated drums. This was never a chore, and was impressive throughout, I just never felt like I was given the space to sit in the music log enough before moving on to a new idea. The playing by all involved was great, as was expected, but I do think that McCoy Tyner's piano and Jimmy Garrison's bass got short shrifted by the recording, being barely audible at times. All in all, happy to revisit at least this one last time, but my time with Coltrane likely won't amount to much more after this. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Would be kind of pointless to listen to this as anything other than one piece I think FURTHER LISTENING - Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock - Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter - Mode for Joe by Joe Henderson - Matador by Grant Green ( also featuring Elvin Jones on drums)

It occurred to me that I have no idea what avant-garde actually means in a musical sense. Listening to this album I couldn’t hear what distinguished this from all other jazz. I enjoyed it, I guess, but couldn’t get into it as much as the other jazz albums we’ve had. (Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck) Perhaps I understood on some instinctual level that it was intentionally being different, but it seems the musical knowledge or familiarity needed to “hear” how this was experimental continues to escape me. It was good music though and I would listen to it above a lot of other “experimental” attempts and in other genres. 3/5

I highly suspect there is something I'm not getting but I struggled with the lack of melody, or perhaps I just was struggling to find it. Likely need to give it another listen or two

После того, как я понял, что, будучи любителем джаза, я не обязан любить весь джаз, стало жить проще. Колтрейн для меня неподступная скала. Но конкретно этот альбом — любимый

A lightning-fast 32 minute listen, this is a pretty good jazz album. It’s high-energy, entertaining, and complex. It probably goes without saying that the instrument work is top notch. Not much else to say, I’m no jazz expert and can’t really break down this music as easily as other genres. I’ll give it a 4/5, I enjoyed it and wouldn’t hate it if someone put it on.

I realise it is an important album. I love the deep bass tones, and I enjoyed the listen, but there are much better Jazz albums on the list in my opinion. 3 stars

Enjoyed it. I like that it’s short and sweet. Long jazz albums can get tiring.

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.

jazzy, nothing special

m no

Una obra maestra del genero de la música jazz. Es una combinación de elementos perfecta y siempre interesante.

This is the fourth time for this album! The first album I have gotten 4 times as all my projects near or cross the 100 album mark. Repeat listens are beginning to be more common than new listens. Kind of fascinating, actually. Also fascinating, to me, is that every album I have had 3 times, and now this, is a 5! Really. A Love Supreme would have been a 5 for me regardless. Though I love Giant Steps, which is NOT on the list. But this made me remember how much I DO love it. How much my stepfather LOVED Trane. How important this was in my growing up. So - thank you! Thank you John Coltrane and thank you album generator! 5 Boolean: TRUE

This is a desert island album and among the best 33 minutes of music ever recorded. The classic quartet is at peak form here. It is the sound of struggle, redemption and meaning. .

I really wish I got this type of Jazz. As always, it pivots between great and infuriating. It's pleasant enough for the most part though.

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

Musique jazz cool avec beaucoup de saxo, album assez court très sympa pour faire des activités à coté

I still can't get into jazz music, but it wasn't a bad album

I am not a Jazz person but I know of Coltrane and this album seemed well put together and definitely showed his skill as a sax player. I was between giving it 3 or 4 stars and leaned more towards a high ranking.

This was a soothing vibe! I liked how calming it felt!

Absolutely horrible

Call me an uncultured swine, but if I ever get shipped to Gitmo, I hope the guards never find out what I think about this album because I'd admit to anything.

Oof… that was hard work… I’m handing out my second one-star rating. Why is it that Swedish hair metal guitarists can play ALL the notes and are rightly derided while Coltrane does it on a saxamophone and everyone is all … *gasp*… such genius. I’m calling it right here; right now… the emperor has no clothes.

It's a fantastic jazz album; I just didn't love it (yet) the way I love Miles Davis Kind of Blue.

I love this supremely. 5s without end.

Another classic jazz album. Part 1 and 2 are amazing and 3 and 4 are great as well.

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.

Jazz that serves a higher power..

Hat mich nicht so abgeholt

Legacy: 5/5 Performance: 5/5 Consistency: 4/5 Originality: 4.5/5 Enjoyment: 3/5 Overall: 4.6/5

Bloody good album

I like it when he comes in chanting "a love supreme" during Pt. I. That's all I've got here.

I mean, it can’t not be 5 stars, right?

Jazz, good background music

Great album. If you get a chance try and track down the Brandford Marsalis version of A Love Supreme on the Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool compilation album.

I’ve heard this before and I own it. This is usually considered Coltrane’s best album and sometimes the best jazz album of all time but personally I like My Favorite Things better. Of course it’s still an amazing album and maybe if I became a serious jazz aficionado in my old age I might understand why it’s considered the best but that’s not really necessary. I love every Coltrane album I’ve heard anyway and it’s not a contest.

A bit too jazzy for me

It was fine, jazz is ok.

Not much jazz in my pants

Off the bat, I'm already loving the undertones of blues and jazz. It feels like walking down a warm, lit street in New Orleans. The first song is pretty upbeat, and I'm loving the instrumentals. Only compliant I have so far is how short the album appears.

A Love Supreme is something special to John Coltrane; the premise of his spiritual awakening to God. His jazz accompaniments work very well in that favour where it's a conversation, a search to find that in his arrangement. It's a beautiful piece but I am not much of a jazz person; so it didn't really emit the same wavelength as a jazz lover would. But I see why it can be a grand arrangement. I personally love all trumpet work in this; replacing all signs of vocal melodies this record does not need.

I'm not a jazz guy

More listens and this could be a five-star album!

Too improvisational. Too disjointed. Too raw. I can't get into it after multiple listenings. Maybe there is something here for jazz nuts, but it's not very approachable at all. 1 out of 5.

Classic jazz album — a supreme standard. Gets a bit chaotic at times, but I think that’s adds to the richness of it. 4.1/5.0

Really enjoyed this. The chaos of this jazz was perfect. A really fun little album, nice and quick, but also deep.

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

Lite för spretigt för min smak 4.5/10

THE THREE TYPES OF JAZZ REVIEWS ON THIS SITE 1. I don't know anything about jazz but I hate this. 2. I don't know anything about jazz but I kinda like this. 3. I know everything about jazz and I'm going to preach to the rest of you losers.

This album would be better if the musicians all tried harder to play the same song at the same time.

One of the best jazz albums ever made

My music teacher in high school introduced me to John Coltrane while I was learning how to play tenor sax, and that moment changed my musical life for the better. I'm a huge Coltrane fan and I was so happy to get A Love Supreme today. It's a beautiful masterpiece that I enjoy listening to again and again. Side note: I'm a little disappointed that there's ONLY one Coltrane album on this list. I mean if you only get to pick one A Love Supreme makes sense because it's his magnum opus, but there's so many great Coltrane records. I definitely plan on adding one when I get to the user albums.

jazz, bleh

Really good background music

Fine but instrumental jazz is not my thing.

One of my favorite albums of all time.

Si señor, jazz del verdadero. Efusivo, enérgico

I don't know much about jazz, but when I think of jazz music, this is exactly what I hear. I don't know that I've heard this before, but it felt like I had. Feels like a pinnacle of the form. Not something I'll frequent, but would be great background music while working. Track 2 was likely the weakest.

Es un álbum difícil de escuchar si no te gusta ese tipo de música pero descubrí que relaja y me sentía en paz. No es algo que escucharía a diario pero lo disfrutaría cada vez que lo escuché.

Two jazz albums in a row? We shall see. I got a lot of comments on how to "appreciate" a jazz album so I'm going to do my best. I want to emphasize though: the issue is not jazz, it's me. Reading through the wikipedia, it emphasizes that this album really spoke well to hippies and, additionally, is regarded as a very spiritual album. I'm going to try to listen for these vibes in it. Also it was played at Lester Bang's wake? Not important just cool. Okay listening to the first song, I feel like I had a small scale ah-ha moment. The four notes he repeatedly plays on sax are 'saying' "A Love Supreme" they match exactly with the chant that happens like 30 seconds later, then the whole song fades into a bass that echos that chant over and over. Interesting Finished the second song. I can kinda see what people are talking about when they say (at least in the wikipedia article) that it's like coltrane is talking through the sax. That being said I'm sure drugs would elevate that experience A LOT Third act: drum solo to open. Nice. Digging that there are some more openings for other instruments to shine in this song. Last act: Sax taking center stage again. Very meloncholy feel to it. The cymbals are giving me a feeling of...like waves on a beach.

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

The drums in this are really good and he saxophone parts were amazing, definitely not something I would go to to listen normally but it a very enjoyable!

I first listened to this record when I was reading and I wanted to have some background music on. While I may not be a jazz enthusiast, I can tell you with my whole heart that John Coltrane's most acclaimed work does not belong in the background. By the time I had reached the third suite, my book was no longer in my hand as I was utterly transfixed by the drum solo by Elvin Jones. I won't pretend to understand the technical elements of this, but Coltrane's spiritual odyssey is something that I was enamoured by, even if I will need many more relistens to fully appreciate it.

It was good, brief, I didn’t quite understand it

i like it. the playing is solid and so is the group, i only wish i liked the songs more. chances are, if i’m putting on a coltrane album it is going to be “giant steps” tho.

Molto molto buono.

Smooth

Lovely jazz album.

not every song is for me but very enjoyable

Classic

jazz mit saxofon...

This is the third time. So far, all the albums I have gotten three times have been 5s. Makes repeat listening very easy and rewarding. Still a 5. It’s a 10. It gets better with every listen. That amazing opening! The cymbals! And Trane! That tone. It’s just so- perfect. 5 Boolean: TRUE today, true yesterday, true tomorrow- TRUE forever

How can 32 minutes hold so much pure magic!?!?!?

It's good, but get's a little samey after hearing the same sax run for the 28th time. I enjoyed the piano focused parts a little more.

I need a 4,5 for music like this. Higher than a just a 4 but not quite a 5 Star.

Kind impressed by it. Chaotic, but have some cohesiveness. I thought that was very enjoyable moment. I love the fact that album is a spiritual one.

Onhan ne taitavia soittajia, mutta en saanut tästä oikein muuta irti. Tokassa biisissä mieleenpainuva teema. Haluaisin tykätä tästä enemmän, mutta noh, sue me!

Not for me

jazz good 3/5

Clear talent on display - but a bit outside my comfort zone. I guess I need more exposure to Jazz. I will keep listening.

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

You know what hell yeah

Now whenever I get a jazz album, it’s like a chilly day after weeks of heat waves in the summer. And when it’s this good it’s just a perfect break. The last piece was my favourite too

Favorite Track: A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution

I’m not sure a commute is the best way to digest this music but it felt more like a score than an album each song pushing and pulling energies with virtuosos playing each instrument. The melodies were a bit too noodley for my taste but it’s obviously a great record. Admittedly I should be sitting in front of a speaker with a drink in the dark while listening to this album to take this review with a grain of salt.

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

quite annoying genre or album or whatever. absolutely wouldn't recommend it if you're doing something stressful (like writing a dreadful work report, for example) but if you're not in a rush, it's probably not so bad.

What am I supposed to say about A Love Supreme? Absolute classic. McCoy Tyner’s piano playing is otherworldly.

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

Quite spectacular. If I had to pick a favorite jazz album it would be this. Coltrane is a legend of course but the rest of the quartet are firing HARD on their respective cylinders. McCoy Turner with the delicious keys, Jimmy Garrison slaying dat double bass, Elvin Jones encircling it all with precise and evocative drums. Chef's kiss.

It's that jazz. The one that you can't help but cherish

Yeah it sounded nice, i liked the first song

can't deny it's a very influential album and some consider it the best jazz of all time, but doesn't quite do it for me. i like my jazz to be a tiny bit more structured and with a lot more brass (biased opinion but whatever) and maybe more dancey too. i want my jazz to be stuck in my head for the rest of the week. john was rippin it though

Not my fav jazz album

Oh hell yeah. Some motherfucking John Coltrane to start off my week. It’s gonna be a good day. It's just so fucking good

cool jazz but not really the type of music i would go out of my way to listen to. But from someone who listens to lots of other music it seems good.

Still can't get away with Jazz

A beautiful jazz album, the drums are incredible

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

I don’t normally like jazz and I know this is the classic “white guy who pretends to be into jazz” album but god damn this shit really does rule.

Göttlich gsi

It’s not really my kind of music, but I liked it. It’s great to listen to in the background while you work, cook, or study. I’d give it an 8/10.

I'm such a sucker for a jazz album which presents as a concept album. At worst jazz can feel like a bunch of random notes, but this adds a lot of structure by presenting this as a single unified work driven by simple saxaphone riffs. Really fun when the piano comes in playing in... a different key or something? I don't know jazz. And great bass and drum moments too. I am so hyped when he starts singing though.

terrible thing when you are anxious after a love confession. Beautiful, grand, yet does capture the anxiety I feel in certain parts. Horrible experience, I find it ironic and so funny that after that night this album is the thing I have to wake up to.

Listened to the Mono version this time. Glad I did. I just love this more and more. Love trane. Love a love supreme. 5 Boolean: TRUE

hell yeah

What can one say? It's from God and St. John Coltrane channeled it.

Very good jazz album. John Coltrane deservedly earned all his places on this list. 8/10

Хорошо

Nice

Brilliant. It’s soulful, spiritually, ethereal, curious, exploratory, fast, slow, vibrant, dark. He really pulls it all together with this one. I’ve listened to this dozens of times over the past 6 or 7 years. I had a friend introduce it to me, and my mind was blown. I love how it ends and also how it starts. It’s a journey. It takes you places. Sometimes I just turn this on all of my speakers while I cook. It’s such a fun experience on what music is and can be. Sonic sound waves hitting the ears of the humans and telling stories with pitches.

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

nice

It was supreme indeed

Simply not my style of music

Decent. I go back and forth on whether I like jazz or not, or I just like the idea of jazz rather than the execution. A lot of high level jazz can usually feel spastic to me and sometimes stresses me out. I always appreciate it though.

Lovely tunes but sis not listening to it in its entirety because it had a certain stress inducing effect on me

Notable Textzeile: ||: A Love Supreme :|| Ich spüre eine Dramaturgie. Ich frage mich aber auch, was andere Menschen tun, während sie diese Musik hören. Einfach nur zuhören und überrascht werden? Was machen deine Gedanken beim 3-minuten Kontrabass-„Solo“ (Plug, Plugplug, Dumdum, Plug, Kränk, Dem, Plugplug, Plugplugplug)? Meine freuen sich, dass sie Wäsche zusammen legen können und dramaturgisch schon auch sehr über die gestreichelten Becken und das dann endlich mal ein gefälliges Saxophone kommt. Andere finden die zweite Hälfte wahrscheinlich schon viel zu gefällig, da quietscht es nicht mehr so doll und hat nicht mehr so viel Tempo- und Lautstärkewechsel. Entweder ich wurde jetzt so viel damit konfrontiert, dass es einen Gewöhnungseffekt gibt oder ich komme langsam rein oder es ist Zufall oder die Beschäftigung dabei. Das gefällt mir jedenfalls okay bis gut und ich fühle mich mitgenommen.

Coltrane geht so: irgendwer macht irgendwas super virtuoses, und dann müssen alle nachziehen - selbst schuld wenn du Kontrabass spielst. Auf diesem Album ist das sehr ausgewogen im Thema und richtig wild, und gefällt mir sehr gut.

Eine wirklich interessante halbe Stunde.

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.

he's goated for a reason

I still can’t say I’m a fan of jazz. But after this I can understand a little better why Margo Timmins may have opted for listening to Coltrane rather than going through all that shit again when the sun came up on Tuesday morning (look it up, kids).

Too chaotic for more than one listen.

I’ve listened to ts already 9/10

Really great, but for me, I have to be in a certain mood to listen to music like this. Still a 5 star album!!!

not enjoyable for me

High quality but nothing stood out

One day I should get faded and listen to it. Not my style, but I like how complex and interesting it is. Lots and lots going on at the same time. Still, without lyrics, not my style. Pt.4 psalm was my favorite from the four tracks.

Genuinely moving.

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

I'm not a big jazz person, but his was alright. First half felt a bit too chaotic, while the second half wasn't chaotic enough. Wish there could have been a better middle ground

One of the first albums I heard when I first tried getting into jazz, and the one that convinced me that I love the genre. Probably a top ten album ever. A monolith, an explosion of vibrant color quite unlike that slick cover art, a display of raw emotions that had stewed and finally bubbled over, a groove you can not only live in but thrive in, a testament to the human spirit, a man singing into a saxophone, A Love Supreme.

One of the greatest jazz albums ever made. 5.0/5.0: Iconic

coltrane really was that dude

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

Very good jazzyyy

Heerlijk... Ik ben blijven luisteren

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.

Might listen again

Great but jazz not rlly my style

Perfectly paced, I was surprised when it came back around to the start

Recording in 1 session is wild

Short and sweet

There’s a lot to like in this album. I love a nice chaotic jazz experience. The only let down is the last track, really. It’s kind of samey throughout without a lot of variety or anything particularly interesting. The first three songs are dynamic and varied. With some amazing talent on display. The drummer especially. Really enjoyed it. The album went down smooth.

Скучная джазовая какофония. Неимоверно скучно слушать альбом и если вы захотите послушать джаз и кто-то вам скажет послушать этот альбом можете смело матерится в его сторону. Для неподготовленного слушателя коим я и являюсь, данный альбом точно не подходит, пусть сам john Coltrane является одной из самых значимых фигур в становлении джаза и является несомненно гениальным музвкантом, конкретно этот альбом либо мне лично не нравится, либо мне нужна джазовая наслушанность, и уже тогда переслушаю и скажу подкреплённое фактами мнение. Пока оценка 2/10 ничего не вызывает и даже на фоне мешает делать обычные дела, а вдумчивое прослушивание говорит выключить.

Really good.

Fast, resonant, and eccentric in parts. What a great listen. I’m glad I finally got around to listening to this classic.

Just why? Partly listenable, partly just not.

I think a sudden love for jazz has been my favourite discovery from doing this whole thing.

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

A Love Supreme's Average Score out of 100 is The Highest Rated song is 48 The Lowest Rated son is 18 Classic Jazz record that does very little for me unfortunately.

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

Brilliant

far from my favorite work from Coltrane. Still legendary.

In some ways, this album feels noisy, but I also think that is on purpose. I think the moments of chaos are intended to ring out the passion in the music. Impressive ability to follow along and play with the different time signatures. Although its just instrumental for the most part, the drum and bass carries everything along and almost makes me want to dance. Definitely felt pt.2 in my body, beautiful work. The music is intense and passionate but could see it being stressful for a listener which is why I gave 4/5 stars.

Wonderful elegant expert. I just love the saxophone and it’s always so amazing to hear it played at such a high level of music theory knowledge to an extent I feel like I can barely comprehend

It honestly took me a few listens to appreciate this one. I think first listen through I was really indecisive on if this was just bad music that people praised, or if it was genuinely good. I did not have all the context of the album on first listen through. After reading a bit more about the album and John Coltrane and what brought him to making this album, the second listen through was a lot better. I ended up listening a total of four times through. I'm really glad this one was on Friday so I could have the weekend to digest. There's a lot of of emotion behind the instruments that I don't see other albums replicating. The phrasing behind the pervasive "a love supreme "shows how much you can take just four notes and create a world of music from just that.

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.

This is one of the greatest pieces of music ever composed, by one of the finest and most important musicians to ever live. This album is extremely special; Coltrane conveys a meditation on love without using lyrics, weaves a narrative throughout 32 minutes. Very few pieces of art touch this one.

I'm a sucker for jazz.

Hell yeah

lindo e suave, gosto como são 5 musicas e cada uma com um estágio

I’ve listened to surprisingly little Coltrane. My experience with Jazz of this era is mostly Brubeck. Early notes: Obviously the sax is insane. Drummer is also great. Going ham on that ride like it owes him money.

A Love Supreme is good. No two ways about it. Great even! However, I don't find it as perfect or transcendent as many do. Coltrane did a lot of high quality work during his lifetime, and though notable among his recorded works, A Love Supreme is not my favorite. Absolutely essential.

Bebop

nao entendo nada de jazz mas mt legal mt bacana o cara é brabo

I'd not listened to this before, but well aware of its reputation, even daunted. I am reasonably open to jazz, but no aficionado - I'm attracted to music with jazz aspects, rather than straight-up jazz, let alone hardcore jazz - so bop or post-bop are scary labels to me. I looked at some popular reviews here and then listened through, three times. Odd to see reviewers saying the album makes no sense, or is like "four people doing their own things" - it's quite clear to me that the band is playing together - though almost beyond me to sense, let alone say, how it is that they are playing together. The sax and piano are clearly playing in line with the strong rhythm of the drums - but I can't follow the relations of their playing to the pulse. There are chords/modes involved - but I can't follow the sequence - but it doesn't sound cacophonous (as it might if there was zero shared plan for chord sequence or zero responsiveness). I quickly appreciate that the players are incredibly skilled and educated in their specific way of playing - and I wonder whether I'm remotely equipped to appreciate it - but still I do appreciate it - it's mostly very engaging rather than offputting. (As Christgau said, listening through multiple times it doesn't get tune stale - though I didn't need to hear the drum solo more than once.) What to compare it to? It makes me think of 'difficult' but clever albums by Can and Soft Music that I've heard here on the generator journey - also classical composers like Xenakis and Ligeti - who can be highly impactful at same time as very difficult to listen to. It's phenomenal that the piano is playing recognisable chords but I can't follow them - while the sax reels out mostly intelligible phrases, but I can't follow the sequencing of lines, let alone their relationship with chords. They're deploying 'musical elements' that I can relate to, but I can't understand it at all - but at least I can be moved by energies and moods evinced by the playing. (I should say something about the bass - it's weird to me how low in the mix acoustic bass typically is - I couldn't 'get' the bass solo at all - a common difficulty for me with old school quartets.) In summary, I'm glad to have listened to it, and have an idea of what sort of thing it is. I respect it a heap, but am unlikely to go back to listening to it again. So as an achievement it could be Wonderful, but as an album for my listening tastes it comes out as Very Good, 8/10.

Not too fond of jazz.

One of the best albums here

Not a jazz nerd at all, but that was impressive