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Another jazz album I enjoyed, which is a rarity. This is one I’d buy and listen to on repeat while sipping bourbon.
John Coltrane and this trio of musicians are uber talented. And while this isn’t my musical genre of choice, it’s impossible to not feel the genius that’s unfolding in your ears.
This one had me at John Coltrane. Just incredible stuff throughout, a real special listen. Felt like a symphony of jazz, one that stays with you for a while afterwards. Essential. Favourite track: Part 3 Least favourite track: N/A
One of the best to do it. 4.5 bumped up to 5.
I’m at a 10. Look, I thought it was hyperbole for someone to have been so spiritually affected by this album that they made an entire church stemming from it (this is real, you can look this up), but after listening… I dunno, maybe they were onto something. There’s a passion here that’s hard to describe but easy to feel, and with the influence of God & religion on John Coltrane’s life prior to making this album, it makes it hard to deny that there might just be something to all of that. I hesitate to say that God himself came down & delivered the melodies present here into John’s mind, but when you listen to the the focus in John’s harmonized vocals on “Acknowledgment”, the excellent piano work on “Resolution”, the intensity behind the percussion & the authority of the bass on “Pursuance”, or the pastor-like quality to the intention in John’s saxophone on “Psalm”, there might just be a special gift to everything here. Just go listen to it. It’s 32 minutes that simultaneously fly by & yet command every inch of your attention, due to the complexity involved & the natural charisma of everything at hand. I loved it supremely, and I think any future relistens will reveal more complexities that my brain didn’t catch the first time around. Thank goodness for the remastered mono mix, because I was not prepared for the dissonance in the stereo one. It let my brain soar to places I didn’t think would be possible going in. It is absolutely worth the acclaim & praise it gets, and I’m so glad it’s on the list. It’s a 10.
There was a level of rapport between the members of Coltrane’s “classic” quartet that is very rare among musicians. I don’t know if it truly felt instinctual the way their playing complimented one another, but it sounds that way. Everything they played together is worth a listen, but A Love Supreme is something else - possibly the best jazz album of all time. There’s still plenty of spontaneity but it feels more ‘composed’ than most of Coltrane’s music, which gives it a sense of direction that jazz often lacks.
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Always fantastic
Love this. Wild, captivating, gripping.
Bien.
Incredible album. What else is there to say?
Already heard a few years ago, one of my absolute favorites. Coltrane, to me, is the best of his genre. I've always loved his style of these huge clashy piano chords behind his raspy saxophone melodies. One has to love the busy, chaotic nature of this record. And all the liberties the record takes to adorn the fronts and ends of songs with those stand up bass and drum solos. The author of the 1001 book says that this record "pulls off the rare trick of being utterly uncompromising yet completely accessible." And yes, it is one of the most famous jazz albums of all time, and is still abrasive as opposed to Coltrane's contemporaries. This record represents a turning point wherein Coltrane would get nastier, louder and more chaotic upon later projects, and we love him for that.
It is supreme. The rhythm sectio is so loose then Co;trane, all nurdy angst, solos on top,
I've listened to this maybe a couple dozen times over the years -- under varying circumstances including driving, working, and I'm the bedroom -- and I still don't know how to describe what it does to me. It's an ecstatic hymn of humility, gratitude, and praise, but it's so personal that it is sometimes awkward or ugly to us, who can only witness it. It took me maybe 5 listens to even get to the point of liking it, but looking it and "getting" it feel like different things.
I’ve been listening to and wrestling with A Love Supreme for at least 32 years. I played saxophone in our school’s jazz band, and this was meant to be the height of the art form and the instrument. So I checked it out of our public library as a kid, and purchased it soon after. Some days, it feels like homework. There are easy moments, but it is not an easy album. It will not recede into the background. It demands all of your attention, but it doesn’t always reward it. I can leave bewildered and off-kilter. This is not music to sip whisky by. Sometimes, it feels like visiting another spiritual plane. John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones got to see God’s back and then recorded 33 minutes about their experience. And sometimes it merely feels like four jazz musicians at the top of their form expressing something through their instruments that pulls on the grittiest parts of their lives and turns them into something uniquely beautiful. Today was a spiritual plane day. Transcendent.
Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: All of them Simply lovely. If you don't like this, just go home and hide under a rock or something.
🗣️🔊 A LOVE SUPREME 🗣️🔊 A LOVE SUPREME
Que buen mood!!!
Very cool indeed! Quite possibly beyond critical appraisal and rightfully so. Who possibly has the musical aptitude to critice this? Favourite has to be, A love supreme...
Can you imagine being so simple minded you can’t enjoy jazz? A horrifying thought I had while reading these reviews. Anyway this is an absolute masterpiece.
Well, I guess ask and you shall receive when it comes to better generating Despite spending most of the last decade exploring jazz more deeply and becoming the old white music nerd that I was always destined to be, I have continually avoided A Love Supreme. It's pretty purely because of its status (one of the all time greats) and structure (technically 4 movements of one piece). This deserved focus, and whenever it has come to mind, I have not had the ability to give it that focus. Thank the generator gods that this wasn't substituted for a Menswe@r album. I feel like that could have been a risk at this point. Anyway: everyone is in solid form here. The drums are cacophonous but rhythmic, the piano is tuneful but also has just a bit of discord and tension. The bass wanders all over. And of course Trane is playing his sax in ways that always feel improvisational but also feel composed, intentional, and melodic. People have compared this to a musical prayer, and certainly there is a spiritual jazz sound in places, but a prayer feels more banal than this could ever be. Instead, this feels like it goes, to lightly paraphrase from the lost album, in [All] Directions at Once. It doesn't really entirely fit in any one genre of jazz. Pursuance (pt III) feels like the most important of the pieces, because it intentionally leaves space for all four players to solo extensively. Acknowledgment (I) is obviously where the title comes from. Psalm (IV) feels like the most emotive piece. I probably will need a few more spins to really get this, but I'll give it a 5* as it is because it really does seem to exist in a world where you can hear it pretty easily at a first listen, but it's obvious itll open up even more on better speakers, on vinyl, etc.
This is probably the most I’ve been engrossed by a jazz album on this list so far.
Get on the Love Trane.
Classic.
This album makes you feel a love supreme
This is the kind of shit that makes me wish I knew more music theory. Like, I know it’s genius but aside from sheer technical proficiency I couldn’t tell you why.
Jazz hoogtepunt!
EXCELENT 2!
An all time great
oh fuck dude..... yesssss........... this ones fuckin great. again i am blown away by a jazz album yet lack the vocabulary of and experience with the genre to really do justice to why its so good. im like 6 listens deep and still cant find words. damn ! its so expressive and full of feeling, u can really hear the band putting their whole everything in there from start to finish. the ending got me shivering..... wow...... i love music!! i'd been lookin forward to this one since i first flicked thru the list and buddy it fucking delivered. i hope there's more like this still to come cos if not i might as well stop listening now. thank u for this mr coltrane.....
I love john coltrane!!!!!
Escuchar este álbum fue una experiencia religiosa, casi como estar ascendiendo, y poder tocar el cielo con la punta de los dedos, definitivamente fue como estar drogado sin estarlo, impresionante disco que me dejó impresionado.
already listened, 9/10
This is a 5. Perhaps I am brainwashed. I have been accused of such. My stepfather was a HUGE jazz fan. He did a good job of introducing me to the blues and big band stuff. He got my mom to play classic song book selections on the piano. He’d try to play the clarinet and my mom and I would sing. Meanwhile he was also introducing me to classic bop. He’d get really animated and tell stories about the artists and the times. Before I knew it he had me listening to this very album. He thought “Trane” was a genius beyond compare. This is not an immediately accessible album. Like a lot of jazz selections on this list, I can’t imagine hitting them without any prior “preparation.” (My husband calls that brainwashing.) But yeah, I can’t imagine going in cold and coming out the other side saying “ oh shit, that’s a work of genius! I see what all the hype’s about! So glad I heard that!” This is where the exercise is weak. I mean Ella Fitzgerald doing the ENTIRE Gershwin song book IS on here. And so is some classic delta blues, I believe. But I don’t think one Charlie Parker album is. The creators of the 1001 album book don’t present a very good way to see the development of Jazz. So when you get this, well… all I can say is I am sorry everyone doesn’t have someone in their life to brainwash them into believing this is a work of genius. Because I sure am glad I did. I think I appreciate ALL music more because of it. My husband says that’s the brainwashing again. But if it is, I say “wash away, wash away so all that dissonance reveals the higher harmony!” Boolean: YES, this is a GOAT album for sure
Beautiful album! Rating: 10/10 Favorite Song: Pt IV: Psalm
legit source of good
Yep, just lovely! Very happy to have this on repeat floating through my apartment
yep, fab, perfect had listened to Part I a lot while reading THE LONG GOODBYE, so (though a bit anachronistic) was really taken back to my good friend marlowe and los angeles....sigh....
jazz mais confuso q eu já escutei
There’s nothing I can say about this album that hasn’t already been said. One of the greatest and an obvious 5. Elvin Jones! Always a pleasure to listen to.
I was looking forward to coming back to this one, a beautiful record that’s worthy of the love it gets. A heartwarming story surrounding it, beautiful sax and instrumentation, and a fun flow to it all in such a small package. It’s still my favorite jazz recording of the ones I’ve heard, though admittedly, that isn’t many. 2 listens
First time listen. True classic
Surprising absolutely no one, weed goes well with jazz. Všeč mi je, kako moram en dan poslušat The Prodigy, naslednji dan pa Coltranea. Amazing album.
When to listen: relaxing, thinking, being. Incredible.
Started off just appreciating but ended up enjoying! Although not a real jazz fan, this is obviously a classic album.
Anyone rating this anything lower than 5 needs to find God.
Masterful. Truly a fantastic album. Outstanding.
I've listened to this before, but I never really got it. This time, I was intent on getting it, and I think I did (as much as someone without knowledge of jazz or music theory can) I especially love the first track, where we're hearing the motif of the supreme all over the place, in so many different tones, scales, loudness, etc. Noticing God in everything. I love the different solos of Pursuance - drums, then piano, then sax, then bass. showing the struggle and turmoil and getting through it all. Then, the final Acknowledgement in part 4. One of those albums that just makes all other music seem inferior. Reading the poem while listening to Psalm is such a cool/interesting/unique music experience.
este es un álbum muy profundo, donde John hace un intento de entender la pureza. Es una búsqueda de relación espiritual, John lo dice muy claramente en el poema escrito en la portada de su álbum: "busca a Dios en todos los sentidos", esto quiere decir que no solo de manera espiritual sino haciendo cada cosa que pueda gustarte, A Love Supreme hace exactamente, la búsqueda de la paz en Dios a través de un sonido envolvente de jazz
to make an album is by itself, a test against your mortality. There's certain aspiration, to immortalize oneself by making art. Maybe this thought is a stretch, but in the context of this album, and specially considering it's deep and personal meaning, I think it's accurate to think that. And to make music, in some elements, there's a logic, a language, a deep feeling of meaning in the music that comes from the conventions and basis of the musical theory. So, in that sense, to make a compelling album, sometimes is to make a compelling conversation. ¿Maybe, this album has so much weight and importance, beyond the ability and prestige of Coltrane, due to the audacity and ambition of making a conversation that conveys a profound meaning of adoration and humility towards a God? I don't know, for sure. I'm pretty ignorant in what regards to jazz. But I know for certain that listening to this album in that context, adds a layer of meaning that makes it impossible to see it with some respect and care. Maybe are my beliefs, but is conceptually compelling this album in that context. And that makes it good for me, even if I don't understand that deeply the musical and theoretical mastery in its performance.
oh my god YES this fucking rules. i immediately replayed this one again the first listen because it was just that good. it's such a singular piece; absolutely gripping start to finish. there's something about john coltrane's saxophone work here that is just incredibly captivating. the way it develops from an electric energy in combination with mccoy tyner's impeccable piano performance towards an emotion-filled wailing by the end of the album is delicious. on first listen i had this in the background but very quickly the album pulled my entire attention. i don't really feel the spiritual angle that the album is lauded for, but it is definitely outstanding stuff.
YEAHHGHHHHHHHH! nice long and sublime but still i dont get why people like it. 4.5/5 nevertheless cause its cool
Cool jazz
Elvin Jones put his whole damn pussy into that drum set
This was another one of the records I dove into on my way through one of those Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums of all time lists back in 2013. I remember not getting it on the first lap. Too abstract. Too out there. Not my cup of tea. But as I've gotten older, this record has kept coming up, and I've gotten to appreciate it's brilliance. It's what makes this challenge so hard. Any record with this much depth is very hard to fully appreciate on your first lap. I remember listening to an episode of Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast where he talks about Elvin Jone's drumming on this record. It's unbelievable. This record works so well as a cohesive unit, but when you take the time to appreciate what every musician is doing on this record, it takes it to the next level. I think that pod was part of the reason I've gotten into it, but truth be told, I got back into jazz because I just like listening to it when I write in the morning. I am not a skilled enough musician to fully articulate what I love about this record, but I just know, when I throw it on, I like it a lot.
stunning. incredible as a whole, and then just as rewarding to focus in on each individual player -- they never disappoint once. it's wild that these dudes walked into the studio and knocked this out in a single day session. Coltrane opens up gateways to the divine and brings us all along. McCoy Tyner in superb form here, along with the rhythmic solidarity of Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison -- this music wouldn't reach these heights without the group deeply in sync with each other and playing at their best. A Love Supreme inspires and challenges and transcends and wipes everything else away while it's on.
For some reason I kept on thinking of Moby-Dick on this listen.
5/8/26. Glorious jazz, have listened to this album numerous times. This album amazes me because on some listens I appreciate the technical aspects and improvisational nature, but other listens I can sit back and let the music take me away.
It was a great album only 4 songs but long and great i love the instrumentals and how they play in different parts in my headphones great bass instrument overall good wished there was little more diversity and it has great history behind 8.24/10
Two of the finest jazz albums ever made generated in a week? Don't mind if I do.
Take me to church. Is this or Giant Steps John Coltrane's magnum opus? Does it matter? This is an incredible album, pulsating, driven. Acknowledgement is my favourite but each song is so unique. Shout out to Elvin Jones, who's drumming is not only rhythmic but seems melodic in its own right.
Everyone needs to experience and learn to enjoy true jazz classics such as this.
This is one of the albums that got me into jazz. I probably didn’t understand what I was hearing at the time (and maybe I still really don’t), but I knew I loved the sounds. It’s very spiritual. I’m not an expert by any means so I still don’t really know what the modal jazz sound truly is, or what the spectrum is, but maybe that’s what it means to me. It just sounds spiritual and enlightening. It gives me a feeling of something deep. So to me this is a masterpiece of an album.
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5 stars, of course. But this one has an unfair advantage (for me): it came out in January 1965, and I'm pretty sure Mombo got it not long after, because I remember hearing it (more than once!) when I was little. I still have Mombo & Granddad's copy of this album. This deeply spiritual album, per Wikipedia (I've heard this before, too) is the "central text" of the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church, in San Francisco. It feels funny to rate this in comparison (or, anyway, using the same scale that we used) with, mostly, various forms of pop(ular) music. But, anyway, I do love this album, and am happy to have had the excuse to listen to it again, and be reminded of how great it is, and also how grateful I am to have grown up in a house where I heard this.
I'm pretty sure this album would reward many successive listens. I've heard it a few times before and I don't think I've cracked it open yet.
Excellent
The thing that stands out to me with this album is how intense and emotive something so simple can be. Right from the first track he manages to capture this uneasy tension that goes throughout the album. There are some squeaky notes and lots of flats and sharps that really add to the whole vibe. A jazz album with the world love in the title you might expect to be romantic and soft feeling, but this pulls back and forth between emotions and really brings you on a ride.
The roots
Yeah wow. Wild, but way more enjoyable than I expected. Proggier than the Miles Davis, not something I’d be so quick to put on with others, but definitely I’ll be listening more.
I have only scratched the surface of this album and Coltrane has much more to teach me through it.
A landmark jazz album that still resonates and influences today. You could study it you whole life and never stop pulling from it.
A meditation more than an album. One of the greatest jazz albums of this time. The wall of sound on this album is really something to listen to.
Wonderfully short and to the point. Great use of a half hour It almost feels redundant to say the saxophone was excellent, but it was. I struggle to comment on the thing beyond saying it was tremendously composed and played Thought he was great as Hagrid
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It is its own review… a love supreme
Brilliantly paced 3 songs performed by one of jazz greats. This is by no means an entry level jazz record, the 3 songs are long and complicated. Nevertheless it sounds absolutely phenomenal. This is Coltrane at the top of his game.
My companion for decades, a balm for my soul.
Delightful. Listened to track one on my Apple EarPods before swapping over to the stereo set up and a nice stretch out on the couch. I've listened to this album a few times before, so certain melodies were expected and delivered with still beautiful, concrete feeling, but this listen had my focus more intently squared upon each track, 4 parts that run at a total of 33 minutes. Each track, in it's 6-7 minute runtimes, feel concise enough to not get boring, but also decidedly exploratory and exciting, whether it be in the drum solo sections that exercise control and precision within rapid speed, the manic riffing of Coltrane on the sax, or the trades with piano as Coltrane silences himself for long periods while the piano carries through with measured playing that finds it's own world against the drums and sax, it's a listen that is totally enveloping. I got chills, I got suprised at some of the immediate rushes of ferocity throughout, impressed with how expertly the chaotic spirals could swirl itself back into the main melodies and rhythms. I am just chuffed. A fantastic piece all around.
Masterpiece
Super Dope
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One of the greats.
Not my favorite Coltrane record to be honest - the real jazz snobs might bristle at my preference for the safer Blue Train - but still magnificent. Otherworldly playing by everyone involved, though Trane’s passion shines through the brightest. I love it supremely. 5/5
Muy lindo, me gustó el sonido y la vibra que transmite
Rating: 4.9/5 Short Review: Spiritual, intense, and completely immersive. Feels less like an album and more like a ritual you’re invited into. Not casual listening, this demands your full attention. Favorite Track: “Psalm.” It’s not even played, it’s spoken through the sax. Feels like reading something sacred without words.
I've listened to a few jazz albums on my way to the view that jazz isn't for me. But this is the closest I've come at far to a jazz album I like. But being a fan I can tell there are depths to this I just don't get, but the ebb and flow, rise and fall of it are pretty magical. I particularly like the drum sound and the way they manage to all sound like they're playing independently of each other without losing the musicality of the song
Amazing as always
Errático, mucho movimiento. Sonido cálido. Soledad
275/1001 John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ My favourite jazz record. All of the stars.
I dont know enough about jazz to know why this is great, i just feel it in my bones. The last few years ive made an effort to engage with the classics and have always come back to coltrane as my favourite. I like the accessibility and openness of it. The drums are fire and the sax is so expressive. This may end up being my jazz gateway drug
Udah
i’ve heard this album before :) the stereo mix was bothering me, listening on headphones so i’m listening to the mono mix that got released last year. i heard that’s how it originally came out. he says “a love supreme” a lot more than i remember. yeah hot take a love supreme is good. really damn good. i’m on pursuance. this album is insane. favorite track on this.
Really good album to make you feel less exhausted when your brain has been overstimulated. Jazz music by John Coltrane was so calming that I forgot my problems, there was only me and the music. And I loved that these 4 melodies were connected to each other, they made one full story.
This is one of those big albums that really feels big. You can tell John Coltrane set out to make a great album when he made it. It’s ambitious and dramatic. It can also be overwhelming. I tend to drift in and out as I listen to it. But once my mind starts to wander for a minute or two, a stunning solo leaps out of the music pulls me back in. To keep this energy going for a full 30+ minutes is impressive. The band conjures up a storm together. And now that I’ve made that comparison, I think it’s pretty apt. The music is beautiful and powerful and menacing like a rain storm. I wonder how much was actually recorded in one take. (Looking online, apparently the whole album was recorded in a single evening! That makes sense — it feels like lighting in a bottle.) Great drumming throughout. I think the drummer is really key here to maintaining the hypnotic energy of the album. Looking at the liner notes, I’m surprised this is a four-piece band. It’s a big sound for four people!
I saw this pop up and immediately let out a loud "ooooooh". I love this album. I adore this album. In my ever malleable list of favorite albums of all time (that I often refer to when they pop up on this list), I currently have this at #9, and it's been in my top 10 for as long as I can remember. I've been kind of up and down lately. The state of the US / world isn't great, the state of my professional field isn't great, and there's just a lot of things going on that I don't feel great about. Most days lately for me start out feeling good (but tired, not sleeping well), and when I get my day going and I do my work I feel good; but then there's usually something that peeks around a corner and brings me down. Some days it's some world news, some days it's a weird message from someone at my job that makes me paranoid about my job stability. I then often will stew a bit while I finish work, and then cheer back up when my wife gets home from her work. It's not really healthy, and I don't think it's really unique when I look at the world around me. I'm sure many others are going through the same thing. When I put this album on this morning it helped keep me in a calm, and focused state. Naturally, I had one of those "middle of the day work things to bring me down" hit me and honestly I feel like I was just a little bit more relaxed when dealing with it. A little bit more "fuck it" while also a little bit more "yea it's whatever". Can I give credit to this album for that? Maybe, maybe not. I'm not sure. Even now, I'm sitting at my desk past 5pm and I'm trying to wrap up one last work item as my stomach grumbles and cat is yelling at me to go and play with her, I'm humming to myself "a love supreme, a love supreme, a love supreme". Maybe that's something that makes this album so special? It's so devoid of English / spoken language so the very few lyrics that you get feel extra special. They stick with you for a while, and the core idea of the words centers you a bit. I'm working extra hard so I can enjoy parental leave in a few months. My wife and family are my love supreme and I know that I can grit my teeth and do my stupid corporate job for as long as I can before AI comes for me, because at the end of the day I will see her and I will feel better. This has always been an album for me that I know I can reach for in any setting, and my favorite albums tend to have that quality. This can be listened to while you are focused on something else, like reading a book, it can be put on while your making and eating dinner, it can be played while you are driving around town, it can be played while you are making love. It can be put on while you stare at your speakers and focus on nothing else but the sounds. It's universal. 5/5
Drums that go hard, piano that goes hard, bass that goes hard, jazz that goes hard. This is an unforgettable experience tied to a relativetly short album. Pursuance has drum solos that last for 2 minutes. Psalm feels like the jazz equivalent of being welcomed at the pearly gates. T This album is beyond words, make this your first jazz introduction . 5/5
Amazing album.
The master of the saxophone blowing out sheets of spiritual enlightenment. A must listen to broaden your horizons and to nourish your heart. ❤️
It’s one of my all time favorites and it is indeed an album that you should hear before you die. Its ability to combine predictable melody with improvisation is remarkable. If you give it time, you will understand why people love jazz and what makes it so wonderfully complex.
Cada parte de este álbum te atrapa y no deja que pierdas el interés. Siempre estás pensando en qué sucederá después, tal como cuando te enganchas con una película o serie. Lo escuché de un tirón y me fascinó. Si alguien me preguntara con qué álbum o canción empezar a escuchar jazz, sin duda le diría que escuche este disco.
Jazz for psych-rockere.
Blås 101
This shit's incredibly goated, 5/5
What is there to say about this masterpiece that hasn't already been said? As a drummer myself, with each listen I discover new layers in Elvin's playing that I hadn't noticed before.. simply phenomenal musicianship all around. 5 timpani out of 5
Coltrane is truly a master at his instrument and style. Amazing album witch such layers almost like telling a story.
An album that transcends ratings?
The generator is really generating this week! Three 4s in a row and now this! One of the greatest jazz albums ever created! Coltrane is joined by an all star cast on this album. Elvin Jones on drums, McCoy Tyner on piano, and Jimmy Garisson on bass. All giants on their instruments and all help make this album the masterpiece it is. I could see for someone who isn't a huge jazz fan that there aren't any melodies to latch on to, as other Coltrane tunes have. But as someone who loves Jazz, this is an easy 5/5 for me
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I love it when I can go to the record collection and listen to the album of the day on vinyl. This is a spectacular album. I love everything about it. I read another review somewhere that said this album sounded like two sides full of warm ups and while I get where that is coming from, that person totally missed the point. Coltrane is chaotic and a wall of sound but that's the brilliance. There's so much going on but just as much left out and all of that together elevates the music. And Elvin Jones on drums is unbeatable here. His solo part starting the second side is magic. Jimmy Garrison is killing it on bass, his solo part is incredible too. The last part is sooo good. I love how it just kind of keeps going, slowly, and resolves. I know this album has sort of a heavy religious overtone to it which would normally put me off but if you just listen to the music you'd never pick that up. A Love Supreme could be talking about any kind of love, just don't read the back of the album cover and you'll be fine. This album is a masterpiece (and recorded in one session!) and is absolutely one that everyone should listen to. One of the top 5 jazz albums ever made. A lot of people won't like it, that's fine, but it would be impossible not to appreciate what was recorded on this record. Easy 5/5
I don’t know what more you could ask of a jazz album. Makes me wanna be a better drummer
This is obviously one of those albums that if you’ve been into music long enough, learn that it is a very important one. John Coltrane’s Love Supreme not only is important in the world of Jazz but has also influenced all types of music influencing acts such as The Doors and Carlos Santana. I’ve been trying to get into this album for ages. While I immediately could recognize the gravity and talent of the work, I had a hard time connecting with it on an emotional level. It wasn’t until I listened to the Mono version that it all came together. While the stereo is clearer on an instrument to instrument basis, it feels too spacious and disconnected. There is a lot of what feels like dead space and John Coltrane’s musical choices are hard to understand as a result. The mono makes it much more evident and really gives you a better comprehension of what was all going on. The modal playing gels in a way that the stereo, imo, does not make as evident. This is a 5 star album and one of the greatest records of all time.
i love this play this 10000x over i feel like im retired in florida on a beach
> the Beatles
#300/1001. There is a church in San Francisco based on this album. https://www.coltranechurch.org/ I think if all religions were like that we would have a much better world. What else can I say. Not only natural high, but also natural 5.
Great Jazz Album from one of the legends!
I don't need to listen to this to know the truth
A Love Supreme and Kind of Blue, the undisputed twin summits of Jazz. ‘Trane pours his heart and soul into this. The whole band produced something really special the day this was put down. Deeply moving. Love, love, love it!! 5+❤️
I have a very limited knowledge of jazz, but I like it, which is why I naturally will give this album 5 stars. Like a basic B, this and Kind of Blue are my go-to's in the jazz world.
A Love Supreme was one of the first things I saved to my instrumentals playlist—currently 20 hours, 11 minutes and growing—which I listen to while working. At some point I removed "Pursuance" from it, because its instrumental freakouts—particularly Elvin Jones' drumming—were just as distracting as any song with vocals in it. That's not a complaint; the song is bonkers in a good way. This is an explosive album in general, well worth repeated listens.
Im not a massive jazz fan and struggle to understand it sometimes. This is different. This is a masterpiece.
Overused, I’m sure, but no other way to say it. Masterpiece.
Beguiling, elemental, ineffeble. A sound world I could spend my life uncovering.
I could try to be funny or insightful, but the best I could come up with was “whuuuu???”
I remember writing a long review for A Love Supreme around 6-8 months ago and thinking I will just use this review for when I get it on the 1001 generator (what a smart girl, right?) but now I can't find it and I'm not writing two long ass jazz reviews for the same album in under a year- I'm just not. Recap of that review? Let me think. I just remember writing how this album is about God- something I did not know until last year and how parts that I didn't fully understand on A Love Supreme I now did. Yes, it's as good as everyone says it is. The Sgt Peppers of jazz. No jazz library is complete without it good. That good. A flawless essential work of art. You feel smarter after hearing it. I swear it does something to your brain (!!!) at least it did to mine- something so good! Basically, stop reading about it and just go listen to it - words don't and never will do it justice.
Great dynamic album
A top ten album for me, the blend of attractive chamber-folk and uncompromisingly Teutonic interpretation from Nico, and subtle subversiveness, is extraordinary. As much today as it was in 1966, this record has the power to polarize….always a good sign.
Great but very short (seems to be anywhere trend with these old jazz albums
Ohne Frage eines der besten Alben, die je entstanden sind!
A phenomenal album. I've been listening to it for years. Listen to it four times yesterday
Great, loved it.
Super important album for me, my beginning in jazz many years ago, still as magical and spiritual as it ever was. Easy 5 stars for sure
1. 4/5 2. 5/5 3. 3.5/5 4. 4.5/5
All that jazz
I had several Coltrane albums on CD, and this and Giant Steps still stand out.
luv thaaaat
Objectively, one of the best albums ever
I've never claim to be an expert on jazz, so it's hard to express what I mean here, but this sounds so accessible for the genre without feeling dumbed-down at all. This is just an incredible album showcasing everything that makes Coltrane great.
Excellent! Can listen to this 24/7.
I love, love, LOVE how evocative it is!!! Might become my new morning listen album for a while.
De los primeros discos de jazz que he escuchado en mi vida y el que me hizo enamorarme de su complejidad como género musical. Aunque no creo poder entenderla, este álbum me hizo comprender que uno puede estar fascinado con lo que aún no reconoce o le es difícil de percibir.
¡Empezamos con discazo! Amor eterno a Coltrane!
Jazz is not really my favorite genre. But this is John Coltrane. I mean, how can I not give this 5 stars? It’s incredible.
Joya!
I had never heard of John Coltrane until a year ago. I don’t even remember how I found him, I’m not generally a jazz fan. So I looked him up and played this album, I was blown away. What a beautiful peace of music. Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t listen to this in the car but it’s great to have on in the background while prepping dinner. What a shame John was lost so young. I’m giving it 5, it is so much better than most of the garbage I’ve listened to so far.
The album is obviously memorable for its hypnotic, insistent riff, and simple yet transcendent chorus. But on this listen the third movement stood out most to me, with drums like raindrops, a piano that makes you feel like you’re spinning through a slot machine, and a heart-stopping bass solo to boot. Who knows where you’ll land when it all comes gliding to a stop.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Supreme supreme
Opening saxophone is super pleasant. This was the perfect pick for my jazz playlist.
one of the all time greats that we have here. anything less than 5 stars is a crime. honestly expected this album to be rated higher here.
Great
Easy five star. Gorgeous.
Incredible and transcendent. Maybe not suitable for a jazz newbie or someone who's demanding of a melody, but it’s pure expression. Timeless and powerful for any time of the day.
5/5
Magical. Four guys at the absolute top of thier game. McCoy Tyners keys are aning the best in jazz, ever.
Easiest five stars I’ve given yet. A group of maestros absolutely in sync with each other. This feels like melody, harmony, musical connection, expressing soul through music taken to its peak.
IT's John Coltrane. It is as amazing and as cool as expected.
elvin jones is god
10/10 no notes.
Virtuoso
This has a strong case for being the greatest work of recorded music in the history of the human species. So 5 stars I guess.
Absolutely perfect album, no skips
A jazz classic, sometimes gets a little noisy for me, but a legend doing legendary stuff
jane giving a jazz classic five stars? how peculiar
Wild and beautiful. Feels completely album oriented in a way that jazz often doesn't. When part 2 hits its such a beautiful energetic moment and that colours the whole experience. The head of that track is such a fantastic composition and then the solos carry all of that energy forward. McCoy Tyners comping and general reading of the room is awesome. Love it all
This is certainly the best Coltrane album and absolute masterpiece in its equal distribution of wild jazz moments and an underlying meditative exposition. I've listened to this album a lot and yet I can't still write anything clever about it because I always got very different feelings when listening to it.
There was a time when I experienced this record as pleasant but slightly boring background music, so I'm grateful that I've become more attuned to jazz recently so that I was able to listen more carefully to this great record this morning. There's a reason "A Love Supreme" is considered to be one of those must-listen, classic jazz albums - Coltrane makes that sax go through and around and back and then on the other side of the rest of the melody. And the top-notch combo he's assembled here is amazing - the piano, the drumming, that long solo bass bit in Part III! Yep, I get this album now. It's sparse but deeply immersive at the same time. 5 stars
再生して1分くらいで楽器の音がかなりはっきり分かれている感じが気になって、モノラルで聞いた方がよさそうだなと思いつつステレオで聞いた。 ジャズはショッピングモールのトイレとか床屋で聞いてばかりいるから、良し悪しがまだよくわかってないけど、演奏がタイトで素直にかっこいいと思った。 聞き終わった後にモノラル版を探して聞いてみたけどモノラルの方が良いね。
Fuck I love jazz
I have to start with the acknowledgement, no pun intended, that it's daunting for me to contextualize this artist and this record in particular. John Coltrane had long been canonized as one of the all-time greats in American jazz music. Any introduction from me would feel inadequate. Instead, let's skip ahead to the year 1957, when Coltrane had a spiritual awakening that allowed him to kick his heroin addiction and alcoholism, nasty habits that led to the disbandment of the first great quintet he was in with Miles Davis. Coltrane would soon reconnect with Davis after his cleanse to form a sextet that would go on to record some landmark sessions like Kind of Blue. Then he pursued his own work as a leader on the Atlantic label for even more landmark works like Giant Steps. Then Impulse! bought out his contract, and he formed a quartet with McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums. By this point, it was evident that Coltrane's compositions were noticeably deviating from standard modal jazz, becoming more experimental in his playing as his spirituality drove him towards a new style. This new style would become known as spiritual jazz, and A Love Supreme is often considered its genesis. Written and composed as an expression of his faith in God and as a thank-you to Him for his recovery from addiction years prior, A Love Supreme is a four-movement work that can be interpreted as John Coltrane's spiritual journey. From acknowledging his belief and love in a higher power, to resolving his prior addictions, to pursuing enlightenment through his instrumental play, culminating in the recitation of a prayer. Each movement stylistically follows the progression of his journey. The call-and-response to Garrison's opening bass motif on "Acknowledgement", the wild flurry of scales that Coltrane ran through on his sax on "Resolution", the furious drum solo from Jones that leads into the contemplating saxophone motif, further descending into thought-provoking solos from each of the bandmates on "Pursuance", and Coltrane's saxophone playing on "Psalm" that meticulously followed the words of a poem he wrote down and later included in the album liner notes for others to follow along. The degree to which Coltrane planned out this record and recorded it with his quartet in one session, while still leaving room for improvisation, is insane. Not only that, but the playing on this record is such that it's simple to follow along, yet complex and progressive at the same time. Credit to all of the session personnel who were up to the task of crafting such an immaculate piece of work that feels timeless decades later. I'm sure there are countless other works, both written and visual, that dive deeper into the background of A Love Supreme, and I encourage you to seek them out after giving this album a listen, because they do help inform subsequent listens to this record. I hope that I have given you enough of a start while illustrating how much this album made a fervent impression on me.
Listened to this while doing my morning chores and routines and felt a fresh pep in my step. There's something very whimsical about the longing or yearning you can feel in the music that generates a sense of hope, or something to look forward to.
Heard before, but always good listen. Coltrane can’t be beat at what he does
Flawless Jazz album
Some of the best musicians in the genre doing the thing. Cant ask for more than that! Cool cats!
Me encantó. Particularmente a partir del final del primer tema que empecé a entenderlo mejor y entrar en la vibe. Lo escuché dos veces y media aprox, entre las veces que tuve que interrumpirlo. Me dieron ganas de saber más de Coltrane, me puse a leer su página de wikipedia.
I love jazz
un muy buen album pero realmente para poder entender cada cancion y como compaginan en lo que quiere decir el album no basta con solo escuchar la musica si no que hay que entender todo el contexto, historia y situaciones que llevaron para que finalmente naciera este disco. Es un jazz poco comun que al escucharlo por primera vez se escuchaba desorganizado y caotico, pero una vez que uno entiende todo lo que hay detras del mismo, todo cae en su sitio. La ultima cancion es la mas soprendente al John Coltrane poder hablar sin palabras y comunicar solo con su instrumento,
this is my favorite album of all time so, as far as the rest of this challenge goes, I guess that means it's all downhill from here! I've been playing the tenor saxophone since I was in sixth grade and, for me, A Love Supreme has represented different things at different points in my journey with the instrument on which both I and John Coltrane found our artistic voices. I started getting interested in jazz in junior high school, and so I thought I would do my due diligence and find some popular jazz albums, just to get a feel for what it could sound like. I figured, where better to go than (what's usually considered) the best album by, arguably, the greatest player of my instrument in all of human history? some of the reviews here are listeners lamenting that their expectations vs. the final product of the album didn't exactly match up. if you're just dipping your toes into the world of jazz like I was, I think that's an understandable reaction; I mean, after all, it's more or less the one I had at first! "was that it? I'm not sure I got it, or even what 'it' is." at the risk of sounding pretentious or elitist, I think A Love Supreme is one of those albums that gets better and better the more context you have for it. there's the context of jazz as a genre generally, which is pretty easy to get through just listening to (and reading about) a lot of it. but there's also the context of Coltrane's artistic trajectory, and the world he lived in as a musician and a human being. from my perspective as a (less skilled) musician, what you have here is four masters of their craft operating at the peak of their abilities. Coltrane's facility as a saxophonist is self-evident, from the intense, rambling face-offs with his rhythm section on "Resolution" and "Pursuance" to the plaintive intensity of his vocal-like performance on "Psalm". but, of course, there's also McCoy Tyner conducting a seance at the piano with his powerful left-hand power chords and ethereal, ambiguous right-hand chord voicings; Elvin Jones playing for his life at nearly every moment, with some particularly intense crashing and bashing at the best moments; and Jimmy Garrison's level-headed bass work acting as the keystone holding the entire thing together. these four musicians are known today as Coltrane's "classic" quartet; they're frequently cited as one of the greatest small groups in the history of jazz, and their performances on A Love Supreme are ample evidence in favor of that distinction. if you've ever tried to play jazz, on any instrument, you know how tricky it can be, and especially how vulnerable it can feel. the four compositions that make up this LP are all very simple at their roots, but to play them (or anything) as fiercely as this band does requires a deep level of awareness, both of one's own performance as well as that of your fellow players. Tyner, Garrison and Jones all played in various incarnations of Coltrane's groups throughout the early sixties, but it was once the four of them truly found each other, on a musical level, that they began to make the albums that would etch them into history as one of The Bands. A Love Supreme is also well-known as Coltrane's ode to his higher power. in the liner notes here, he calls it "God" due to his Christian background, but he was famously interested in a variety of religious traditions. personally, I'm a lapsed Catholic, but the ecstatic feeling I get from playing or listening to jazz at a high intensity level like this is probably the closest thing I have in my life to a religious experience. there's a profound power in this music that words can't really describe. when you listen through Coltrane's albums up to this point, you hear him starting to figure out more about the inner workings of music, then of his instrument, then of himself. listening to that journey play out in music is profoundly moving. if I think about it too long, I might cry! the best. 11/10.
Whether you understand music theory or not and why this works, it’s undeniable how great it is. He’s Jazz royalty for a reason…
I mean yeah of course
Has never lost its power for me over the years. Spiritual jazz classic with elite musicians
Favorite jazz album, favorite jazz song (psalm)
a love supreme
Top 3 albums all time
As Jazz as it gets Loved it.
One of the best to ever do it. Quite simply a masterpiece.
Coltrane - nuff said.
Great Outlaw country album. But i'm biased. Being from El Paso, I have a soft spot for his music.
Such a spectacular album. One of the all time best Jazz recordings.
A love supreme
One of the greatest jazz albums I’ve ever heard. Genuinely the emotions this album generates are so intense and divinely all consuming
A Love Supreme is an act of genius in four parts. John Coltrane’s 1965 masterpiece must surely have a place in any jazz fan’s collection – and is one of the few jazz albums that effortlessly crosses over to mainstream audiences. It’s an extraordinarily accessible collection, but that doesn’t mean it compromises itself in any way. The album is organised into a four-part suite, which ebbs and flows beautifully over 33 minutes. Not being a musician, let alone a jazz musician, I’m not able to go into any technical detail, but it doesn’t really matter as A Love Supreme is ultimately a purely emotional experience – spiritual and truly uplifting – it’s an album that I’ve returned to regularly over the past 30+ years, it’s power to move has never diminished. 10/10
No notes
I wish I understood more about jazz so that I could truly appreciate this album. What I do know is that it's perfect.
lowkey chill
yessssss, a bit of jazzz!!! I listened to this while on a beautiful walk in a woods, this made it 10 times more beautiful.
PERFECT
Searching restless exploration that pushes, pulls, and stretch harmony, rhythm, timbre and melody to create an uneasy feeling of dissociation, disjuncture, and disconnection. Music that's full of gaps and anxiously seeking to resolve itself, to cohere, to transcend - finding fleeting moments of joy, of blissful color that, with a the slightest twitch of hue, shifts tone, destabilizing the mood, casting back into the search.
It's just brilliant. It's like Coltrane is wrestling with every question of spirituality he's ever had. I'm sure a robust drug habit helped too. (He had been clean for quite a while by this album. But still, that shit will probably make you question everything)
smooth
10/10
I am an extremely casual jazz fan; this is best illustrated by my not listening to ‘A Love Supreme’ until undertaking this project. It lives up to the hype. The band is locked in, Coltrane gives an unbelievable performance on the sax, and the album overall is tight and exciting. A great example of one of the truly American art forms.
one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of jazz and one of the greatest albums ever made four parts: "Acknowledgement" (which includes the oral chant that gives the album its name), "Resolution", "Pursuance", and "Psalm"
Can't get enough of this. Le plus que j'écoute du jazz dans cette liste, meilleur je trouve ça.
went for a nice walk in central park with this!
This was the 2nd jazz cd I purchased after Kind of Blue. Beautiful
Phenomenal Album. One of the best Jazz records ever produced.
Nice
legendary for a reason
Masterpiece.
10/10
Nice instrumental album. Allowed some solid escapism / brain emptying
A truly lovely album and one that I enjoyed re-acquainting myself with. More of this please.
This album encapsulates exactly what it’s like to be a flawed, messy human, and the want and desperate search to cling onto something bigger for security and refuge. Actually finding it is a miracle. God bless Mr. Coltrane, this is just amazing.
really liked it, i usually dont listen to music like this but its rlly calming and soft
I've heard the first track (Acknowledgement) prior, but have never intentionally listened to the whole thing. Dang. Moved me to tears. And the freaking drumming of Elvin Jones!!! Holy hell. Check out this drumeo video on it: https://youtu.be/r8326NogS2A?si=8USXScIROFFyd9Q_ If this one comes up for you, listen to the mono version on Youtube. The stereo versions that are on the streaming services are very, very irritating. Coltrane in one ear, everyone else in the other. Yuck. But yes, I'm buying this one on vinyl ASAP. This whole 1001 records thing is, I suspect, going to bankrupt me, but I'll have a good record collection.
Wow!
A classic. Great communication, exciting drumming, and Coltrane sounds amazing. It's so easy to listen to as a background to other activities, or with focus, and nobody overstays their welcome.
LOVED IT
one of the few albums that, through human effort, transcends the bounds of human perception and becomes something greater, something grander
Erinnert mich an Cosby Show
This isn’t background music. It’s in your face. I’ve listened through 4 times now and each time I come away with a different feeling - I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. But every time I listen I like it more. It probably started as a 4 for me, but at this point I think it’s grown into a 5 and only see it being better yet with more listens.
One of the best albums in jazz. A Love Supreme.
Such emotion in his playing. Elvin on drums. Worth 5 for that alone.
What a lovely album. I like jazz music, I listen to it often, but I don't think I'm some aficionado. But when I listen, I feel like I'm hearing the guy behind the sax or the bass so clearly and intimately. Obviously, the music has to be good, or any pangs of authenticity will fall on deaf ears, and it is good. The push and pull is mesmerising, great listen
!!! Volume all the way up for this one Songs added to playlist (was tempting to add them all): - Pt. I - Acknowledgement - Pt. IV - Psalm
Put it on and sit back and enjoy
This album is actually supreme. A pure masterclass on jazz, so delicately constructed and with so so so much taste. The talent here is immense. It is such a masterpiece of an album.
Supreme.
A love supreme A love supreme A love supreme A love supreme
John Coltrane presents a series of contradictions as if they are totally natural. I’m in awe at the tension between the smooth and discordant elements which are both disconnected and entwined, manic but present, busy but slow. The band are in tune with each other but in a way which is totally at odds, yin and yang. It works as an abstract description of love, but he could be describing any “lost in the moment” passionate force. It’s a work of art.
one of my favourite jazz records and an absolute solid gold 5, probably a 10/10 for me - the way Coltrane wrestles with the existential and the spiritual and religious across half an hour of tight and loose, chill and wild, always cohesive sounds is amazing to me, and the album is a pleasure to listen to
sultry. crazy it happened in one session.
The first album on this list I could honestly rate without listening (although I did give it a refresh, but that's not the point). I've listened to it so many times over the years I almost know it by heart ; it's been in my personal top 10 ever since it first blew my mind almost 30 years ago. Coltrane is the musician who converted me to jazz, and he's still my favorite jazzman to this day. Although "Olé" will always be my most beloved jazz piece (and maybe one of my favorite pieces of music ever, regardless of any genre), A Love Supreme is a pretty close second, and the closest thing to a perfect album for me on this list. I won't even try to explain it or convince anyone. This is indeed like love - you either feel it or you don't, and any other discussion on the subject is an exercise in futility. 10/10
How much did I listened to this album ! Still as powerful are thes vaiations around the notes theme. But I love also his ealier work. When you think Davis, Monk, Evans, they all worked together at some point...
one of the great loves of my life ❤️
12/16/25 The first day of spring after a long winter
thank you god
Smooth
This was a delight from start to finish. The drums drew me in, but the sax made me stay. Five stars.
Not first listen; 5; Incredible how much the music dances around the same melody throughout the record. By working around the same riffs, it's interesting to hear how the different parts evoke different emotion. While being dissonant and chaotic, it manages to keep everything together.
greatest jazz album ever
Great album for that time. On repeat through out the years!
Utterly fantastic. Almost every moment feels inspired and every player gets the chance to really show off their skills. I enjoy how chaotic the album starts while slowly building its way to a calmer but still pretty intense finale. The coordination of the quartet is insane considering how passionate every player seems to be and how complex the rhythms get.
He was great
I’ve been arrested. this is the kind of album you listen to and you’ll never be the same.
This is less an album more an act in 4 parts. Those parts are tremendous. Evocative, tuneful and morose. Each act worthy of coming back to time and time again. This was a time when jazz was evolving to match up with the pop music of the day. This betters it.
Beautiful sound, challenging (inspiring?) message, still fresh. Absolutely essential.
DIS1GOTIT. NEEDED IT 2DAY. NAREN / WENDY TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY BUT IT’s 2 LATE. 5 !
Perhaps aided by it's short runtime, I didn't traverse my usual jazz pathway from initial interest to boredom. Maybe I'm being slowly groomed into a jazz fan through exposure... For whatever reason, the album really clicked with me. I was enthralled by the rolling rhythms which feel like they pull you into a trance. The noodling sax that floated above felt like watching a plastic bag caught in the wind. There was something compelling about the album and I ended up listening four times through. Musical horizons broadened!
A jazz classic. Really incredible.
beautiful, just beautiful. Not much to say, this feels like a good record to sit and relax with or to play while tidying your room. Jazz music like this has such an atmospheric character to it, it makes you feel like a focus that is not aggressive nor obnoxious. You can be calm yet mischievous, deliberate yet brisk. Listening to it makes me feel cultured, when in reality I might just be pretentious lol. So far, this is the best one from this list.
Oh yeah, bong hit commence! 10 stars wouldn't be enough. I love listening to this record and focusing on just one part of what's playing - Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Coltrane - it doesn't matter which one, because everyone is operating on a level that transcends the whole. This record never sounds the same twice, equally thrilling and soothing.
Vibes: 5/5 Instruments: 5/5 Production: 5/5 Emotional Value: 3/5 Storytelling: 4/5 Album Cover: +0.5 Stand Outs: Acknowledgement, Psalm Overall Rating: 4.5
5. Best album ever?
jazzy
MORE JAZZ
An album with the main instrument being a saxophone, 10/10
Such a great listen. Easy 5 stars.
Wowww!
10 / 10
This is by far one of the greatest pieces of jazz out there. It’s a spiritual experience containing some of the best sax and piano solos. Coltrane would follow this a year later with the boldest jazz album I know with Ascension. Still, A Love Supreme is THE Coltrane album.
a spiritual awakening in 4 acts
Incredible
Opening still gives me chills. What a journey. I need to process. This was the first time I was still really paying attention during "Psalm" - what a beautiful piece of music. Feels presumptuous to even try to use my clumsy words to describe this masterpiece.
Listened before! Still think it's absolutely fantastic and so ahead of it's time!
A jazz standard, improv at its best.
A goddamn masterpiece. Spiritual, incredibly composed, immaculately played by all involved (shoutout especially to Elvin Jones' drum solo in Part 3: Pursuance), and all in a tight 33-minute package, A Love Supreme absolutely deserves its accolades as one of the finest jazz experiences ever.
sup it's trane
nice
Enjoyed very much - not new.
You may like it or not, but it's clearly something else. If you have a minimal appreciation for jazz, it's superb.
LOVE THIS!
I don't really know jazz but I don't think you have to to feel that this one is special.
What an absolute masterpiece. For a very long time, I found myself more in the Giant Steps (Another Coltrane album) camp when it came to Coltrane’s work. However upon relistening I have to say I think this Album is the better project. Giant Steps is more consumable, but as a whole this clears. Now let’s get to what exactly is good about this album? The short answer is everything, no exaggeration. Every piece of instrumentation is perfectly played and positioned throughout. The standout for me has to be Elvin Jones drums though. Never before has a Jazz drumming performance captivated me as much as his performance here. Anyways if you like Jazz at all, you should know this is a classic for a reason. Best track: Meant to be consumed as a whole Worst Track: See Above.
Astounding, enthralling, and foundational for modern jazz. An absolute pleasure.
Love me some Coltrane🔥🔥🔥🔥
Definitely 5+ starts. On the pile of records that sit outside the category of rating. Its essential listening. the wikipedia entry really says it all enough. His jazz masterpiece recorded on a single day in a studio with another master musician. Its mostly instrumental - a spiritual and soul touching experience. Regarded wisely as truly one of the best masterpieces of all time. Especially for jazz. Pleasure rating 100. Superb for me. Truly 5+. You do need to be in the mood for it, or let it bring the mood, and just be alone with it. . When I discovered jazz in my late 20's, there were the jazz standards (songs and albums you just need to know - Stan Getz, Ella & Louis , and then Without doubt one of the most essential and pure albums here for me, so I am putting this straight on my rather small. . Mastery in a genre. listen any way you like, let it wash over you, close your eyes in a softly furnished listening room on a vintage hifi Or headphones reminder to self as I haven't rated for a while here: >>>>(mostly I use the extremes for simpler ratings. I rate 1 for bad/yuck//never gain , 3 for OK but in a busy life not devoting time to it, 5 YES, love, definitely LISTEN AGAIN, and 5+ for CHERISHED favourite I should listen to more. Its fully delights. Essential listening my girls.
A tough listen, mainly due to pricking at my insecurities about feeling/looking stupid. I feel I should just embrace my philistinism and make peace with the idea that jazz does absolutely nothing for me. The only emotions it ever seems to evoke are negative, so it follows that I would rather avoid it. The only take away thus far is ‘wow, they’re good at their instruments… how long is this track?’. I’ll have to give it five for the musicianship, though.
This album showcases the virtuosity of the performers but it has a focus; there are various points of resolution and consonance from which the improvisation is anchored. Each performer has their moment to showcase their skills but the sense of coherence is never lost. In spite of its short length, I have found that I get something new out of it with every listen. This time the drumming caught my attention; restrained and fluid, while keeping the dynamics varied. This is a truly great album that actually gets greater with every listen.
I don't know much about jazz, but I know this album and I know it's great. Scores of people smarter than me have explained why.
J'aime sur un pied d'égalité Coltrane et Davis. Je me suis procuré A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters en 3 LP ces dernières années et ça joue souvent.
Ce qui arrive quand tu lâches l'hero et que tu trouves Dieu! Un de mes quartets prefs du jazz. Instigateur du free. Pursuance est tellement bonne ça roule à une vitesse folle, les 4 joueurs complètement possédés. C'est une des pièces qui m'a fait dit au Cegep bon 'ga si t'es pas capable d'atteindre tes harmoniques au sax aussi aisément que Coltrane à quoi bon continuer là-dedans.
Du gros jazz. Le meilleur jusqu’à maintenant dans ce projet? Peut-être. Je reste partial à Herbie mais c’est pas pentoute dans le même registre. J’ai vraiment été marqué par le jeu déchainé du drummer!
That classic sax, just emanating cool. It’s undeniable.
I listened to this album without knowing the background, but i could feel it was some sort of coherent journey even in that first listen. Its a wordless prayer. The sax says more in 30 odd minutes than many other actual lyricists manage in a full hour. The piano, bass and drums are insanely good. Like unreal. Every individual on this record is clearly operating at the pinnacle of musicality. The drums were complex, intricate, delicate, shuffling along and then suddenly they break out into expressive and fills and crescendos. Lay back and let the waves of jazz flow over you in a way that isn't always possible with other jazz records. Its not always easy listening but it is always alive. It almost feels like breathing. Top class. Favourite track - all of it, it feels like one big track its so coherent. 9/10
A timeless classic. Reminds me of sitting in coffee shops in my 20s smoking cigarettes talking with people about life and how it might turn out before really understanding what the grind was all about. This music feels like the punk rock of jazz; discordant and frenetic at times, but definitely reflective of the highs and lows of the human condition.
Gas, no notes, one of my all time favorites.
I wouldn't consider myself a jazz officianado, but have done enough of the classics to know a little bit. This was an incredible listen. Just top tier stuff through and through. If you're not a "jazz person" go in with an open mind. It's pretty accessible as instrumental-based jazz goes, and really is just an incredible performance top to bottom. Loved it.
(100/100)
Det här var jazz i topp form!
I just love this. The combined musicianship on this is outstanding. Particularly, I have an affection for the playing of McCoy Tyner. But most importantly, this album had a very strong emotional effect on me. It moved me in the indescribable way music can sometimes. Not the first time listening, but the first time with this reaction. Maybe it finally 'clicked' this time, or it just came at the right time
Not my favorite Coltrane album but I love the cohesiveness throughout the record. Feels more like a single piece than an album of 4 songs
A legend.
Over ever-shifting and rapidly-moving chords, Coltrane weaves intricate but compelling solos. The sidemen on this album also provide a solid foundation for Coltrane, especially phenomenally talented drummer Elvin Jones.
O gerador realmente quer me tornar fã de jazz. Esse álbum é muito bom, na moral!
Enchanting album, whimsical and pure. I loved it.
Probably my favorite record
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instrumental era o que eu tava precisando 10/10
Loved Supremely. A pillar of American and world music by an icon.