A Love Supreme

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”If God had an ipod I would be on his playlist” - John Coltrane, 1965

The more I listen to jazz from being exposed via this site, the more I'm realizing that I just don't really like jazz. I can appreciate the musicianship, but it's just not something I'd choose to listen to.

this might be a technical masterpiece but let's be real, jazz is annoying

Thank god that was short, I couldn't handle much more. Occasionally that was a good bit but then it would be overthrown by someone who fell on the piano or pushed over a bass.

What can be said about this album that hasnt already been said? Its absolutley incredible. Im not a jazz expert, and have only listened to about 4 dozen jazz albums, so I dont understand the music theory of it all, I just know that its an incredible experience to listen to this.

Takes several listens to really get, especially for those not used to jazz. First track gets improvised, demonstrating Coltrane's insane talent as a sax player. Love the "A Love Supreme" underlying the entire track, starting off the song clearly then stepping out of the shadows via Coltrane's vocals at the end. Second track starts taking an intense turn. This becomes a very powerful album, with Coltrane's attempt to play as though God was speaking through their instruments. It gets crazy from time to time, invoking several instances of emotion and power, like the drum solo in the first part and near the end of Pursuance. In fact, the last track Psalm is entirely a consistent preach which goes along to written lyrics spoken through sax. I wish I could explain the theory behind this work and what makes this "modal jazz," but I'll save that for another few years (hopefully). For now, I find this to be an amazing piece of art with wonderful diversity that demonstrate both immense talent and powerful messages that convey deep emotion to the listener.

One of the most important records ever made, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme was his pinnacle studio outing, that at once compiled all of the innovations from his past, spoke to the current of deep spirituality that liberated him from addictions to drugs and alcohol, and glimpsed at the future innovations of his final two and a half years.

Jazz is a lot like England's "golden generation" of footballers. On paper, there's a lot of superstars but in practice, each player seems to be out of sync with each other and playing to their own tune.

I like some jazz and I like some jazz less. This is the type where 3 or 4 musicians appear to get together and do their own thing without any interest or care what the others are doing. Personally I'd rather listen to an orchestra tuning up.

Famous sax player Joshua Redman said 'A Love Supreme is the first jazz album I ever heard, and I really hope it is the last I ever hear.' This is the best piece of jazz music that will ever exist.

It’s Coltrane at his best, in what world was I not going to give this album 5 stars? There have been so many positive reviews written about this album that I’m not sure how much else so have to say but it really is that good. Everybody plays so well together and the solos are perfect. My criteria for a 10 is basically that I don’t think the album could be any better and this album certainly fits that description. Favorite songs: Yes Least favorite songs: No 10/10

John composed and recorded this masterpiece in one take when he was 38 years old. I'm nearly 34, sitting on the toilet, and typing a review to his album that nobody will read. Really humbles a guy. 5/5

An absolute monolith. Gnomic on first hearing, enlightening after multiple.

01) A Love Supreme, pt 1. - Acknowledgement - 3,0 02) A Love Supreme, pt. 2 - Resolution - 2,0 03) A Love Supreme, pt. 3. - Pursuance - 2,0 04) A Love Supreme, pt. 4. - Psalm 3,0 TOTAL: 2,50 (25/100) God I hate jazz! It's like my left ear is fighting with my right one. Every instrument plays it's own tune. I know this is worthy album, but it's a big no for me.

A one-time contender for my favourite jazz album, I've cooled on this over the last couple of years. Not that I think it's anything resembling bad. Frequently funky, surprising and exciting, the closest I can get to laying my finger on the root of my reservations is that those qualities are rarely co-present and that seems like part of the design, which also seems to be deliberately challenging and as a result stops me from getting transported the way Coltrane is. Except when he chants "A love supreme". Despite its simplicity--probably because of it--that always hits me as the most transcendent moment.

Coltrane is a glass of whiskey on the rocks. It’s an early evening smoke on the patio. The second I hear the opening notes I’m transported back to a dinner party with friends. The music can get chaotic and sometimes repetitive, but it’s remains woven into the fabric of our past.

4 guys got on stage and just played their own shit for half an hour. If anxiety had a musical sound, it would be this. I'll give it a 1 star bump because of the technical musicianship of the band members and the undeniable influence he had.

I’m trying. Truly. I’m trying to understand jazz and appreciate it. I know that John Coltrane is a brilliant musician and rightfully revered. But I simply don’t “get” this type of jazz. To me, it just sounds like a cacophony of disparate musicians, and I struggle to find anything resembling a melody to grab on to.

No. 54/1001 Acknowledgement 3/5 Resolution 4/5 Pursuance 3/5 Psalm 4/5 Average: 3,5 Jazz is not my favorite genre. But I can appreciate the incredible musicianship on display here.

No filler anywhere. Just Coltrane pushing a single idea until it burns. It’s the sound of someone who means it. If you only hear one album before you die, make it this one. Then go back and listen again.

John Coltrane, already well-establish as a one of jazz's greats, wanted to go in a different direction after his last album. Leaning more into avant-garde jazz, Coltrane blended elements of faith and religion to create what is effectively a new subgenre of jazz: Spiritual Jazz. More spiritual in form than in substance, A Love Supreme is a piece that honor's Coltrane's relationship with God. It is reflective, passionate, and amazing in it's music. Not only that, but this record would mark a move into free jazz, for both Coltrane and Impulse! Records. Context aside, this is a beautiful jazz record. It's a little weird, but makes up for it in spades with expert use of dynamics and improvisation that only seasoned jazz musicians could follow through on. Excellence had never sounded so good. God bless.

Jazz. Raw, unapologetic, beautiful, soulful, all of those other words that have certainly been said about it over the years, and more. This album is great, and definitely deserves a high spot on this list.

This was a really crisp and musical album. I'm not very well-versed in jazz, but the riffs and solos in the songs were fun and bouncy, all while blending into the chord progressions really beautifully. I hadn't listened to Coltrane before, even though I'd heard his name, so it was a really cool piece of music history to listen to him. I also took the opportunity to read about his life and career and it's so clear that he lived and breathed jazz and his passion for music was the reason his work was so groundbreaking.

I like the parts where the music was like doo da doo

Not only a spectacular jazz album, A Love Supreme is a beautiful expression of the relationship between man and God. Coltrane’s saxophone wails and sobs like a sinner yearning to be cleansed.

Spiritual. If you're in the right frame of mind, hard to describe it as anything else.

Couldn't finish. Too much anxiety

Sorry Jazz, you are just not my thing. It’s not you, it’s me.

I feel pretty silly writing a review of this. It's kind of weird having any jazz records on this list. And I have heard this one so many times that today, knowing I have to write about it, I am more listening to myself listening to A Love Supreme than I am actually just listening to it. The first time I heard this album was during lunch period in the high school library (can you believe they had a copy?!? The two jazz records I remember them having were this and the tragically unfortunate A Day In The Life by Wes Montgomery. Wes was one of the greatest bop guitar players you will ever hear - go find some of his videos on youtube. they are very entertaining videos, not only because his joyful virtuosity is infectious but also because he plays with his thumb where most humans use a pick - and by the late 60s they had him basically inventing muzak with Beatles songs and orchestral strings. Sadly, the best part of that album is the striking cover photo - a close-up of a full ashtray. A day in the life, indeed.). My tiny teenage mind was so completely crushed by A Love Supreme that I remember feeling lightheaded, and when I floated into Latin class a few minutes later, my teacher accused me of being high and sent me to the Principal. Would my tiny teenage mind have been crushed without the prompt the liner notes provided that this music is supposed to be spiritually significant? I dunno. Does it matter? So I think we have established that I have zero objectivity when it comes to discussing this record. So I don't know if the casual listener can appreciate why people would start a Church of Saint John Coltrane that is still going strong 50 years later and why that church has a monthly service based on this album. To me, the thing I love most uniquely about Coltrane is captured in the the title of the third track on here: Pursuance. From his earliest bop recordings through his final interstellar explorations, there is this consistent pursuit of something that is always just beyond his reach. And his reach is incredible when you consider he gave up drugs and alcohol in 1957 and from then on, you are listening to a man possessed. Or obsessed, more like it, with what I can only call a spiritual pursuit executed with great discipline. He worked very hard at it. Go listen to the title track of Giant Steps, where he absolutely annihilates bebop harmony both in his unbelievably complex composition and in his lightning fast improvisation over it, an accomplishment brought in sharp relief when he is immediately followed by the great pianist Tommy Flanagan, who you can very easily hear promptly gets lost in the tune's crazy chords and never recovers. This is extra amusing when you consider that this is the best take the band could produce! I would love to find an interview with Tommy where he discusses his very public fuck up on a famous album that continues to this day to shape tenor saxophonists off all stripes and genres. I assume it was an honor for him to get smoked in this fashion. More than anything, it's a testament to how hard Giant Steps is to play. By contrast, six years on and the tunes on A Love Supreme are the exact opposite. A couple of melodic phrases, maybe 1-2 chords, sometimes a repetitive bass line for a bit. None of these tunes have a bridge or other basic elements of song form to provide improvisers with some variety to lean on. There isn't much to lean on here at all, so if you aren't already a level nine monk, you risk being exposed. That might be why these tunes aren't more popular to play. A few - a few - bands will play Resolution and occasionally you'll hear a band demonstrate their sense of humor by going into Acknowledgement long enough for them to chant "I love ice cream" or "I love The Supremes" (it's a tired enough joke that I have actually heard both. Come to think of it, my band may have been responsible for some of them...). To me, this album feels like the peak of his quartet - truly an amazing band, less in their individual chops, although considerable, and more in how well they fit together and understood each other - and it also announces the logical completion of the modal jazz journey he and Bill Evans kicked off with Miles Davis six years earlier on Kind of Blue. (noteworthy that Giant Steps and Kind of Blue could hardly be more different and in fact were recorded within a month of each other) After A Love Supreme, Trane spent his final couple of years continuing to remove traditional elements of music, playing even less structured music with unusual combinations of musicians. The final album before he died is just him and a drummer howling at the stars. It's hard to imagine what would have come after that had he lived. Put down the horn and start banging rocks on bear skins? He was only 40 when he died, so who knows. Or maybe he was playing like that because he knew he was dying? His death at this point in his musical journey, scaling bebop mountain and then systematically reducing it to rubble, rock by rock, sort of seems inevitable. That he would transition from earthly being at this stage makes total sense to my tiny mind. I still haven't spent much time with his final albums - I'm saving them. I'm not sure why or what for, but until I started typing this, I didn't feel ready. What am I waiting for? If I am honest with myself, I think I first needed to transcribe and really get inside his solos on Giant Steps and his other masterworks in order to fully appreciate his abandonment of them. But if I am truly honest with myself, at this point in my mid 50's, I will never be readier. So if the next time you see me I am sporting a Pharonic goatee that covers goes all the way down to my dashiki and I am speaking only in zen koans, you'll know exactly what happened.

Powerful and intricate, I could listen to this 100 times and continue to glean something different each time.

I have a hard time with a lot of jazz albums, but this one just owns it from start to finish. Everything about this album is excellent - from the rhythms to the sound of the recording and of course the songs themselves. I understand why this is a classic.

From the first sound of the gong you are aware that you’re about to witness greatness. Jones’ cymbal washing and later use of timpani is breathtaking, but it is nonetheless Coltrane that stands out as the main character in what can easily be described as his magnum opus. Another milestone by Coltrane that still stands tall almost 60 years later.

Another groundbreaking album and modal jazz classic. This album in four movement takes a more avant garde approach to the form with its experimental rhythms and improvisation. Though less melodic than his work on Kind of Blue, this album is very listenable and has a lot to offer the casual jazz listener. This is one of those albums that rewards multiple listens.

Rare among jazz albums in that I feel like I genuinely get it, I think it's a masterpiece. This might not be considered a ringing endorsement given my general ignorance, but I'll stand by it.

Oh yes. This is sitting in a smoky bar, drinking a whiskey, and watching the band wail onstage. I am about this life.

I was really expecting this to be homework, but I found it really easy to listen to. A few too many bass and drum solos, perhaps, but it is largely fairly succinct and coherent, even for someone not as sophisticated in their jazz appreciation as I am. (Hal understands this better. It seems fairly straightforward to him, I suspect). I can understand the stretches. It's a bit more challenging than wallpaper jazz, but not so free as to be incomprehensible. Would listen again. It probably should be a five star record, and I appreciate the art behind it, but it just isn't really my bag, you know?

So much jazz recently! I keep prefacing these reviews with "I'm not the biggest jazz fan. But I can appreciate it." This album is no different. Yeah, I mean, it was pretty good. It's just kind of background music for me at this point. Pleasant but not super engaging. Nothing Earth shattering for me. I feel like I need to listen to it again to process it more, but to be honest I just don't really want to. It feels like blasphemy rating Coltrane 2/5 because the man is a legend and obviously super talented, but it's just not my bag, baby.

I get it, this is classic John Coltrane, supremely sophisticated syncopation, rampant rattling rhythms. It's subversive to the wholesome big bad era that preceded. The jazz aficionados are lined up, looking down their noses, obliging me to rate this a 5. To me this is just jazzy, in the pejorative sense. It's like having an annoying squeaking sound in the car you try to root out and can't find, then you try to ignore it, but it wears out your subconscious mind. It's like cacophonous, chaotic traffic in Kathmandu. I do love horror-infused music, like Skinny Puppy, so maybe I should listen again and reframe it as intentionally terrorizing droning.

I'm not super versed into jazz. I'm a barely casual enjoyer of the popular stuff. I like other Coltrane albums but this feels super weird and erratic for me. With runs going on for a long time to weird places, hitting accidentals that throw my ears off. Everything is purposeful in his album but the language he is speaking in, I'm not fluent in.

I am still trying to get more into jazz. This was an okay listen, and it wasn't necessarily difficult to get through but I'm not sure if I enjoyed it. Still, I appreciate the talent here.

Thoughts before listening: Oh goddamnit. Fucking jazz. It’s so stupid. Thoughts after listening: It's like going to a movie, and instead of dialogue and action and narrative you get five guys all shouting random words at the exact same time. ONE STAR

When I was 16 and just starting my record collection, my dad picked this record out from me at a store by glancing at it. My 16 year old self was obsessed with Weezer and Green Day, jazz wasn't necessarily at the top of my mind. Of course I listened to it and thought it sounded pretty, but it was just that; background noise while I did some other mundane task. Fast forward to Fall 2024. It was a mild fall day in the south and I had just finished my yearly physical before one of my afternoon classes would begin. Earlier in the day, I had listened to a sermon by Brian Zahnd, an eclectic pastor who was excited in finding the divine beauty in the ordinary parts of life. That time he had been talking about A Love Supreme as a transcendental piece of music. Out of boredom, out of nostalgia, who knows, I put that album on my way to class. I've never had this experience with an instrumental piece before and I doubt I'll have it again, but I was in tears by the middle of IV. A Love Supreme is a masterpiece; not just technically, not just prodcution-wise, but it is quite literally one of the best pieces of music I have ever heard in my life. I've memorized the melodies, yet every time I hear them, there something new I discover. New emotion, new pain, new joy. I adore this album.

Incredible album--you feel as if there was an amazing performance and this recording is the best we could do to capture it. It's hard listening to this without imagining an audience--it's so much a display of virtuosity both technically and from a composition standpoint. Always brings me to tears in a few places.

The thing that makes Coltrane as a jazz guy is his love of pop music. Through all the iterations of his playing career he kept one eye on the great era of American songwriting. My all time favourite record, even over the Fabs, is his record with Johnny Hartman. He follows that with My Favourite Things et al. And then he finds a god of some kind (as they do) and brings all that jazz sensibility/virtuosity together with his pop influences to create this homage. That bass riff and drum part at the start sets the scene perfectly, and he takes off for an album that just flows. Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison do that thing they do so well on all his records, they are the key, their segue to Part 2 is tattooed on my brain. A beautiful piece of music. Believe the hype deadbeats.

A brilliant and timeless jazz record.

10/10

Immersive and kaleidoscopic piece of work - makes me want to be a bigger jazz head - which I will!

Not your normal jazz session. It’s momentous. Fantastic music. Not much else I can say.

Sup

One of the greats

Wow. I've never listened to this, but have always wanted to. What a masterpiece. It is such a beautiful expression of humanity. Always surprising, but in a way that keeps you in the piece. This could be listened to both in the background of a coffee shop and on head phones in the dark. Gorgeous.

Amazing album, fantastic playing, great sound. Still amused by how underwhelmed the singing is after such sparkling music. They sound like they're high schoolers being made to recite something. But hey, it's honest, it's pure, it's amazing.

Monumental. From a simple theme grows jazz played with a sense of spiritual purpose, instilled with passion, intent, and real feeling. You won't find dance hits here, but careful listening will reward those willing to do so.

I had heard this album a few times and, though I was a fan of parts 1 & 4, I found part 3, with its squonky bits and 2 drum solos a little much. However, on re-listen I like the way that the drums set up an awesome McCoy Tyner solo and in general, I love Elvin Jones’ loose and impromptu playing throughout. I’ve had other Coltrane albums on high rotation over the years but I’m glad that 1001 forced me to listen again this one again, with greater concentration. He takes post-bop jazz and makes it feel spiritual. It's a shame he died a couple of years later.

Gilt als Meisterwerk, nicht wegzudenken aus dem Kanon, gottgleich die Verehrung. Tue mich aber seit jeher schwer mit dieser Aufnahme (der Blue Train fährt cooler). An manchen Tagen hat “A Love Supreme“ die Kraft, graue Wolken vor den schmutzigen Fenster hinfort zu blasen. An anderen stellt sich eher ein Gefühl des Aushaltens ein. Das meist permanent hohe Tempo zwingt zum konzentrierten Hinhören, eine Aufgabe, für die es manchmal eine Kraft und Kontemplation braucht, die man aufzubringen nicht immer vermag. Musik als Rechenaufgabe oder Rätsel - faszinierend und (über)fordernd zugleich. Aber im guten Moment das magisch unbeschreibliche Begreifen ohne je eine Note zu kennen. Ehrlich diffuse Gefühle; selten verrückt, wie die Platte je nach subjektiver Empfindung morpht. Aber ein Sturm ist kein Buchhalter, sondern bläst und tobt unverzeihlich, wo und wie er will. Krasse 4.5

Schon oft gehört - aber wohl nie oft genug. Tatsächlich gibt es jedes Mal was neues zu entdecken auf dieser Reise, die noch so harmonisch und konzentriert beginnt, um dann immer stärker am Geschmack der Freiheit zu schnuppern und die Frage zu suchen deren Antwort 42 lautet, sich selbst in der Gleichung auflösen will und schließlich eins wird mit der kosmischen Existenz.

Already listened to it but I will continue to listen to it many, many times

I was working while listening to this, and unlike Black Saint, I wasn't distracted by any obnoxious muted horns, so I'd say I liked this very much. I also love using commas, apparently. 5 stars babeeeeee

This is is, this is the one. This and Kind of Blue. If you had to pick two jazz albums to take with you before jazz disappeared, it’d probably be one of those. It’s truly an achievement in sound, playing, recording, all of it. It’s no wonder this is cited in so many lists. Favorite song: all Least favorite: none

One of the most well-known Jazz records for a reason. It's not my first listen, and it won't be my last. I have not listened to a lot of John Coltrane, but this is a great album.

If you do not like Coltrane, you may not appreciate his artistry. However, this I a great seminal album. Beautiful structure and composition. Place the record on the turntable, drop the stylus, and give it a mellow listen!

A love supreme

Grew on me a ton second listen, Psalm is so beautiful

She coltrane on my john.

Love these style records. I’ve been playing more jazz in general but never sit down and throw on a full record. I think after I finish this full list I might find a best of jazz list as my next project.

As a saxophonist, it almost feels criminal not to give Coltrane 5/5, but even though I am amazed by the techniques and improvisation that I could not dream if doing, Coltrane's style of jazz has never been my favourite. Still 4/5 because I can hear the influence of Coltrane through much other jazz that I do enjoy very much

A beautiful masterpiece. Coltrane's expression in this album is conveyed from every complex section to the most subtle of ditties. Pt. III - Pursuance is a spiritual journey. Jazz is not my forte or most expansive genre, but it doesn't take a trained ear to know Coltrane's magnus opus is musical genius.

Peppy yet mollifying.

I enjoy jazz when accompanied by great food, or good conversations with wonderful friends. I also use it sometimes at work but not typically as my focal point of attention. I enjoyed this album, my least favorite being in part I when they keep vocalizing “a love supreme” and I was hoping this wasn’t a trend to continue. Luckily it wasn’t, I loved part II but I think part III was my favorite with how it started with the drums and had all these sections building.

THIS is the album that's one of the most famous jazz albums of all-time? Often heralded as a masterpiece? THIS? Am I missing something? Like the first three songs are just random vaguely sometimes sounding good saxophone riffing, with constant chunky atonal piano chording. Random bass noises and drumming that isn't that noticeable, but once you clue into it, it's just 8 minutes of 16th notes. I'm just confused. The last song was the only good one. Mighty shame. I like jazz, and have jazz albums at 5 stars and will continue to have some more. This? Not even close to 5 stars. Quite honestly, like it's not offensive. Probably I'd rate it 3 stars but it fell way short of expectations.

Me falta cultura para disfrutarlo de verdad xdd

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.

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

being

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.