Legendary quartet: John Coltrane - sax, McCoy Tyner - piano, Jimmy Garrison - Bass, Elvin Jones - drums

The entire album is an absolute masterpiece. Spiritual, cerebral, and emotional all wrapped together. Just amazing. I saw McCoy Tyner up in NYC at the Iridium years ago (Kareem Abdul Jabbar was in attendance!). He played some excerpts from this album. When I walked out onto the street after the show I experienced the vibe that Sifa described - the music was like a sound track for the city. Y'all SAD patreons done good! 👍Excellent pick and great review.

the drums on this record are on another level!

Every human should take a listen to this album at least once in their lifetime...

Superb!. When you consider this was done in 1964 in one take (the whole album) it's doubly superb. Coltrane kills it. I hear some of the patrons on here talking about some hairy guy who came much later than this as being an innovator. Maybe so but we shouldn't forget Coltrane. It still sounds good today and is at least as big a influence on the guys I like as anyone. I kick myself at times because I tend to forget about gems like this then when we get a request like this, I get annoyed that I neglected such great music. The polls get it right occasionally and this is one of them. Great reaction. I really enjoyed this.

I have a bit of Coltrane and am a fan for sure. I just got this on CD recently and enjoyed it, but noticed that the sax is much higher in the mix than the other instruments. I did not notice as much listening to it now with the headphones. My wife and I recently watched a documentary on John Coltrane and it was great. He is a GIANT in music and influenced so many.

This era of Coltrane was the music that opened up some jazz music - at least the modal stuff, to a lot of Rock musicians. Coltrane and Miles Davis both in the 1960s with their newer form of Jazz that wasn't so complex in terms of chord change and melody. And I just love Elvin Jones, one of my all time favourite drummers.

John Coltrane was a bonafide musical genius

The John Coltrane Quartet. Elvin Jones on drums, McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on Bass. When people play this good together, it's magical.

As an extra bit, I think it is a tribute to how great he was that 2 later giants, John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana did the album Love Devotion Surrender together in 1973, which included 2 of Coltrane's tracks, as homage to the great man

I love this! I wish more people reacted to different things. Everyone reacts to the same stuff

Something new is revealed on every listen. It’s just supreme.

The man was a magician.

One of the masterpieces of Jazz, especially the 1960s period. Gotta hear it as part of your musical education. ;)

That took me places. Great reaction.

Always loved the way Coltrane used the chanting to illustrate the meaning of the main theme.

The music is beyond the actual notes.

Nice to see you drifting into jazz!

Thank you Sifa and Dan, great reaction as always. Treat yourselves by doing A love supreme parts 2, 3 and 4!

Timeless brilliance never gets old .

This song is called Acknowledgement. It's from the album A Love Supreme

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The bass at the end was the way of transitioning into Part 2 "Resolution", which has some good soloing by pianist McCoy Tyner on it.

Gotta love that intro !

Thank you~

Coltrane generally isn't easy listening, his playing is spikey at times but his skill is undeniable.... loved this thanks guys.

This is the ticket right here! Love the older jazz stuff. Makes me want to wear a beret and call people Daddy-O and Chickie Baby.

Nice! Recorded 6 months after Eric Dolphy (he of Frank Zappa's Memorial Barbecue ) died. This is pretty much perfection here but all the same would have been interesting to hear him accompany this Classic Quartet. Heard Sifa mention Wu-Tang whom I listened to yesterday (it's got Thelonious Monk!).

I won't call myself a jazz fan, although I like a lot of fusion stuff and generally all forms of weird music - but this is a real masterpiece of the 20th century!

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"A Love Supreme" is a four-part suite that clocks in at a little over 32 minutes. This is part 1, "Acknowledgement", and it is from the LP, rather than live as the clip implies (although the visual of Trane playing sax through Garrison's bass solo at the end is a bit of a giveaway). The vocals are by Coltrane overdubbing himself.

probably the best jazz album of all time, the only way to really listen to this music is to let go and be in the midst of it, like all spiritual music, immersion

Hi Guys, yep JC rocks - and you can tell from 1st note! :) FYI image is LR OK, but sound is RL ie flipped. So Sifa on RH side comes out of L headphone. Just check my system, seems set up here correctly. Back to lurking! Have fun guys!

I have to say - I wonder if this album has had its impact blunted by a combination of over-exposure/over-hype. I "grew up with" the more ferocious Antibes live version of the suite and thus have always regarded this either second-best or third-best (based on what we have of the unfinished "Shepp version").

vERY SMOOTH lines...I'm glad my younger brother aint here or he might get stuck in the Coltraine meme..Like my older brother who was so Miles davis mad he named his son after him... I love it..who delivered this?

John had kicked heroin and the love supreme was from heaven.

Get closer to your mics 😉

No, no ,no ,no ! You did it all wrong for this album. Pursuance (part iii) is the climax and part iv is the release. It is a savage unleashing of emotions and it's a crime to even listen to it without getting to 'pursuance'. Try again. Those who commented on giving yourself a favor by listening to it all...Well, do that. It builds to pursuance an when you think it can't build anymore it does until it has you reeling.