“A Love Supreme” by John Coltrane - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1965 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Widely regarded as the tenor saxophonist's masterpiece, “A Love Supreme” is a suite with four parts: “Acknowledgement” (which includes the vocal refrain “A Love Supreme”), “Resolution”, “Pursuance”, and “Psalm”. It was recorded in a single session on December 9, 1964, at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and released a couple of months later. Making up the quartet were McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (double bass) and Elvin Jones (drums).

The Jukebox Rebel
12–Nov–2015

Tracklist

A1	[07:47] John Coltrane - Acknowledgement (John Coltrane) Jazz
A2	[07:22] John Coltrane - Resolution (John Coltrane) Jazz
B1	[10:42] John Coltrane - Pursuance (John Coltrane) Jazz
B2	[07:03] John Coltrane - Psalm (John Coltrane) Jazz

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