A Love Supreme
by John Coltrane
This album has been added to 7 private lists and 23 public lists:
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Albums Heard (2026)
sam26/05/26 (1st Listen)
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Apple Top 100
HazelDon't think this will be my gateway into jazz but I can appreciate why it's well loved.
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1965
JamesColtrane transforms spiritual searching into musical structure, building the suite around repetition, escalation, and collective interplay. The quartet plays with extraordinary unity — McCoy Tyner’s piano, Jimmy Garrison’s bass, and Elvin Jones’ drumming all feel essential to the album’s emotional momentum. “Acknowledgement” introduces the central motif with almost ritualistic clarity, while later movements push toward ecstatic intensity without losing focus. The music is technically astonishing, but virtuosity never feels like the point. What makes the album endure is its sense of total conviction. It sounds less like performance than devotion made audible.
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grogg album nucleus
grogg1965 Blue Note first press mono
- This is a mono Love Supreme. The tapes were destroyed in a fire. This is a museum piece that's only brought out for special occasions. The best possible pressing of the best jazz album of all time. Life-changing.
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Listening Log
Lee ThompsonFirst, last, everything jazz album
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Desert Island Discs
woordenaarOne of the best jazz records ever
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Keith's Top 40
KeithSuch...devotion.
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