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A Love Supreme is a suite about redemption, a work of pure spirit and song, that encapsulates all the struggles and aspirations of the 1960s. Following hard on the heels of the lyrical, swinging Crescent, A Love Supreme heralded Coltrane's search for spiritual and musical freedom, as expressed through polyrhythms, modalities, and purely vertical forms that seemed strange to some jazz purists, but which captivated more adventurous listeners (and rock fellow travelers such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, and the Byrds), while initiating a series of volatile, unruly prayer offerings, including Kulu Su Mama, Ascension, Om, Meditations, Expression, Interstellar Space. From the urgent speech-like timbre of his tenor, to the serpentine textures and earthy groove of Elvin Jones's drumming, Coltrane's suite proceeds with escalating intensity, conveying a hard-fought wisdom and a beckoning serenity in the prayer-like drones of "Psalm," where Jones rolls and rumbles like thunder as Garrison and Tyner toll away suggestively--all the while Coltrane searches for that one climactic note worthy of the love he wants to share. --Chip Stern

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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 05, 2008 Type: User Review A jazz masterpiece

I have a small but highly acclaimed jazz collection. This is the jewel, my favorite, only tied by kind of blue in quality. An essential, not for jazz lovers, but rather music lovers.
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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 02, 2008 Type: User Review Like Coltrane

My friend is in search of his interpretation of God. So I gave this cd to him to help him on his quest. I hope he finds what he is looking for. <3
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From: Amazon Posted: May 29, 2008 Type: User Review Mere Words Are Inadquate to Describe This Incredible Work of Art

I have the deluxe edition that includes the Antibes performance of A Love Supreme as well as that "lost" recording with Archie Shepp and Art Davis. I don't think this additional material is all that necessary unless you are a student of this...
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 29, 2008 Type: User Review A Love Supreme

John Coltrane-A Love Supreme *****

Being a massive Miles Davis fan but not owning much jazz other than Davis, Coltrane came highly recommended, especially A Love Supreme. So I finally broke down and bought it, and my only gripe is...
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 02, 2008 Type: User Review An Album of Amazing Beauty and Depth

John Coltrane wrote and recorded his work, "A Love Supreme" after having an intense spiritual awaking and often stated that he believed the album to be his musical love letter to God. The album is probably, next to "Blue Train," Coltrane's best...
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From: Amazon Posted: Feb 09, 2008 Type: User Review An almost unendurable beauty.

I will not waste time and space here repeating what has already been said.

All I will say is that when I hear the first notes of Aknowledgement, it affects me in a visceral way. I feel shivers throughout my body, and a sense of...
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From: Amazon Posted: Dec 17, 2007 Type: User Review If you love intensely passionate artistry, you'll love A Love Supreme like I do.

This is a genuine classic in Jazz, sure, but, this is a powerful spiritual statement of free-spirited unbridled but constructive passion, as you can tell by the title, A Love Supreme. Everyone gets their own values and benefits from well done art,...
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From: Amazon Posted: Oct 23, 2007 Type: User Review Seriously - how do you rate this other than 4 stars?

There are classics. This is one of them. Freakin' amazing - nothing but bare soul laying on the line, worship, reverence, and real life.

Words escape me.
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From: Amazon Posted: Sep 29, 2007 Type: User Review Well done.....

Great sound, great performance of a classic album. Watts is a monster on the drums! How can you go wrong with this line-up of musicians doing this album? You will enjoy it for sure.....
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From: Amazon Posted: Sep 11, 2007 Type: User Review Perfect Jazz

For someone who doesn't usually listen to Jazz, this recording embodies the highest ideals jazz sets for itself. Great, virtuoso performances with a lot of soul and love.
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