Talk:A Love Supreme

Album history

Ashley Kahn explored the making of this classic album in his book A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album(2002). Kahn combines biography, cultural context, album contributors, and musical analysis to tell the story of the recording, start to finish. Besides interviews with musicians, friends and family members, Kahn's range includes never-before-seen photographs and production details on the cover photo by Bob Thiele and liner note illustration by Victor Kalin.````reba-kaye — Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|Reba-kaye (talk) 17:12, 8 August 2013 (UTC) Reba-kaye] (talk • contribs) 15:28, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Source

• http://www.npr.org/2000/10/23/148148986/a-love-supreme

I want to get this to GA or FA for the 50th anniversary. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:11, 10 December 2014 (UTC) Sources:

• http://www.openculture.com/2014/12/church-of-st-coltrane.html
• Critical reception (contemporary reviews: Downbeat, Jazz, Hot, Jazz Podium and Swingjournal
• Rolling Stone (11/14/02, p.91) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...John Coltrane's A LOVE SUPREME is one of the most compelling, spiritual testimonies in the history of jazz..."
• Q (10/95, p.136) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...a four-part affirmation of religious faith, and simply one of the most influential records of the '60s. It's challenging and intense, but an essential and ultimately very beautiful album..."
• The Wire (12/02, pp.51-3) - "...A LOVE SUPREME is marvellously self-contained....The dignity of A LOVE SUPREME has not been compromised and it has never sounded better on CD..."
• Down Beat (4/8/65) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...Coltrane's artistry is evident in his never permitting tension to overcome its counterpoise, release....[A LOVE SUPREME] is a significant album, because Coltrane has brought together the promising but underdeveloped aspects of his previous work; has shorn, compressed, extended and tamed them; and has emerged a greater artist for it...."
• Down Beat (11/95, p.73) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "With the power of prayer fueling its invention, half the universe's choice for desert-island disc still sounds novel....Trane's rolling discourse managed to be simultaneously menacing and sublime..."
• Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.106) - "...A LOVE SUPREME remains a remarkable, challenging listen...It's the definitive version of a definitive moment..."
• NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #36 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
• Vibe (12/99, p.160) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
• Q (4/99, p.129) - Included in Q's list of "The Best Jazz Albums of All Time."
• Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.114) - Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's list of 2002's "10 Best Reissues"
• Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.110) - Ranked #47 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Coltrane soars with nothing but gratitude and joy. You can't help but go with him..."
• http://www.scaruffi.com/jazz/coltrane.html
• Compilation on other Coltrane albums (The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings, The Impulse! Albums: Volume Two, The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years, Selections From - The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings, Priceless Jazz Collection Vol. 5, The Very Best Of John Coltrane, The Impulse Story, Ken Burns Jazz: John Coltrane and Ken Burns's Jazz: The Story of American Music)
• First Meditations (for quartet), Ascension, and Meditations
• Crescent http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dzfqxqtgldte~T1
• Live releases (Live at Antibes, A Love Supreme: Live)
• Cover versions (http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=news&subsect=news_detail&nid=329, Artists of the Belgian Kris Dfort Fabrizio Ksul out in 1995 creating variations on an album called Variations on A Love Supreme, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Galaxy, http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gbfqxqthldde, http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0jfixqtkld0e, http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfoxqtgldfe, http://www.indiejazz.com/ProductDetailsView.aspx?ProductID=1014, http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzfyxqrhldse, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FXV/is_n10_v6/ai_19692555/, Michael S. Harper's Dear John, Dear Coltrane)
• http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/vote/100print.html
• "Angel of Harlem"
• http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-05-30/music/the-john-coltrane-guide/2
• http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/
• http://freejazz-stef.blogspot.com/2010/07/warning-name-dropping-beware.html
• http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=1267&exkey=143&pagekey=222
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_Antibes
• http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22A+Love+Supreme%22+%22John+Coltrane%22&btnG=Search
• http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/01/us/01religion.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1251446505-ct8Vqv4Kwn7mu/hkwBJayQ
• http://sacred-destinations.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html
• http://deacondukes.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-have-also-done-numerous-icons-for-st.html
• http://www.jackboulware.com/writing/church-of-john-coltrane/
• http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/103148874_3d354e74e3.jpg
• http://www.coltranechurch.org/
• http://web.archive.org/web/20001213232500/www.fly.co.uk/church.htm
• http://web.archive.org/web/20000605131410/www.webcom.com/~haight/features/religion/coltrane.html
• http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/entertainment/articles/alovesupremewithalicecoltrane
• http://www.alovesupremethebook.com/home/home.html
• http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=855350
• http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=lovesupreme.html
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2002/dec/06/artsfeatures2
• http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_coltrane_john.htm
• http://www.allaboutjazz.com/artists/acoltrane2002.htm
• http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=02-Jun-2000
• http://www.amazon.com/John-Coltrane-Supreme-Saxophone-Artist/dp/0634038877/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261708636&sr=1-19
• http://www.amazon.com/Coltrane-Black-Americas-Quest-Freedom/dp/0195328922/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312338969&sr=1-5#reader_0195328922
• http://www.amazon.com/Coltrane-John-Interviews-Cappella-Books/dp/1569762872/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312338969&sr=1-1

Releases:

Hybrid Stereo SACD
A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

Label: 	Analogue Productions
Genre: 	Jazz
Product No.: 	CIPJ 77 SA
Availability: 	Pre Order
Format: 	Hybrid Stereo SACD



45 RPM Vinyl LP
A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

Label: 	Analogue Productions
Genre: 	Jazz
Product No.: 	AIPJ 77
Availability: 	Pre Order
Format: 	45 RPM Vinyl LP
No. of Discs: 	2
Note: 	180 gram



180 Gram Vinyl LP (2001)
A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

Label: 	Speakers Corner (Impulse)
Genre: 	Jazz
Product No.: 	AIMP 77
Availability: 	In Stock
Format: 	180 Gram Vinyl LP



Single Layer Stereo SACD
A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

Label: 	Verve
Genre: 	Jazz
Product No.: 	CVER 589596 SA
Availability: 	In Stock
Format: 	Single Layer Stereo SACD
Content:  	Stereo
Media:	  	Single Layer
Recording type:	Analogue


JOHN COLTRANE/A LOVE SUPREME 200g JPN IMPORT LP
Item Number: UNILPI9070
Brand/Label/Format: *UNIVERSAL JPN IMPORT 200g LP*

More to come. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:04, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

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Adaptations

Coltrane's original handwritten sheet music for A Love Supreme includes a note reading "All paths lead to God"

Doug and Jean Carn recorded "Acknowledgement" with female vocals for their 1972 album Infant Eyes. John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana recorded a guitar version of "Acknowledgement". which they titled "A Love Supreme" on their 1973 collaboration Love Devotion Surrender. At the time, both were devotees of guru Sri Chinmoy.

Will Downing released an R&B cover version of the main theme, with the co-operation of John's widow Alice Coltrane, which reached number fourteen in the UK singles chart in 1988. Gumball recorded an alternative rock version of A Love Supreme as a bonus track on the 1994 Japanese release of Revolution On Ice. The suite has also been recorded several times by Branford Marsalis. It forms a track on the bonus CD for the 1994 compilation album Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool, four tracks on the 2002 Branford Marsalis Quartet album titled Footsteps of Our Fathers, and on the DVD "A Love Supreme Live in Amsterdam." Branford's brother Wynton recorded the suite in 2003 with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

Sections of the suite have been performed by the David Murray Octet on Octet Plays Trane ("Acknowledgement"), the Ballistic Brothers on Rude System ("Acknowledgement" and "Resolution"), Marc Johnson on Bass Desires ("Resolution"), and the Bob Mintzer Big Band on Big Band Trane ("Acknowledegment"). The Turtle Island String Quartet released their album A Love Supreme in 2007, and the album features a cover version of the suite, along with other covers of various Coltrane charts.

A 1995 album titled Variations on A Love Supreme was composed by Fabrizio Cassol and Kris Defoort.

In 2007 José James recorded "Equinox" and "Resolution"' as a double A-Side limited-edition 10" for Brownswood Records. James, previously a rapper, added vocals to the tracks.

Jazz singer Kurt Elling recorded "Resolution" for his album Man in the Air. In this recording, Elling set lyrics to the music in his style of vocalese.

References

-- Jytdog (talk) 18:21, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

I agree that it' not all noteworthy, while other things are missing. Reference-wise, for starters, I'll point out that Chris Parker's entry on Marc Johnson in Ian Carr, Fairweather, and Priestley's Rough Guide to Jazz writes: "A highlight is a ringingly positive version of Coltrane's "Resolution", from A Love Supreme". A highlight on Bass Desires, that is, an album which the same text marks as "a highly influential album, still sounding fresh thanks to Frisell and Scofield's pleasingly contrasting styles". Will dig for some more, particularly on Murray's version. ---Sluzzelin talk 19:30, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Ashley Kahn's book on the album mentions "David Murray's artfully arranged octet version" of "Acknowledgement" as one "deserving special mention", and that chapter lists quite a few more interpretations. Don't have a copy of the book, currently. ---Sluzzelin talk 20:03, 30 October 2016 (UTC)