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John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
Impulse!, 1965
“During the year 1957,” writes Coltrane in the sleeve notes, “I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening… This album is a humble offering to Him.” A suite in four parts, “A Love Supreme” resounds with sincere and heartfelt yearning, from the opening movement, “Acknowledgment,” with its hypnotic polyrhythms and devotional chant of the album title, through the deeply swinging hard bop of “Resolution” and “Pursuance,” through to the final stately sermon of “Psalm.” The birth of Coltrane’s ever-deepening quest for meaning, this timeless declaration of universalist faith remains the essential founding document of spiritual jazz.
2015 reissue is distinguishable from other variants with GR-155 catalog number by the orientation of the barcode, the use of a facsimile orange and black label derived from the original Impulse design, and the presence of TML in the runouts.
Originally recorded December 9th, 1964. Remastered by Erick Labson at MCA Music Studios
Originally released in 1965 on Impulse! ℗ © 1995 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc. Distributed by Universal Music Distribution
Side B total running time is 17:40
Does not include a download card/code
Gatefold sleeve, printed black inside.
Tracklist
Side A
1. A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement
Side B
2. A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution
Side C
3. A Love Supreme, Pt. III - Pursuance
Side D
4.. A Love Supreme, Pt. IV - Psalm
- Recorded - December 9, 1964 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey
- Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder
- Producer - Bob Thiele
Tracklist
2. Part 2 - Resolution
3. Part 3 - Pursuance
4. Part 4 - Psalm
- Recorded - December 9, 1964 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey
- Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder
- Producer - Bob Thiele
- A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement
- A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution
- A Love Supreme, Pt. III - Pursuance
- A Love Supreme, Pt. IV - Psalm
- Recorded - December 9, 1964 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey
- Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder
- Producer - Bob Thiele
Tracklist
Side A:
- A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement (07:48)
- A Love Supreme, Pt. II – Resolution (07:22)
Side B:
- A Love Supreme, Pt. III – Pursuance (10:45)
- A Love Supreme, Pt. IV – Psalm (07:05)
- Recorded - December 9, 1964 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey
- Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder
- Producer - Bob Thiele
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