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Right from the very first hearing, absolutely every single jazzcritic shared the same opinion – whether trained musicians or not, true or would-be jazz expert: A Love Supreme is John Coltrane s most important recording. And the rave reviews which appeared in the magazines Downbeat, Jazz Hot, Jazz Podium and Swingjournal reflected this: critics all over the world, in America, Europe and Japan recognized that Coltrane s deep religious belief had influenced both his approach to life and his music-making. It not only enabled him to express himself with great intensity but also lent him the necessary inner peace to conceive a work of almost 40 minutes in length and to lead his quartet along the same path as himself.

The first section, entitled Acknowledgement , has a forceful bass line which runs throughout the whole work. The powerful sound increases in intensity, whereby the bass motif undergoes constant modulation, with John Coltrane s meditative singing creating immense tension. In Resolution Coltrane s powerful, quasi hymnlike expression comes to the fore, with McCoy Tyner achieving equal intensity in his solo.

Pursuance , with its density, quick-as-lightning runs and block chords, gives us a taste of John Coltrane s later free phase.

Psalm is filled with the famous, almost static melodies rather like a fervent prayer which are so typical for John Coltrane.

A Love Supreme has been a faithful companion and teacher of generations of saxophonists and its message goes way beyond music and is still valid today.