Sixty years after its creation, John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' continues to resonate deeply with musicians across genres. This article delves into the enduring impact of this iconic jazz album, featuring reflections from renowned artists like Flea, Q-Tip, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, and more. They share their personal journeys with the music, its profound spiritual and musical qualities, and its lasting influence on the world of music.
On December 9, 1964, saxophonist John Coltrane , bassist Jimmy Garrison, pianist McCoy Tyner, and drummer Elvin Jones assembled at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey's Van Gelder Studio. That one-day session became a seminal piece of music history, ' A Love Supreme ,' which six decades later is widely regarded as one of the most important albums ever recorded.
'A Love Supreme' has all the accolades — constant mentions on countdowns of the greatest albums, preservation in both the Smithsonian and National Recording Registry, platinum sales in the U.S. However, the true impact of the album — which is considered along with Miles Davis’ 'Kind of Blue' one of the two most essential jazz works — is felt the most when talking about it with musicians. Often described as spiritual, meditative, raw, yearning, divine, longing, beautiful, transcendent, and profound, the four-part 'A Love Supreme' — broken down into “Acknowledgment,” “Resolution,” “Pursuance” and “Psalm” — is as much a rite of passage for musicians as 'The Catcher in the Rye' or 'The Great Gatsby' are for young writers or Pablo Picasso is for young artists. In decades of talking to the greatest musicians from all walks of life and all genres, Coltrane’s masterpiece is cited as much as any album as being an influence. In fact, you can argue 'A Love Supreme' has shaped popular music as much as any single album. Testament to that is the group of musicians who lined up to talk about what this works means to them in honor of the 60th anniversary. Among the Coltrane fans we spoke to were Flea, Q-Tip, Rakim, Kamasi Washington, St. Vincent, Common, Greg Dulli, Robert Glasper and Theo Croker as well as Grammy-winning producer Larry Klein and Jamie Krents, president of Verve Records, which will be reissuing a special anniversary edition this Friday. All spoke about their introduction to the record and then in honor of the album’s four parts about its musicianship, meaning, influence and legacy. A calling to God, from God, a testament to the unyielding will to love, to all the beauty in this insane world, 'A Love Supreme' is, represents the highest level music can reach. “It’s a touchstone for sanity, it’s a touchstone for beauty, for human possibilities,” Flea said.
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