john coltrane: a love supreme
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John Coltrane:A Love Supreme
Presentation byAaron Labin
John Coltrane• Career lasted only
12 years• Gained
recognition while playing with Miles Davis from ’55 to ’60
• Formed own quartet in ’60
• Died in ’67 at age 40
John Coltrane• Played with
legends– Miles Davis– Charlie Parker– Thelonious Monk– Cannonball
Adderley• Influenced by
– Stan Getz– Sidney Bechet
John Coltrane• “A Love Supreme”
was recorded in December, 1964
• Released in 1965• Remastered
edition released in 2002 as 2 CD set
John Coltrane• “A Love Supreme”
was comprised of a 4 part “suite”
• An ode to his faith and love of God
• His most famous work
John Coltrane• “Part 1:
Acknowledgement”
• Listening guide provided
• Album receives name from song with the vocal melody at 6:07
• The song you hear now
John Coltrane• “Part 2: Resolution”• Starts with a :20 bass
solo• :21 gives you a total
immersion from the band; smooth and round
• 1:45 piano solo accompanied with drum and bass
• 3:55 sax comes smoothly back; original melody repeated and improvised
• 7:19 song ends
John Coltrane• “Part 3: Pursuance”• Song starts with a 1:30
chaotic drum solo• At 1:30 sax comes in
with the melody from Part 1; the entire band incorporates
• Chord progressive piano solo at 1:55 that showcases McCoy Tyner’s talent
• Violent reintegration of sax at 4:15 that expands every high and low note on the instrument
John Coltrane• “Part 3: Pursuance”,
cont’d• 7:00 Coltrane returns
to the original melody
• 7:17 sax fades out to another drum solo
• 7:48 bass solo• 10:41 end
John Coltrane• “Part 4: Psalm”• Coincides with a
poem he wrote to God
• Coltrane said “I recited the poem to God through my saxophone”
• Song starts with sax smoother than silk; drums and piano accompany
• 1:45 bass joins in
John Coltrane• “Part 4: Psalm”,
cont’d• 2:55 sax begins to
touch on higher range
• Time is only kept by cymbals and piano
• 6:41 sax and piano dissolve and only drum is left
• 7:01 end
John Coltrane
“A Love Supreme”
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