john coltrane: a love supreme
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John Coltrane: A Love Supreme. Presentation by Aaron 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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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”