John Coltrane/A Love Supreme – The Complete Masters: the perfect present for anyone who has ears and a heart

Words can only diminish an historic recording that transcends language, genre, time – even music itself – but here goes.

For many, this is the most profound and beautiful statement from the greatest jazz musician of them all.

Recorded in December 1964, A Love Supreme was John Coltrane's song of praise, a prayer of thanks for his life and his music.

His legendary quartet was at the height of its powers, and quite apart from the spiritual impact of this recording, the musicianship is without parallel.

This 3-CD box set brings together all the studio takes, Coltrane's alternate sextet version, and the only complete live performance of Love Supreme ever committed to tape, at Antibes in July 1965.

It’s the perfect present for anyone who has ears and a heart.

[ coltranechurch.org ]