In late 1964, the John Coltrane Quartet (featuring McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison and Trane himself) recorded A Love Supreme in one session. Often considered Coltrane’s masterpiece, the album has influenced jazz musicians far and wide. It has been deemed an American national treasure by the Smithsonian. And no jazz collection should go without a copy.
Apparently the quartet only performed A Love Supreme once in public — in Antibes, France in the summer of 1965 — and the performance has been captured in some vintage video. You can watch the segment “Resolution” above, and ”Acknowledgement” below. We’ll be adding these clips to our Cultural Icons media collection.
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Thank you so much for this great gift!! :)
I really would like to see “Psalm” from the same album. It is an amazing music. Unfortunately, I think it’s lost in time.
“…You can skip to the end…”????
YOU FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Neither video plays in Germany: http://twitpic.com/7hymx0
I Love Ice Cream too
this whole audio recording is available on amazon i think. i know because i bought the cd
Bookmarked to watch this as soon as possible! Great find! Thanks to OpenCulture!
You are so awesome! I do not think I’ve truly read through a single thing like that before. So great to discover somebody with genuine thoughts on this issue. Really.. thank you for starting this up. This site is something that is needed on the internet, someone with some originality!
That is not really true.i have a concert in Northern Europe of the quartet playing the full “A love supreme”.