# 2 - John Coltrane Quartet

# 2 - John Coltrane Quartet - A Love Supreme

1964, Impulse! Records, with McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums).

Category: Jazz - Modal

I know, I know. The sleeve for this record is VERY hard up. However, the album itself still sounds amazing. This is one of my favourite jazz records, and one of the first I ever acquired. Pretty sure I bought it used off a friend for ten bucks in my early years of university, and it was ten bucks well spent. I fell in love with jazz while in high school, but all of my listening had been on tape or cd. To get my hands on some Coltrane vinyl was a very exciting moment. I have some more great jazz stuff now, but this was the first piece.

I'm sure a thousand people have offered their thoughts on A Love Supreme before me, so I'll keep it brief. The album features intense, intimate jazz that runs the gamut from frantic to trance-inducing to soothing. Well, maybe someone's definition of soothing. It has great drums, bass, piano, and of course, sax. It's the kind of record that makes you want to drink a little too much and indulge in being dramatically solitary and intense. 10/10 would spin again.

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