A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle
John Coltrane · 2021
75 min · 8 tracks · jazz
A spiritual and immersive live performance that showcases Coltrane's transcendent exploration of jazz through improvisation and deep emotional resonance.
Top tracks — play these first
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A Love Supreme, Pt. I - Acknowledgement Start here — The opening track establishes the thematic foundation of the suite, featuring a powerful invocation that sets the spiritual tone and showcases Coltrane's mastery of improvisation.
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A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution — This segment highlights a transition from turmoil to peace, encapsulating Coltrane’s journey through dissonance into harmonic clarity, showcasing his innovative modal approach.
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A Love Supreme, Pt. III - Pursuance — In this track, Coltrane’s intense improvisation interweaves with rhythmic complexity, demonstrating his free jazz influences while retaining a sense of structure and purpose.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
InstrumentalColtrane's live interpretation reveals his improvisational mastery while maintaining thematic coherence.
What we noticed
- The album features extended improvisational sections, with each part of 'A Love Supreme' lasting over ten minutes, allowing for deep exploration of themes.
- Interludes are interspersed between the main parts, providing brief pauses that shift the mood before returning to the main motifs.
- The performance showcases a dynamic interplay between Coltrane's saxophone and the rhythm section, with frequent shifts in tempo and intensity.
- Composition 25% of the score
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8/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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9/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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8/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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9/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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7/10
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Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- wave-like pacing with depth
- transcendent live performance energy
- spiritual exploration through improvisation
- dynamic thematic evolution throughout
Maybe skip if you
- prefer concise, standalone tracks
- seek instant gratification in music
Where this album fits
- In the catalog
- Critical Peak — Showcases Coltrane's artistic exploration and improvisation at a pivotal moment.
- Themes
- spiritual improvisation· Seattle jazz scene· musical prayer
- Career context
- Released in early 2021, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle captures a pivotal moment in John Coltrane's posthumous legacy, showcasing a performance recorded in 1965. This album follows the original studio recording of A Love Supreme from 1965, further solidifying Coltrane's influence on the jazz genre as he delved deeper into spirituality and avant-garde expression during his career.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Pharoah Sanders· Ornette Coleman· Albert Ayler
Tracklist
- 1 A Love Supreme, Pt. I - Acknowledgement Start here 21:53
- 2 Interlude 1 2:28
- 3 A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution 11:05
- 4 Interlude 2 6:23
- 5 A Love Supreme, Pt. III - Pursuance 15:27
- 6 Interlude 3 6:31
- 7 Interlude 4 4:20
- 8 A Love Supreme, Pt. IV - Psalm 7:21
If this landed
Records by other artists that run on the same instinct.
Karma
Pharoah Sanders
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Journey in Satchidananda
Alice Coltrane
Explores spiritual themes with lush instrumentation and deep improvisational exploration.
Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
Sun Ra
Captures avant-garde jazz experimentation and cosmic spirituality through innovative soundscapes.
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