A masterpiece of musical expressionism and one of my most beloved jazz albums ! This album has been reviewed a million times and considered by jazz affectionados as one of the pinnacle jazz album so not uch really to add.
Essentialy this is Coltrane doing what he does best......conveying feeling thru his music. A Love Supreme really is an emotional rollercoaster ride moving from sad to happy to high to low emotions. Trane draws on his jazz mates of Elvin Jones, McCory Tyner and Jimmy Garrison who helped create IMHO one of the most thought-provoking, emotive and technically pleasing jazz albums of all time.
This was intended very much to be a spirtual prayer album with Coltrane playing some of his most emotive reed work ever!
I think this album really breathes.......it is not Coltrane on heroin.....but rather Coltrane creating a very unique sound scape where he can covey his music spiritually.
If you are a jazz lover then you already know this album and have discovered it's inner beauty....for those new to jazz this is a great place to start.
The Impulse SACD was restorred and mastered for SACD by Rudy Van Gelder in 2002 and was one of the first SACD's I had to own after buying my SACD player! This SACD has a few of the original source limitations which You can hear but was left intact purposefully by Van Gelder to ensure the integrity of the master is passed on. The mix is excellent too with great instrument clarity and the right amount of seperation. I think the drums are mixed very clear and seem very bright and accentuated a bit more than other recordings I have which helps I think make this SACD feel so fresh.
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