![]() ![]() Kahn re-creates the 1964 recording session at Rudy van Gelder's Englewood, N.J. In A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album, author Ashley Kahn attempts to demythologize the album by explaining how it was made and how it fits into the context of Coltrane's career, the overall jazz scene, and the larger social movements of the era. It's treated as an untouchable sacred text that we dare not scrutinize. But perhaps because of its powerful spiritual overtones and the unfortunate idolization, by some, of Coltrane as an almost Christ-like figure, the album has been largely immune to criticism or analysis. ![]() Nearly 40 years after its release it's still revered by jazz fans as a work of rare artistry, intensity and originality. ![]() A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature AlbumĢ002 Few recordings in jazz have the mystique of A Love Supreme. ![]()
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