Genre: Jazz
Places I remember: Marbecks Records, Auckland
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles/ Gear costume: A Love Supreme (the full album)
Active compensatory factors: At 32 minutes, A Love Supreme may be seen as a fleeting experience in one respect, but the layers of sound, the progression along a spiritual path, and the heft of the music builds as the suite continues.
These elements give the album a self-contained completeness.
The four tracks: Acknowledgement; Resolution; Pursuance; Psalm complete a long form hymn that recognises and praises God in a way that is unique in the world of music.
Even though I have listened to it many times (I play it a lot) somehow it both floats away effortlessly, and reveals new things every time.
Where do they all belong? It stands alone in the canon and remains Coltrane's masterpiece.
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