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John Coltrane
A Love Supreme
Impulse! 1965

In the fifties was a musician John Coltrane in their veintimuchos with great talent and an even bigger problem, his fondness for heroin. His addiction led him to a band to another, dismissal and redundancy in the age did not help. Almost thirty prominent hardly ever had to do so would remain on the peak. The heroin was the scourge of the jazz world, the real devil's music and musicians of this kind were very common victims of this addiction. One of them, the great Miles Davids, had been rehabilitated and given a chance to do the same Coltrane. He was in the band where Miles Coltrane began to shine and be known to more and more recording sessions as a freelance becoming increasingly important in the world of jazz. Fruit of the relation with Davids and become imperative as a session musician call the attention of Impulse! and to record under his name.
His discography of all his most famous album is undoubtedly "A Love Supreme", described by many as the best album ever, could hardly achieve this post, but surely is the most inspired. Without words, A Love Supreme is a mini-opus by John Coltrane jazzistico dedicated to God in gratitude for the spiritual enlightenment that saved his life. Actually managed to live just two years, until 1967, when he died at the age of 41 years certainly the punishment that the drug put to the body. If ever a book made its author immortal this is one of those cases.
"A Love Supreme" is only 33 minutes of pleasure, divided into 4 parts, "Acknowledgment," "Resolution," "Pursuance" and "Psalm" (the latter two in the same court). The titles refer to the steps taken by Coltrane in his approach to God and out of drugs. Highly taxed as intense but nothing requires a dedicated listener. Emotions that cling to your chest and raise the ground. Coltrane brought to the recording which was his quartet, Elvin Jones on drums, McCoy Tyner on piano and Jimmy Garrison on bass. With this staff paving the way Coltrane was free to improvise as you like. The most intense moments on the disc are the final part of "Acknowledgment," the only voice in the band finally accepts the fact that there is something bigger than them repeatedly to utter the phrase that names the album, "A Love Supreme. " The tension that has managed to bring to a song is great and the final ending the listener to relax. The beginning of "Pursuance" is beautiful, with Elvin Jones impressive one that gradually joined the band.
The album, appropriately heard, is simply beautiful and inspiring. One of the great works of jazz.