Few recordings in jazz have the mystique of A Love Supreme. Nearly 40 years after its release it's still revered by jazz fans as a work of rare artistry, intensity and originality. But perhaps because ...

This is the first of an ongoing series where I'll look back at a jazz classic, arguing for its place as the greatest jazz album ever. It's one part love letter to pieces of music that are hardwired ...

John Coltrane, he’s a major influence on this record. The instrumental on the A-side is an abstraction of the jazz musician named John Coltrane. That’s C-o-l-t-r-a-n-e.”The Byrds’ David Crosby was ...

John Coltrane’s ‘Meditations,’ released in 1966 on Impulse! Records, is getting a vinyl re-release as part of the Verve Vault ...

The Antibes recording has stood as the lone living document of Coltrane's suite — until today, when Impulse! announced the October release of A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle. Recorded at the end of a ...

Nile Rodgers still remembers the first time he heard what would become his favorite album of all time: John Coltrane‘s A Love Supreme. The guitarist grew up in what he describes as a “jazz household” ...

Live musical performances are usually freer than those recorded in studios, for reasons having to do with the peculiar psychology of many performing artists. In public, where what’s played is what’s ...

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The DownBeat editor, Don DeMicheal, printed this exchange in the April 1962 issue, as part of a fascinating article headlined "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics." Regular readers ...

In the late summer of 1961, a John Coltrane-led quintet featuring fellow saxophonist Eric Dolphy — as well as drummer Elvin Jones, pianist McCoy Tyner, and bassist Reggie Workman — held a month-long ...

"There is never any end," John Coltrane said sometime in the mid-1960s, at the height of his powers. "There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at." Coltrane, one of jazz's most ...