A Love Supreme is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was recorded in one session on December 9, 1964, at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with a
John Coltrane A Love Supreme
Coltrane's handwritten notes for A Love Supreme
Elvin Jones (pictured in 1976)
Carlos Santana (1978), one of many rock musicians to have been deeply influenced by the album
The St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church is a Christian congregation in San Francisco, California, United States, centered on the music of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. The church was
A Love Supreme
…or speaking in tongues, as it conveys a profound sense of ecstatic devotion. This sacred quality has led it to become the "central text" of the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church in San Francisco. Coltrane's home in Dix Hills, Long Island, may have inspired the album. Another influence may have been Ahmadiyya Islam. According…
Religious icon depicting John Coltrane by Mark Dukes
John Coltrane playing saxophone
Musicians playing during a service