Supreme

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane is one of those jazz albums that manages to break out of the narrow jazz world and into a wider consciousness. That's not to say it has best seller status in pop terms but you will often see it cropping up in collections where you might not expect jazz to feature. Just over half an hour of music dedicated to Coltrane's vision of God. How much the other members of the quartet bought into the spirituality of the project, there is no doubting their committment to the music. Coltrane's sound is immediately identifiable and soulful but there is still an easy accessibility to any ears that are in the slightest attuned to jazz. I think it was the right decision not to clutter up this reissue with fillers or alternate takes. It may seem short measure in terms of time in the cd age but anything else would be superfluous.