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John Coltrane: A Love Supreme

John Coltrane: A Love Supreme. Presentation by Aaron Labin. John Coltrane. Career lasted only 12 years Gained recognition while playing with Miles Davis from ’55 to ’60 Formed own quartet in ’60 Died in ’67 at age 40. John Coltrane. Played with legends Miles Davis Charlie Parker

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John Coltrane: A Love Supreme

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  1. John Coltrane:A Love Supreme Presentation by Aaron Labin

  2. John Coltrane • Career lasted only 12 years • Gained recognition while playing with Miles Davis from ’55 to ’60 • Formed own quartet in ’60 • Died in ’67 at age 40

  3. John Coltrane • Played with legends • Miles Davis • Charlie Parker • Thelonious Monk • Cannonball Adderley • Influenced by • Stan Getz • Sidney Bechet

  4. John Coltrane • “A Love Supreme” was recorded in December, 1964 • Released in 1965 • Remastered edition released in 2002 as 2 CD set

  5. John Coltrane • “A Love Supreme” was comprised of a 4 part “suite” • An ode to his faith and love of God • His most famous work

  6. John Coltrane • “Part 1: Acknowledgement” • Listening guide provided • Album receives name from song with the vocal melody at 6:07 • The song you hear now

  7. John Coltrane • “Part 2: Resolution” • Starts with a :20 bass solo • :21 gives you a total immersion from the band; smooth and round • 1:45 piano solo accompanied with drum and bass • 3:55 sax comes smoothly back; original melody repeated and improvised • 7:19 song ends

  8. John Coltrane • “Part 3: Pursuance” • Song starts with a 1:30 chaotic drum solo • At 1:30 sax comes in with the melody from Part 1; the entire band incorporates • Chord progressive piano solo at 1:55 that showcases McCoy Tyner’s talent • Violent reintegration of sax at 4:15 that expands every high and low note on the instrument

  9. John Coltrane • “Part 3: Pursuance”, cont’d • 7:00 Coltrane returns to the original melody • 7:17 sax fades out to another drum solo • 7:48 bass solo • 10:41 end

  10. John Coltrane • “Part 4: Psalm” • Coincides with a poem he wrote to God • Coltrane said “I recited the poem to God through my saxophone” • Song starts with sax smoother than silk; drums and piano accompany • 1:45 bass joins in

  11. John Coltrane • “Part 4: Psalm”, cont’d • 2:55 sax begins to touch on higher range • Time is only kept by cymbals and piano • 6:41 sax and piano dissolve and only drum is left • 7:01 end

  12. John Coltrane “A Love Supreme”

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