Which jazz album by John Coltrane was released in 1965 under the title A Love Supreme?

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John Coltrane’s 1965 jazz album is titled A Love Supreme. Recorded in December 1964 and released by Impulse! Records in February 1965, it became one of Coltrane’s most influential works.

The album is a four-part suite: “Acknowledgement,” “Resolution,” “Pursuance,” and “Psalm.” Coltrane presented it as a deeply spiritual statement of gratitude and devotion. His classic quartet—McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones—provided the powerful, searching musical setting.

A Love Supreme is often described as both a landmark of post-bop and a major statement in spiritual jazz. Its opening vocalized phrase, “a love supreme,” became one of Coltrane’s most recognizable musical ideas.

The album is sometimes confused with Ascension or Meditations, two other important works from Coltrane’s later period. Unlike those recordings, A Love Supreme is a compact four-part suite created by his classic quartet.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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