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Watch the Only Live Recording of John Coltrane Playing 'A Love Supreme'
From Esquire:
John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme 50 years ago, December 9, 1964, with Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison. The album, a four-part suite widely considered to be one of the greatest in jazz history, was released in 1965. As NPR notes, Coltrane presented this record as "a spiritual declaration that his musical devotion was now intertwined with his faith in God." Coltrane performed the album in its entirety but a single time, in Antibes, France, on July 26, 1965. Watch the first 14 minutes of that performance below.