Jeff Parker on John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" (1965)

It doesn't get much more classic than this, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme is a bonafide heat rock. Musician/DJ Jeff Parker sits down with Oliver and guest co-host Jocelyn Brown to discuss this truly iconic album, it's unexpected gospel leanings, and the intentionality behind every aspect of this album.

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More on A Love Supreme

• The Story of A Love Supreme (NPR)
• Seeing Through A Love Supreme to Find John Coltrane (The New Yorker)
• A Love Supreme's entry in the Library of Congress

Show tracklisting (all songs from A Love Supreme unless otherwise indicated):

• A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgment
• A Love Supreme Pt. IV - Psalm
• Tortoise: TNT
• Jeff Parker: Fusion Swirl
• A Love Supreme Pt. II Resolution
• A Love Supreme Pt. IV - Psalm
• John Coltrane: Alabama
• A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgment
• A Love Supreme Pt. III - Pursuance
• A Love Supreme Pt. IV - Psalm
• A Love Supreme Pt. III - Pursuance
• A Love Supreme Pt. IV - Psalm
• A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgment
• A Love Supreme Pt. II - Resolution
• A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgment
• A Love Supreme Pt. II - Resolution
• A Love Supreme Pt. IV - Psalm
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane: In A Sentimental Mood
• Alice Coltrane: The Sun
• John Coltrane: Spiral

Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there

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