Newly Discovered John Coltrane Recording, ‘A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle,’ Coming in October
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter nearly six decades, a private recording of a rare, nightclub performance by John Coltrane of his magnum opus, “A Love Supreme,” is set for commercial release this fall. Recorded in late 1965 on the culminating evening of a historic week-long run at the Penthouse in Seattle, “A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle” captures Coltrane as he began to expand his classic quartet —adding Pharoah Sanders on second saxophone and Donald Garrett on second bass — and beginning the intense, spiritually focused final phase of his career.You can hear “A Love Supreme, Part IV – Psalm,” now:Coltrane seldom performed “A Love Supreme” after originally recording it in the studio in 1964.