© 2012 Proper Manky
Digging deep into one of jazz history’s finest albums ever. Of unbelievable intensity. Almost some kind of holy object. Somehow, as if by magic, everything comes together here. There’s so much empathy, respect, and understanding between the musicians. It’s simple and straightforward, it’s insanely complex. For some, it’s perhaps hard to listen to at first but it’s so immensely human. Touching, really. Ashley Kahn’s book about the album covers it perfectly.
As Elvin Jones, the drummer in the A Love Supreme quartet, is quoted to have said: “It’s unique. In a sense, it’s not even jazz. […] It’s totally spiritual: old people can appreciate it, little kids who haven’t been indoctrinated into music in any way can appreciate it. Every time someone hears it, that music touches them somehow.” True that.