When I listened again to John Coltrane’s Alabama, I was moved by its prayerful tone. I heard the seeds of A Love Supreme in Coltrane’s soaring solo as well as Elvin Jones’ crashing cymbals. I hear the same life force in this live version of Naima, which the quartet performed on July 27, 2023 at the Antibes Jazz Festival. Miraculously, a fragment of A Love Supreme survives from the same gig. It makes me wonder if there are any complete live performances out there somewhere in the universe. [Many thanks to Astrotype]
Encore: While there is no good single video clip of the complete A Love Supreme, you can hear each individual section: 1 Acknowledgement | 2 Resolution | 3 Pursuance | 4 Psalm. [Many thanks to pelodelperro, who also posted a trove of Thelonious Monk clips – stay tuned.]
Café Mouffe opens on Fridays. Please drop by for a listen and a chat. Sometimes the embedded videos don’t work here due to bandwidth constraints, but you’ll always find links to video sources in the notes. Try them. If you’re curious about the Mouffe, here’s the original idea behind it’s creation.
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