50th Anniversary of “A Love Supreme”

This year we mark the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme.”  And this is not just great jazz. This piece inspires a spiritual response in many listeners – like Steve Paulson. So he sat down with Bishop King, founder of the Church of St. John Coltrane, and with Ashley Kahn, author of “A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album” to dig a little deeper.

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