Coltrane's stratospheric flights remain grounded in a concept executed perhaps more perfectly than any since the height of classical recording. Quite to the point, a great many of the progressive, avant garde and psychedelic musicians of the rock era which so greatly proliferated in its creativity during the late 1960s, would cite their aspiration to approach the unity, continuity, focus and cohesiveness of a Love Supreme. Divided into movements called Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance, and Psalm, the work was intended as an expression of the divinity to which Coltrane attributed his musical abilities, his particular insights and the impossible-to-replicate tonality that is his signature.

In this regard, a Love Supreme is a remarkable success, with those who lauded it in its time winning out in the annals of history. Today, it is collectively viewed as a landmark moment in the evolution of modern music; an academic...

A testament to its ascendance beyond the niche genre within which the work was composed, Coltrane's record "earned him two Grammy nominations, for jazz composition and performance, and became his biggest-selling record" (Ruhlman, 1)
It remains in heavy circulation today and is considered not just one of the best ways to understand John Coltrane's body of work, but is further recognized as one of the finest examples of that which could be accomplished emotionally in the chilly experimental waters of the avant garde.

Works Cited:

Ruhlman, W. (2010). John Coltrane. Allmusic.com.

Samuelson, S. (2010). A Love Supreme. Allmusic.com.