Drummer Elvin Jones, trumpet player Wynton Marsalis, bassist Reginald Veal and pianist Marcus Roberts deliver quality jazz and exceed John Coltrane's suite A Love Supreme in accessibility. It has become an honorable masterpiece by the drummer who played with Coltrane himself and this performance shows great respect for Coltrane's composition; this interpretation is rock solid by the class of these
… four virtuoso jazz musicians. A Love Supreme, which lasts more than 45 minutes, consists of three parts in this performance: Acknowledgment, Resolution and Pursuance. The suite is followed by the phenomenally played ballad Dear Lord, Happy Birthday For Yuka and Blues To Veen. (JW)more