Experience the transcendent power, joy and healing of music as Grand Performances celebrates the 60th anniversary of John Coltrane’s iconic “A Love Supreme.”
Worlds Alive and The John & Alice Coltrane Home invite you to A Celebration of Divine Inspiration, Joy and Transformation in honor of John Coltrane’s musical gift to the world of A Love Supreme - his deeply powerful and adventurous declaration of spiritual gratitude, devotion and expression, which continues to resonate across generations and genres to this day.
“I want to be a force for real good. In other words, I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.” - JOHN COLTRANE
Widely regarded as a spiritual and musical masterpiece, Coltrane’s landmark suite comes to life here through the prodigious talents of Isaiah Collier, whose fiery, original, and soulful interpretations have drawn comparisons to Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, and Wayne Shorter. Collier on tenor sax, vocals is joined in Coltrane’s ‘Classic Quartet’ format by Brandon Coleman on piano, William Parker on upright bass, and Tim Regis on drums, channeling the original version of this timeless milestone. Combined with the spirit lifting, soulful joy of Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation; Dwight Trible; opening invocation by Surya Botofasina; introduction by Michelle Coltrane; sublime Sound healing with Jimmy Chan, and mood selector Jeremy Sole, THIS is a Celebration not to miss one minute of.
A Love Supreme is one of the most honest musical performances created in this transformative way - its beauty and appeal are timeless. Few recordings have garnered as much universal praise and reverence, beloved by artists as musically diverse as Flea, Patti Smith, Kamasi Washington, Four Tet, to Henry Rollins, Carlos Santana, Robert Glasper, St. Vincent, U2, Common, Q-Tip, Iggy Pop, Rakim, to Steve Reich, and Jimi Hendrix.
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Schedule
6:00pm - Jeremy Sole ‘mood selector’ & narrative throughout
6:30pm - Sound Healing by Jimmy Chan
7:00pm - Opening Invocation by Surya Botofasina
7:45pm - Michelle Coltrane Introduction
8:00pm - Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation
8:45pm - Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’
9:00pm – Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few ‘A Love Supreme’
Photo © Chuck Stewart
“One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.”
Alice Coltrane described John coming downstairs after days of intense work on the composition as being “like Moses coming down from the mountain, it was so beautiful. He walked down, and there was that joy, that peace in his face.”
‘A Love Supreme’, was recorded on one momentous day, December 9, 1964, at the legendary Van Gelder Studios, and released in January 1965 on Impulse Records. It features the ‘Classic Quartet’ of McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, produced by Bob Thiele and magnificently engineered by Rudy van Gelder.
For Coltrane, it represented something personal and profound: a chance to present a musical statement that carried a deeply held spiritual vision of universality, in which “all paths lead to God,” and to share this philosophy with a growing audience. “I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music… I feel this has been granted through His grace.”
The Celebration includes: ISAIAH COLLIER & THE CHOSEN FEW ‘Classic Quartet’
Sax, Vocals: Isaiah Collier
Piano: Brandon Coleman
Upright bass: William Parker
Drums, gong, tympani: Tim Regis
JIMETTA ROSE & THE VOICES OF CREATION
OPENING INVOCATION by SURYA BOTOFASINA
DWIGHT TRIBLE
SOUND HEALING with Jimmy Chan
JEREMY SOLE mood selector
IMWITHTHEVISUALS live visuals
SUPREME MARKETPLACE:
Spirit Wish Tree - Send your message of healing & love into the cosmos
Ice Cream and more treats
Vinyl Booths: De La Playa Music | Sibylline Records | estuario
Bookstore: Ojalá
John Coltrane original T-Shirts
All the Artists’ merch & vinyl including: Impulse | Spiritmuse | Division 81 | Night Dreamer
“In any situation that we find in our lives, when there is something that we feel should be better, we must exert effort to try and make it better. So it’s the same socially, musically, politically in any department of our lives. ”
Isaiah Collier
Isaiah Collier, the Chicago-based innovator, multi-instrumentalist and virtuoso is opening up new dimensions, and is being heralded globally whilst doing so. Collier on tenor sax and vocals, is joined by the mighty quartet of Brandon Coleman on piano, William Parker on upright bass, and Tim Regis on Drums, gong, tympani. 2020’s ‘Cosmic Transitions’ his five part suite, intentionally takes place at the legendary Van Gelder Studios on John Coltrane’s birthday, September 23rd, in the very room where ‘A Love Supreme’ was created on one momentous December day in 1964, with immense impact to this day, sixty years later.
“Collier has established himself as an heir apparent to both the Chicago lineage and the post-Coltrane sax tradition. ”
“For Isaiah Collier, music is more than sound - it’s a portal through time. ”
Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation
Jimetta Rose & the Voices of Creation from the ‘Spirits Up Above’ bring the soulful joy to the celebration, with their irrepressible spirit lifting gospel and soul-stirring messages of faith and togetherness for these troubled times. The Voices of Creation are living their purpose, and things are only going to get better from experiencing their love and music together. Jimetta’s unique vision has resulted in new spiritually-charged forms of music whose whole-hearted embrace of love, joy, and peace act as sonic healing balms for the soul. ‘Let the Sunshine In’ and count our ‘Everyday Blessings’, it’s sure going to change you.
Surya Botofasina
Opening invocation by Surya Botofasina, the extraordinary sonic artist, keyboardist and composer, who grew up steeped in the spirit and tradition of Swamini Turiyasangitanada by the spiritual jazz colossus herself. Surya is a constant collaborator with kindred spirits Carlos Niño and Nate Mercereau on multiple beautiful projects including ‘Subtle Movements’, and on André 3000’s ‘New Blue Sun’ and global year long tour. Surya’s recent ‘Ashram Sun’ and ‘Everyone’s Children’ albums on Spiritmuse Records are unique, deep listening masterpieces of spiritual jazz and meditative sounds. Surya states with reverence “It is ‘A Love Supreme’ that is the definitive album of my lifetime (that is not from my own mother's extensive catalog). A Love Supreme told me that anything is possible.”
Dwight Trible
Dwight Trible, the truly inimitable cosmic vocalist, activist, and godfather of the LA jazz community, is the continued force behind beloved The World Stage, and brings a deep-rooted soulfulness and unique spiritual energy to everything that he sings. Trible has recorded and worked with like-minded legends & rising stars from the latest Joseph Leimberg w/ Kamasi Washington, Pharoah Sanders, to J Dilla; Collettivo Immaginario to Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Carlos Niño, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, to Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Mark de Clive-Lowe. With a glorious career spanning decades, Trible’s focus is rarely self-seeking, always largely centered on giving, inclusion, and teaching, whilst also inspiring others and expressing himself most often behind the scenes like the true legend he is.
The John & Alice Coltrane Home mission and vision: Headquartered at the family’s former residence in Long Island, The Coltrane Home preserves and promotes the artistic and spiritual legacy of John and Alice Coltrane through the ongoing restoration of the Home. The Home will encourage creativity and interconnectedness through its lens of the spiritually profound, innovative, and transformative contributions. Our vision is to inspire and empower the next generation of artists and musicians to develop creative processes. We are dedicated to making a better world, more spiritual and more humane, through the transformative power of the arts.
Visit thecoltranehome.org to discover more.
WORLDS ALIVE: Produced and curated by Worlds Alive's Jonathan Rudnick, the grateful co-producer of previous heartwarming Grand Performances tributes and celebrations ‘Max Roach The Drum Also Waltzes Centennial Celebration’; ‘Peace Go with You Gil’ (for Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson); ‘Young Gifted & Nina (on Nina Simone’s 80th Anniversary); ‘People Get Ready’ The Soundtrack of the Civil Right Movement and ‘Wattstax Revisited’. Rudnick is the co-founder of the renowned Giant Step (35 years strong) and is once again based in LA as a cultural attaché in music, film, health & wellbeing and the arts.
Producer, Curator - Jonathan Rudnick (Worlds Alive), and Grand Performances with support from Sonny Daze (Division 81/Isaiah Collier).
Presented by Worlds Alive and The John & Alice Coltrane Home
Design - Lexx Valdez
Supported by Impulse Records, Fusicology, Giant Step, KCRW, Division 81, Spiritmuse Records, Nightdreamer Records
This program is made possible in part by our community partners at Yelp LA and KPFK, as well as a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
