John Coltrane’s masterpiece A Love Supreme has been certified platinum in the United States by the RIAA 56 years after its release. Universal Music announced the news today (November 10) in a press release, noting that A Love Supreme is the first jazz LP of the 1960s to achieve platinum certification by reaching 1 million album sales. It marks Coltrane’s first platinum record.
A Love Supreme was recorded in one session in late 1964 at Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Coltrane enlisted drummer Elvin Jones, pianist McCoy Tyner, and bassist Jimmy Garrison for the iconic recording, which was originally released by Impulse! in 1965. Earlier this year, Impulse! and UMe released A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle—rare private recording of Coltrane’s quartet performing selections from the LP in 1965.
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