A Love Supreme Revisited

One of those works that change a destiny, one of those pieces that revolutionize an aesthetic. By deciding to orchestrate this suite for big band—and by entrusting his fellow musicians with the mission of bringing it to life in all its glory—Christophe Dal Sasso did not commit sacrilege. On the contrary. Respecting the work’s structure and its four movements, his arrangement remains faithful to the fervent spirit of John Coltrane’s music, which blends—in a subtle ode that
reflects the odyssey of Black Americans—echoes of Africa, the lament of the blues, the cry of jazz, and the vibrancy of gospel. The adaptation for a big band only serves to
magnify its depth, reminding us that, shortly before focusing on his quartet, Coltrane himself had sought to explore, on the album *Africa/Brass*, this dimension of jazz and to draw on the power of the brass section in an attempt to reconnect with the spirit of the lost continent. Performed by soloists whose personal development has been deeply shaped by the
Coltranean quest, *A Love Supreme* resonates once again—under the direction of Christophe Dal Sasso, fifty years later—as an
intact work whose incantatory force and emotional intensity now touch on the universal.